Houdini is Coming - Where?

Celebrating 1998 - the Year of Photography and the Electronic Image. The theme surrounds unusual buildings and signage. The title of the exhibition 'Houdini is Coming - Where', is taken from a billboard advertising Houdini's forthcoming visit to the King's Theatre and Hippodrome in the city of Dundee.

He may have been born in Edinburgh, and he certainly died in Edinburgh, but Dundee is the city where William McGonagall's art flourished. Dundee has a place in its heart for the world's best bad poet, who entertained countless thousands with disjointed verse that didn't scan, and whose purely functional rhyme paid scant attention to the overall demands of narrative.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the militant votes-for-women movement in October 1903. Lots of rare material on display in this exhibition.

'Deeds, not words was to be our permanent motto' - Emmeline Pankhurst

An exhibition to mark the 125th Anniversary of the Tay Bridge Disaster. Extensive collection of articles from local newspaper at the time. Lists of articles found and brought to the Tay Bridge Station.

A wealth of images and information about tombs/gravestones in the Howff graveyard. Lots of newspaper articles, family history information, maps and plans.

Celebrating 150 years of Scottish Public Libraries. An exhibition of photographs and documents illustrating the development of Dundee's own community libraries over the years.

In 1956 the Dundee Corporation's Transport Department decided not to mark the event of its 'Last Tram' but to quietly introduce the omnibus. Perhaps it was this lack of occasion that prompted Dundonians to take part in an impromptu celebration marking the end of this era? This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of Dundee's Last Tram.

Streetwise Exhibition - What's in a Name?

Street names can provide one of the most important clues to the history of an area. Where did the names come from? What does this tell us about the past? Some names are fairly obvious, such a High Street but others are not – some do not even exist anymore!