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Saturday, 23 August 2008

THE MUSEUM IN THE 60's

When in town in the 60's, I used to like to pop into the Albert Museum (as it was called then) before jumping on a #26 bus back home.
The entrance was on the corner of the Museum nearest to Commercial Street.
Some of the exhibits on show were, McIntosh Patrick's famous "Tay bridge from studio" painting, a weird ethnic shrunken head, lots of stuffed animals & birds, dugout canoes, a mock up of 2 old Victorian house interiors, a scale model of the old city centre/Overgate area, crystals & rocks ( with ultra violet light ), and of course, the Tay Whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 November 2008 at 09:39

    I REMEMBER THE TAY WHALE.

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  2. Anonymous18 December 2008 at 16:16

    I remember it all as you describe it GG. I liked the long canoe thing and the tenement flat with the moosie. Strangely I could go back again and again and again and not get bored of a bit if hollowed out wood!

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  3. Unknown25 August 2009 at 03:52

    Wasn't there also a beehive in a glass box with a glass tube going to the window so that the bees could get in and out?

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  4. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 06:56

    Us Dundonians must have been realy boring, or just desperate for something to do...I used to spend hours in the museum, and YES there was a bee hive, were you could watch them getting back from their trips. My favourite part was in the front hall looking at the old coins and soldiers uniforms

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