Tartan is now open! 🎉 Our must-see exhibition celebrates the global story of a unique pattern - how the rules of the grid have inspired creativity from the everyday to the sublime. Book now, Members & kids go free: vam.ac.uk/dundee/tartan | V&A Dundee

Sir Billy Connolly's famous NYC Tartan Day Parade kilt up close and personal 👀 🔍 We're delighted to share that legendary Scottish comedian Sir Billy Connolly's kilt is now on display in our #VADTartan exhibition 🪢 Book your tickets now, kids go free! 🎟️ vam.ac.uk/dundee/tartan | V&A Dundee

In case you missed it… 👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s oldest tartan has been discovered by The Scottish Tartans Authority and will be on display in our latest exhibition, opening on Saturday. Peter MacDonald from The Scottish Tartans Authority tells us more. The Glen Affric tartan can be dated back to around 1500-1600, making it the oldest known surviving specimen of true tartan in Scotland, and the oldest of the 300 objects that feature in the exhibition. Testing was commissioned by The Scottish T

Here's one for the Scottish history buffs and #Outlander fans... Masters student Barbora Veselá has recreated the face of Bonnie Prince Charlie as he would have looked during the Jacobite rising. The new recreation has been produced using death masks of the Prince, which have been painstakingly photographed and mapped by Barbora. Subsequently, 3D models were produced with state-of-the-art software allowing her to “de-age” the Prince to create a representation of him from the period he is best re