D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum
The D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum is a museum of zoology at the University of Dundee in Scotland. The museum is named after the Scottish biologist and mathematician D'Arcy Thompson, who founded it in the 1880s.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee and Dundee Contemporary Arts.
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee
Church
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The Cathedral Church of St Andrew is a Catholic cathedral in the West End of the city of Dundee, Scotland. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Dunkeld and mother church of the Diocese of Dunkeld within the Province of St Andrews and Edinburgh. St Andrew’s Cathedral, Dundee is situated 770 feet east of D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum.
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Arts center
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Dundee Contemporary Arts is an art centre in Dundee, Scotland, with two contemporary art galleries, a two-screen cinema, a print studio, a learning and public engagement programme, a shop and a café bar. The current director of the DCA is Beth Bate. Dundee Contemporary Arts is situated 770 feet east of D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum.
Dundee Science Centre
Museum
Dundee Science Centre is a science centre located in Dundee, Scotland, and a part of the Scottish Science Centres Network. It is a registered charity under Scottish law. Dundee Science Centre is situated 850 feet southeast of D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee and Dundee city centre.
Dundee
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Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Dundee city centre
Suburb
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Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district.
Blackness
Suburb
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Blackness is an area of the city of Dundee. Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.
D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: university museum, zoology collection in Dundee , Scotland
- Categories: university museum, scientific collection, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.45791° or 56° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.97838° or 2° 58′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C8VF25C+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2762663484OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q27958512
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Danish—“D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “達西·湯普森動物學博物館”
- Danish: “D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Scrymgeour Building, University of Dundee, Dundee and Dundee Dental Hospital.
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