Verdant Works

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The story of jute and the story of Dundee are inseparable. The industry employed 50,000 people in the city at its peak and supplied much of the world’s demand for jute goods.

As you explore the self-led museum at your own pace you will see:

• Soak up the atmosphere of the cobbled 19th century courtyard.
• Enter a busy jute office of 1900 and meet some characters of the period.
• Find out how jute was harvested in India, how and why it came to Dundee and more about Dundee’s bustling docks.
• Experience the incredible sounds of the machines and see the jute process from raw fibre to woven cloth.
• See a typical Dundee ‘plettie’, learn about tenement life and the health of the mill workers.
• Discover who ‘kettle bilers’ were and all about the reversal of traditional gender roles in Dundee – finding out about mill girls, Suffragettes and the unions.
• Visit the Victorian Half-Time School and also see how the workers spent their precious leisure time.
• Enjoy drop in family activities in our specially designed Red Box learning hub.
• Appreciate the stunning mill architecture from the two viewing platforms in the High Mill and watch in awe as the 1801 Boulton & Watt beam engine tuns into action.
• Don’t forget to stop by their gift shop and our award winning café to get a well-earned cup of tea and Dundee cake!

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