Verdant Works

The hidden gem of Dundee city is the Verdant Works social and industrial jute textile museum. It is located in a beautiful stone category ’A’ listed building which used to be a functional mill until the late 1800s. The museum actively educates the small and the big visitors in an interactive and fun way about Dundee’s social and industrial history in the Victorian era.

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Learn more about the industry that shaped Dundee:

  • Soak up the atmosphere of the cobbled 19th-century courtyard.

  • Enter a busy jute office of 1900 and meet some characters of the period.

  • Find out how jute was harvested in India, how and why it came to Dundee and more about Dundee’s bustling docks.

  • Experience the incredible sounds of the machines and see the jute process from raw fibre to woven cloth.

  • Learn about tenement life and the health of the mill workers.

  • Discover who ‘kettle bilers’ were and all about the reversal of traditional gender roles in Dundee – finding out about mill girls, Suffragettes and the unions.

  • Visit the Victorian Half-Time School and see how the workers spend their precious leisure time.

  • Enjoy drop-in family activities in our specially designed Red Box learning hub.

  • Appreciate the stunning mill architecture from the two viewing platforms in the High Mill and watch in awe as the 1801 Boulton & Watt beam engine turns into action.

Facilities

  • Café

  • Gift Shop

  • WC

  • WI-FI

  • Parking (free)

  • Coach Parking (free)

Free entry for Blue Peter badge holders

Verdant Works is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders can get into for free.

To gain free entry, each child must have a Blue Peter badge, a valid Blue Peter badge ID card and be accompanied by a full paying or concessionary adult. If a paying adult is accompanied by two children with badges and valid badge cards, free entry will be given for both children.

If a disabled badge holder is accompanied by a registered carer, both can gain free entry. Carers must bring supporting documents.

Before you visit any of the attractions, grab a grown-up and read the Blue Peter Badge Attractions Terms and Conditions.

Find out how to apply for a Blue Peter badge today and remember to take your badge ID card to take advantage of this offer!

Address

Verdant Works

West Henderson's Wynd

Dundee

Angus

DD1 5BT

Telephone

01382 309060

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