Ever since the time of the Picts there has been a settlement at Dundee. Dundee, the fourth largest city to be found in the nation of Scotland, has a long association with commerce and trade. The 3 primary industries, in Dundee, were “journalism, jam and jute”.  Although the city of Dundee can be described as post-industrial it has a mixed economy and it still has a large percentage of its population employed in manufacturing industries (by comparison with the rest of the country), approximately 13.5%. Over recent years the tourist industry has begun to become a rather important element in the local economy and there are a fair number of guest houses offering bed and breakfast accommodation in Dundee and in the following article I introduce readers to three visitor attractions in Dundee; Sensation Science Centre, Verdant Works and Discover Point Visitor Centre:

The Discover Point Visitor Centre

Discovery Point is a immensely interesting and award-winning Dundee attraction which introduces the events of the most heroic  voyages of exploration ever carried out, the story of the world famous explorer of the Antarctic , Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and his first ship,  RRS Discovery. the Discovery was launched on the twenty first of March, nineteen hundred and one from the Panmure Shipyard, Dundee. Captain Scott and his crew set off for Antarctica on August the 6th 1901, reaching their destination in January nineteen hundred and two. The RRS Discovery is the most important part of the centre having been fully restored outside and in. Steep stairs and narrow passageways can create problems in getting around for those with mobility issues, fortunately, visitors will find there is an audio visual presentation on the dockside.

The Sensation Science Centre

If you are in search of a tourist attraction which will provide family entertainment, then Dundee’s Sensation Science Centre is the perfect solution. Sensation Dundee is the only science centre in Britain which is based on the 5 senses of the body. Visitors are able to explore the miracles of sciences  through the senses with in excess of eighty hands-on exhibits. There are live scientific experiments and on the spot demonstrations, which demonstrate how common ingredients found around the home can be utilised to to create incredible effects. Visitors interested in surgery are able to have an attempt at trying keyhole surgery. Sensation brings science to life in a large number of highly interesting ways.

Verdant Works

Verdant Works  was, in the past, a working jute mill. At it’s height, in the mid to late 19C, the Dundee jute industry had a workforce of about fifty thousand in over sixty factories dispersed across the city. Nowadays,  Verdant Works brings the industry to life, through a wide range of displays including, interactive computers, film shows and original machinery. This remarkable museum was once home to 3 immense steam engines running 70 looms and nearly 3 thousand spindles.  There was also a workforce of some 5 hundred workers, preparing and spinning jute for it to be weaved in a different factory over the road. Restoration of the jute mill started in nineteen ninety two and it first opened its doors to the public the 16th of September 1996.

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