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Jan 7, 2025
We visited last Sunday for the first time. The outside of the building is impressive but when you go inside it feels expensive but empty, there was nothing in the main area that caught our interest, … Full review by lydia7491
Jan 6, 2025
Being a resident of Dundee have been to the V&A a few times now. However we had never done the building tour, to be honest we never knew it existed. Had seen it advertised in the what's on section of… Full review by ianfraser1963
Jan 5, 2025
First time at the V&A Dundee and thoroughly enjoyed! Visited with my daughter specifically for the Kimono exhibition so didn’t check out the rest of the museum (saving that for future visits). Lovely… Full review by Gail J
Could someone please open up a separate review section for the cafe/restaurant so as to distinguish those from the Museum as a whole? Most of the 4 and 5 star reviews consist of people commenting on the catering, whereas the 1-3 star reviews tend to be about the Museum element. Its confusing to conflate the two.
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I agree,the cafe should be kept separate as whatever score the elements get reflects on the establishment as a whole.
why not just advertise it as a restaurant with some museumy bits from the rest of scotland. pathetic advert for dundee
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It may not be everything you might want as a positive promotion for your home city but as a visitor to Dundee we found it to be an inspirational, engaging and enjoyable attraction.
Why is the content of the museum so poor. It’s an absolute disgrace that all the money and publicity put towards this fabulously iconic building yet the content is just not worth the tome of day
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Think the whole project has been badly managed. Original budget £27m, then it went to £46m, AFTER cost cutting £80m. Being subsidised by the Scottish government to the tune …
Think the whole project has been badly managed. Original budget £27m, then it went to £46m, AFTER cost cutting £80m. Being subsidised by the Scottish government to the tune of £1m per year for first ten years because of concerns that it isn’t financially sustainable - I think that’s why much of the space has been given to restaurant, cafe and shop, they are trying to claw some money back. Then there’s the fee paying gallery, closed twice this year to change exhibits, I think it’s been closed for around 4 months in total this year, so only around 300 free permanent exhibits to see. Visitor numbers are better than expected but I think that has been mainly to initial hype and many visitors being Scots with a free bus pass. I’ve spoken to many visitors and they speak more about the building than its contents. I really fear for the City of Dundee that its so called World attraction and focus point to the waterfront regeneration only ranks #55 on here.
Reading an article from the Dundee Courier in which it says, “Galleries one and two which will host exhibitions provided by the V&A for the first two years”, does that mean the VandA will stop providing exhibits after this period?
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No idea - it’s awful and needs something anyway so maybe this will help. I won’t be back - huge waste of money
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