Museum blog

In this bicentennial year of the modern railway, we take the opportunity to explore some railway connections in the Caird Library and Archive.

Learn more about the afterlives of slaving vessels with Caird Research Fellow Dr Richard Anderson

Learn about Dr Nina Baker’s struggle to become one of the first women navigation officers in the British Merchant Navy

Discover what to see in the night sky this May, from a galaxy that looks like a hat, to spinning space eggs and more

For many, Charles Dickens is synonymous with Christmas jollity. However, there was a darker side to Dickens’ work. Not only did he repeatedly refer in his novels and articles to the contemporary filth of the Thames, which culminated in the Great Stink crisis of 1858, he was also actively involved in kick-starting the reform programmes to resolve the issue.

This month we take a look at an item from the Historical Records Collection of the Caird Library and Archive: the Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese forces at Hong Kong.

Discover what to see in the night sky this April, from the Lyrid meteor shower to bright inner planets, and more.