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The first dedicated design museum in Scotland, V&A Dundee explores the brilliance of Scottish creativity and showcases the best of international design and innovation. ‘Enriching lives through design’, V&A Dundee provides a place of inspiration, discovery and learning and has been designed as an inclusive and accessible building, a place where everyone feels welcome, a living room for the city of Dundee. Inside the museum visitors can enjoy the Scottish Design Galleries which is home to around 300 beautiful and innovative objects telling the story of Scotland’s design heritage - its past, present and future. V&A Dundee also boasts one of Scotland’s largest museum grade exhibition spaces, that will host exhibitions from the V&A in London and other major international institutions as well as shows curated by V&A Dundee. A restaurant located upstairs and a café in the heart of the main hall feature menus created by our award-winning catering partner, Heritage Portfolio. Retail spaces and dedicated learning rooms can also be found inside the museum to accommodate the engaging and exciting programme of events and workshops we offer, inspired by our building and exhibitions, to delight visitors of all ages and so that everyone can share our enthusiasm for design.

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Overall rating

4.15

(13 reviews)

Overall rating breakdown

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4 5
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Access (avg.)

4.30

Parking (avg.)

4.23

Toilets (avg.)

3.26

Staff (avg.)

3.73

fatalb

Apr 2025

0.5

V&A Cafe unsuitable for wheelchairs

Went to the Dundee V&A and you can't get a wheelchair under the table. Impossible to have a meal with friends

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dystrophydad

Jul 2024

A Dundee Landmark

I had a little time to kill after a day trip to Dundee, so I decided to visit the museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum, better known as the V&A is a design museum designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and inspired by cliffs of the Scottish coastline. Opened in 2018, the museum is reasonably new but is undoubtedly a Dundee landmark. The facility is vast with plenty of space between exhibits and an almost unreasonable number of accessible toilets - which is a positive.

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martinpanther

May 2024

2.5

Not impressed

I'm an ambulatory powerchair user so my review is from that point of view. Took me a while to find suitable parking, too many road work signs and lane disruption, I can't believe the area around the V&A is still a building site! However that said once I'd parked access was simple and exciting too, the architecture is simply beautiful. The whole visit was powerchair friendly with suitable facilities to hand however I wasn't impressed with the inside exhibits, for such a large structure with very little to see inside, I didn't pay to view the Kimono exhibit maybe that would have tipped the balance but it's worth a visit just for the outside architecture in my view. It's also worth a jaunt along the Tay river path either side of the museum, also powerchair friendly

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Disabled Access Information for V&A Dundee

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Designed as an inclusive and fully accessible building, we aim to provide equal access to V&A Dundee and our facilities, for everybody who wants to visit. A range of access provisions are available and accessible toilets can be found on every floor. There is a Changing Places toilet on Level 1 of the building. We also have a limited number of wheelchairs for loan free of charge, which can be secured in advance by emailing access@vandadundee.org. A quiet room is available in the building for anybody who might need to use it. Hearing loops are available at every service point in the museum and assistance dogs are welcome in the building. Dedicated disabled parking bays are located outside the museum, on the access road to the east of the building. From here, there is stepfree access to the museum and seating provided on route. V&A Dundee staff will receive access training and will be mobilised to offer assistance and information, to ensure all visitors will be treated with equal respect and welcomed according to their individual needs. The museum also offers a programme of guided tours for people with visual and hearing impairments. More information can be found about this by emailing access@vandadundee.org.

Seating at regular intervals

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There are disabled parking bays on the access road located to the east of the museum. These are public spaces and cannot be booked ahead of arrival. From these spaces, access to the museum entrance is step free and seating is available the full length of the way.

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Toilets features at V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee has accessible toilets on all three levels, which can all be reached by one of two lifts in the public areas. Accessible toilet dimensions around the building are as follows: Door width: 92cm Toilet height: 47cm Space to side of toilet: 91cm Room width: 160cm The Changing Places facility has a door width of 97cm

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