This account is no longer in use. Please find us at our website, our Instagram, Facebook or YouTube instead!
Joined July 2009
- Tweets 5,308
- Following 811
- Followers 4,155
- Likes 6,195
1,586 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
15 Jul 2024
Hello to our new followers! We'd like to introduce ourselves;
🌟Award-winning museum in Dundee
🧵Inspiring stories of millworkers weave through our spectacular 1833 jute mill
⚒️ Machinery brings Dundee's industrial past to life
🙌 Local volunteer guides
👧👦Kids go FREE!
1
6
23
1,045
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
21 Nov 2024
Some huge Dundee festive markets this weekend! 🎅
If you've got your Christmas list ready, it's the perfect time to shop small & support local makers!
Sat 23 & Sun 24 Nov:
🎁 CRAFTED @DCAdundee
🎁 Christmas Market @VerdantWorks
🎁 The Yard Dundee
More: creativedundee.com/2024/10/2…
1
1
1,033
22 Oct 2024
We're all booked up for our Christmas Market - thank you! - but our colleagues at @DiscoveryDundee are now looking for stallholders.
Get in touch if you'd like to join in the festive magic at Discovery Point ❄️☃️
22 Oct 2024
🎄📢 Call for stallholders!
We're looking for stallholders for our extraordinary Christmas Market. If you're a local crafter, artist or food/drinks maker & would like to be involved, get in touch!
📅 30th Nov & 1st Dec
⏱️11am-5pm
💌 Email: julie.cumming@dundeeheritage.co.uk
1
1
353
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
28 Sep 2024
Good to see the DSMT Cabaret group out entertaining the 9 IncorporatedTrades at their dinner at @VerdantWorks last night. @DundeeCouncil @BaldragonAcad @BaldragonMusic @StJohnsOfficial @StJHSExpressive @harrisacdundee @HarrisAcMusDram
3
10
2,324
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
21 Sep 2024
What a night at the @VerdantWorks with @alisonaffleck and the Vagabond Jacks! Wonderful vintage jazz music, lots of money raised for charity and great atmosphere. Perfect combination!
1
1
129
5 Sep 2024
It's all hands on deck at our sister museum, Discovery Point as they prepare to open a wonderful new exhibition this weekend!
5 Sep 2024
🐋🔜 NEW EXHIBITION!
Opening this Saturday, 7th September, Scotland's Whale Road invites you to dive into stories from the country's whaling past and explore the work of scientists aboard RRS Discovery almost 100 years ago that turned the tide from hunting to conservation.
1
3
2
373
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
2 Sep 2024
🌟 See the remarkable story of Tom Crean played out here at Discovery Point, as Aidan Dooley's award-winning show comes to Dundee this Autumn!
"You will go to the end of the earth to find theatre this rewarding" - Murray Bramwell, The Australian
🎟️: tinyurl.com/eventbritedht
1
7
15
3,596
23 Aug 2024
🏭🧵 NEW BLOG: Discover the history of Dundee's iconic Manhattan Works! From its 1870s origins to the 1951 reconstruction, this jute mill played a key role in "Juteopolis."
#MillOfTheMonth #NewBlog #IndustrialHeritage #Dundee
dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/st…
1,187
22 Aug 2024
An excellent article on the stories of the jute mill statues that used to watch over the city's streets 🏭
16 Aug 2024
Juteopolis is gone but what became of Dundee’s jute mill statues?
thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…
4
11
515
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
19 Aug 2024
Enjoy a great evening of vintage jazz music with @alisonaffleck and the Spicy L'il Devils in the historic High Mill at @VerdantWorks Dundee and raise money for local good causes on Friday 20 September. Book your tickets now.
1
1
125
13 Aug 2024
🖌️Our gates have a shiny new look!
Thank you to Robertsign for expertly signwriting our new logo onto our iconic green gates. Watching each letter be painted by hand was mesmerising.
Have you seen them for yourself yet? We're open 10am-5pm tomorrow, come rain or shine 🌞
1
5
22
698
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
9 Aug 2024
Enjoy a great evening of vintage jazz music with Ali Affleck and the Spicy L'il Devils in the historic High Mill at @VerdantWorks on Friday 20 September. All profits from this charity event to local good causes in the Dundee area. Book your seats now.
1
1
121
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
8 Aug 2024
😍💚🏭 Loving the new gates at @VerdantWorks as part of their rebrand! It looks so cool! If you haven't visited Verdant Works yet, you should, it's an absolutely lovely museum!
📸 Dundee Heritage Trust
4
23
803
2 Aug 2024
🧵🏭 We’re thrilled to kick off our new "Mill of the Month" series! Starting with Manhattan Works! Here is a stunning aerial view of the historic jute mill! This black-and-white photograph captures the grandeur and scale of the site.
#MillOfTheMonth #ManhattanWorks
3
4
24
1,121
2 Aug 2024
Manhattan Works was a bustling centre of industry, powering the local economy and contributing to Dundee’s reputation as Jutetopolis. Constructed in 1873-1874 by Thomson Bros for Colonel Frank Sandeman, who was also associated with Stanley Cotton Mills.
1
2
151
2 Aug 2024
The engine house, featuring elaborate timber trusses designed for Dundee's first Corliss engine, was later extended at the front when it was reequipped.
3
83
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
31 Jul 2024
Calling all Shackleton fans!
We're delighted that @RoyalScotGeoSoc will soon join us for a fascinating talk about Shackleton's connections with Dundee & Perth, delving into his time spent in Tayside.
Book your ticket today!
📅 Sat 10th Aug
🕰️ 2pm
🎟️shackletondundee.eventbrite.…
ALT Black and white portrait of Ernest Shackleton. Looking directly at camera, Shackleton is seen seated, wearing a thick woollen jumper with reindeer fur gloves draped around his neck.
11
21
2,992
19 Jul 2024
💻‼️ Due to the ongoing Global IT issue, we can only currently accept cash payments.
The issue with these systems is outwith our control and is related to the wider IT problem, thank you for your patience and understanding.
dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/at…
5
347
Verdant Works Museum retweeted
15 Jul 2024
Hello to our new followers! We'd like to introduce ourselves;
🌟Award-winning museum in Dundee
🧵Inspiring stories of millworkers weave through our spectacular 1833 jute mill
⚒️ Machinery brings Dundee's industrial past to life
🙌 Local volunteer guides
👧👦Kids go FREE!
1
6
23
1,045