McManus168 Project

Free database of information on the original subscribers of The Albert Institute (now the McManus Art Gallery & Museum) est. 1867

[Dundee Local History @DundeeLH]

The next Friends of Broughty Ferry Library talk is this Wednesday, 27 March - Erin Farley from Local History will be talking about @McManus168 and the cultural life of 1860s Dundee. Details & booking: https://t.co/ERaYldaKNY

[McManus168 Project @McManus168]

Our @dundeelibraries talks kick off this afternoon! Hope to see lots of you there!

[McManus168 Project @McManus168]

The first of our @dundeelibraries talks about #McManus168 will take place on Tuesday 5 February, 2.30pm, at Blackness, with the fantastic Aileen Black speaking about the project: https://t.co/IxApGCU0ei

[McManus168 Project @McManus168]

Time to introduce you to some of the people we discovered over the project! Here's Patrick Thoms of Aberlemno, who was on no fewer than 23 committees, a dab hand at sorting out accounts, and also chief of the clan MacThomas: https://t.co/pcGMQRakUs #MeetTheSubscribers

[McManus168 Project @McManus168]

The first of our @dundeelibraries talks about #McManus168 will take place on Tuesday 5 February, 2.30pm, at Blackness, with the fantastic Aileen Black speaking about the project: https://t.co/IxApGCU0ei

[McManus168 Project @McManus168]

We're starting to reflect and celebrate the discoveries our project has made on the people who brought @McManusDundee into being. Here's some background on the subscribers: https://t.co/EQ0UJmGqyW And watch this space for more soon! #Dundee #history

[McManus168 Project @McManus168]

Looking forward to reviewing the @sonofthesea8 video from our end of project celebrations - sharing the stories of the #volunteer researchers who investigated the original subscribers to @McManusDundee . Will be shared on our website once completed https://t.co/TWvZaNbcRg

[Brian King @BKDundee]

of course @McManusDundee had to feature in my book #Dundeein50Buildings

[Louise Kirby @LouiseKirby_]

Highly recommend the Patterns of Migration exhibition @VerdantWorks by Laura Darling @darlingbyname

[UoD Archives & RM @UoD_Archives_RM]

E is for Elephant - and sadly for Expired: Osteographia elephantina, or a full and exact description of all the bones of an elephant which died near Dundee, April 27, 1706
@ARAScot #ArchiveZ

[Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives]

Today E is for Education! We hold records for many Dundee schools, including lots of log books. These were like a diary, recording events at the school. The earliest log book is from Drumgeith School and dates from 1836. #dundee #ArchiveZ #education #everydaysaschoolday

[Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives]

#onthisday in 1879 the #Dundee Corporation (the predecessor to the City Council) bought the Albert Institute for sum of £1000. Here is a picture of it a few years before that. You can just see the old fountain, although its hiding behind a tree. #OTD https://t.co/rlK6wrCY7j

[The McManus @McManusDundee]

"[The McManus is] a museum full of artefacts crafted by many of the museum-goers, a live lesson in how culture connects people not only with history, but with previous generations." Brilliant piece on #Dundee by @lonelyplanet https://t.co/chPUv84OpA

[Fife Family History Society (SCIO) @fifefhs]

Thanks to Scottish Field for the article on their website. #criminals #ancestors #Fife #Convicts #prisoners #WDYTYA #conference #SAFHS2018 https://t.co/jiN0afo3XI

[Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives]

#Didyouknow that some women could vote in local elections from 1882 if they paid local rates. The female voters roll was produced separately to the male roll. Both the female and male electoral rolls for #Dundee are held at the Central Library in the Wellgate. #womenshistorymonth

[Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives]

One of our favourite pictures in the Archives is the women painters of the Caledon Shipyard c.1918. Sadly we don't know much about them. We know that the woman third from the right on the top row is Catherine McIntosh. #Dundee #WomensHistory #WW1 #IWD2018 https://t.co/1i8Wcy7s1p

[The McManus @McManusDundee]

The second lady's head from a medieval grave slab, originally in St Mary's, now on display in the Landscapes and Lives gallery at #TheMcManusDundee #IWD2018

[Dundee in 2018 @Dundeein2018]

March 4th - McManus Galleries. The recently refurbished McManus Galleries holds 8 Galleries and celebrated its 150th year anniversary last year. Who has visited the Galleries? Let me know in the comments!
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#lovedundee #cityofdesign #dundee2018

[Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives]

#Didyouknow that Dundee Police appointed the first paid, uniformed female police officer in Scotland 100 years ago. Read about who she was and why they appointed her in our blog. #Dundee #Archives #women #womenshistory #police #womenshistorymonth https://t.co/P42IryH1gF

[Dundee City Archives @DundeeArchives]

Let's take a trip back 131 years to the building of the second Tay Bridge. Here are the girders being moved into place. #Dundee #Bridge #Tay #BuildingBridges https://t.co/guahZekkel