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V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee is a museum of design in Dundee, Scotland, a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum of London. Look also at RRS Discovery, 100 m away, first of 35 more within 15 km. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 11 languages.

Photo: V&A Dundee, Andrew Abbott (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Dundee

inside the locality

How well known

Top 7%

#598 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Dundee

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#598 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (11 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Dundee

V&A Dundee is inside Dundee’s locality, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

June to August are the warmest in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°71 mm

Feb7° / 1°57 mm

Mar9° / 2°52 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May15° / 6°54 mm

Jun17° / 9°65 mm

Jul19° / 11°73 mm

Aug19° / 11°76 mm

Sep17° / 9°56 mm

Oct13° / 6°89 mm

Nov9° / 3°73 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dundee, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dundee. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dundee’s full climate →

About

V&A Dundee

Museum of design in Dundee, Scotland, a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum of London.

In Dundee, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 11 languages
Town: in Dundee
Official site: vam.ac.uk/dundee

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Opening times and entry

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near V&A Dundee

By population, Dundee leads the 8 with 147,365. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Dundee

147,365 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km south of it

Newport-on-Tay and Wormit

4,119 people · 24 places to visit

3 · 4.1 km east of it

Tayport

3,967 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 9.2 km east of it

Monifieth

9,356 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where V&A Dundee is	People	Places to visit
Dundee	It’s in town	147,365	32
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit	2.2 km south of it	4,119	24
Tayport	4.1 km east of it	3,967	16
Monifieth	9.2 km east of it	9,356	4
Carnoustie	16 km east of it	11,373	1
St Andrews	17 km southeast of it	16,465	15
Forfar	21 km north of it	13,774	7
Blairgowrie	27 km northwest of it	9,439	2

Make a day of it

After V&A Dundee

There are 35 within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 cathedrals and 2 museums among them.

1Historic shipHistoric shipRRS Discovery100 m away 2

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee500 m away 3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee400 m away 4

MuseumHMS Unicorn700 m away 5

MuseumThe McManus600 m away 6

CastleDudhope Castle1.3 km away 7

CastleMains Castle3.2 km away 8

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle5.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about V&A Dundee

Where is V&A Dundee?

V&A Dundee is in Dundee, Dundee City, inside the town’s locality.

What is V&A Dundee?

Museum of design in Dundee, Scotland, a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum of London.

When is the best time to visit V&A Dundee?

June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near V&A Dundee?

Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (100 m), St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (500 m), St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (400 m) and HMS Unicorn (700 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Unicorn: ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The McManus: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dudhope Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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