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Dundee Heritage Trust Shop

Gifts with a sense of history

Every gift purchased helps with the ongoing

conservation of our collections

including the Royal Research Ship Discovery!

Browse our collections below

Welcome to the Dundee Heritage Trust Gift outlet.

Dundee Heritage Trust has created a range of gifts that reflect the rich history of our collections and the inspirational stories our museums tell.

Please browse our collections below for a unique gift and help support the ongoing work of the Trust.

Delivery Charges: Delivery charges are calculated and added at the checkout. PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO DELIVER TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE OF THE UK. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY DISSAPOINTMENT THIS MAY CAUSE.

Local collection: From Monday 10th May, Click and Collect is available Mon- Sat from 10am - 5pm (Sunday from 11am - 5pm) A member of staff will be in touch after you place your order to arrange a suitable time.

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Gift Collections

Books

Superb range of specialist books for Adults and Children with awe inspiring stories and tales of exploration

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Artworks and Prints

Quality collection of Antarctic themed framed prints taken from our extensive photographic archive. The Framed Discovery collections comes fully framed and with an authentic piece of teak decking from the Royal Research Ship Discovery. Superb gifts to grace any home.

Browse Artworks

Food and Drink

Featuring Discovery's own wine and port range with labels  based on the crew caricatures drawn for the South Polar Times, Antractica, 1901.  

Authentic Scottish Shortbread, Cakes and Sweet Treats.

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Clothing and Accessories

Be smart with these stylish branded sweaters and poloshirts.

Browse our clothing range

Bespoke Gifts

Connect with our heritage and history with these inspirational gifts, fully exclusive with many made from teak taken from the deck of the ship during renovations.

Gifts with real heritage.

Verdant Works

A unique collection of gifts themed around the award winning industrial and social history museum Verdant Works - including items woven on the over 100 year old loom!

Verdant Works

Souvenirs

A collection of gift shop essentials available from our 2 visitor attractions: Discovery Point and Verdant Works.

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Voyages of Discovery

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Voyages of Discovery

Ann Savours

Discovery was built for Captain Scott's first Antarctic expedition of 1901-04 and was launched more than 100 years ago in 1901, at Dundee. She had a long and intriguing career before her final voyage back there in 1986; this book tells the story of that chequered history.

Despite a number of expeditions to the Southern Ocean during the nineteenth century, the continent of Antarctica remained mostly a mystery by the turn of the twentieth. To remedy this the Royal Geographical Society proposed a National Antarctic Expedition, and a purpose-built vessel, the Discovery, was designed. Based on a whale ship, she was massively built to withstand ice, and was equipped with a hoisting propeller and rudder. She set sail from Cowes of 6 August and six months later was in the Ross Sea.

The southern sledging expedition, of Scott, Shackleton and Wilson, reached within 500 miles of the South Pole. In 1905, a year after her return to Britain, she was purchased by the Hudson's Bay Company and worked as a simple cargo carrier between London and their trading posts in the Canadian Arctic. Later she was sent to rescue Shackleton's men on Elephant Island. In 1925 she became a research ship, and in 1929-31 she was used to survey what became Australian Antarctic territory. Moored on the Thames Embankment, she survived the London blitz before returning to Dundee where she is now on permanent display at Discovery Point.

 

Paperback. 128 pages.

Charitable Aims & Donations

Dundee Heritage Trust is an independent charity which owns and operates two multi-award winning museums which house collections of Recognised National Significance. Verdant Works features a unique collection telling the story of Dundee's industrial and social past while Discovery Point tells the story of and features Captain Scott's world famous Dundee Built Royal Research Ship Discovery.

As an independent charity which is over 98% self-funded we have been particularly hit by the temporary closures caused by the COVID pandemic in 2020. Your purchase from our online store goes directly to supporting our work and collections. If you would like to support us further please consider donating.

For more information on the Trust and how to support please see our website.