Festival of Museums at the McManus 2018

Join us for a special day and evening of activities and creativity, as we connect the historical and contemporary in this year’s Festival of Museums at The McManus. The theme for 2018 is Generation | Dundee, inspired by our current portraiture exhibitions from Dundee’s permanent collections and Scotland’s Year of Young People.

Saturday 19 May 2017

Drop-in programme 12noon-4pm. FREE.
Ticketed evening event 6.30-9pm, £5/£2.50 concessions, bookable via eventbrite

Generation | Dundee

Museum opens at 12

  • Kirkton Beat

    Children’s Drum Group

  • Sound Base

    Young Musicians.

  • B: Bairns

    Street Dance Crew.

  • Face to Face

    Creative Activities.

  • I:D Jam

    Young Peoples’ Workshop.

  • Pop Up Living History Performances

  • Mini Me Portraits

    Children’s Activities.

  • McManus 168

    Supporters Group

  • Young Voices

    Poetry Recital

  • Conservation in Action

    Meet the Curator

  • Fur & Feathers

    Meet the Curator

  • Documenting Dundee

    Meet the Curator

  • A Dundee Palette

    Meet the Curator

  • A Generations Lost Landmark

    Meet the Curator

  • Chinese Tangram Puzzles

    Meet the Curator

  • Fair Hochin’ wi Conchie’s

    Meet the Curator

  • Generations Dundee

    Meet the Curator

Generation | Dance

  • Doors and Café Bar Opens

  • Shaper/Caper Dance Company

    plus special guests Dundee’s Got Soul Choir and The Ovarian Cysters.

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