12 November 2010

'The Magic of the Scottish Mountains' exhibition

Photo opportunity: 5.30pm on Monday, 15th November, in the Tower Foyer Gallery. Professor Pete Downes, University Principal, will officially open the exhibition.

Students, staff and visitors to the University of Dundee will have the opportunity to take in some of the most spectacular scenery Scotland has to offer over the next month.

'The Magic of the Scottish Mountains' exhibition will go on display at the Tower Foyer Gallery on Monday, 15th November. Taking place until Friday, 17th December, the exhibition will celebrate the breath-taking wonder of Scotland’s mountains, landscapes, and natural environment, and examine how our relationship with them are reflected in manuscripts, photographs and printed items.

The University Archives department hold a wide range of material relating to the environment and leisure, and this exhibition focuses on its mountaineering and hill walking collections.

Highlights include photography of Irvine Butterfield, the records of the Grampian Club, material relating to the University’s own Rucksack Club, the papers of Syd Scroggie, promotional material from the Dundee Mountain Film Festival, and 1920s colour stereoscopic slides.

The exhibition continues at the Archive searchroom in the basement of the Tower building.

Professor Pete Downes, Principal of the University, will open the exhibition at 5.30pm on Monday, 15th November.

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