DMofT tearoom and coffee shop

Dundee Museum of Transport's popular coffee shop and tearoom is next to the reception desk in our main exhibition hall.

In addition to tea we have a wide range of coffee from very mild to very strong along with coffee shots, flavoured water, fizzy drinks, snacks, sandwiches and filled rolls.

We also have a small shop selling souvenirs including mugs, a good selection of books and fleece jackets with our logo embroidered on them.

Look forward to seeing you all.

Cat Duthie
DMofT Volunteer

   

Dundee Museum of Transport wins Heritage Lottery Fund support

Today, Dundee Museum of Transport (DMofT) has received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to aid the development and to establish a permanent home for the recently-opened museum in Market Street, Dundee. Led solely by volunteers from the local community, the organisation focuses on the restoring, preserving and displaying regional transport-related memorabilia and vehicles, including Dundee’s last remaining Horse Drawn Tram which was reclaimed from a garden in Perth earlier this year. However, even prior to opening its temporary premises to the public in April this year, the museum reported that it was already over-capacity.

The project will be for an external business consultant to undertake a an in-depth business assessment to review and further aid the development of the organisation and how the museum can benefit the local economy, not just as a base for heritage restoration but as a permanent visitor attraction in the city, also. Although based in Dundee, the organisation has the end aim to represent the transport heritage of the east coast and beyond.

Commenting on the award, the museum’s chairman Jimmy McDonell said: “We are thrilled to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and it comes on the back of us being awarded three stars as a visitor attraction by VisitScotland.  We are confident the project will guide us further in our aim to become not only a home for transport heritage, but a sustainable and well-used visitor attraction.”

Using money raised through the National Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) aims to make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities across the UK and help build a resilient heritage economy. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, we invest in every part of our diverse heritage. HLF has supported almost 35,000 projects with more than £5.3bn across the UK.

TA Recruitment Day: Sunday 27 July 2014

The Territorial Army based at Rodd Road Dundee will be holding a Recruitment Day at Dundee Museum of Transport's Market Mews premises from 11am on Sunday 27 July 2014.

There will be a squad of retired veterans from 45 Commando in Arbroath coming on the day with an information stand and the TA are going to bring some vehicles to display as well.

Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available.

   

Maryfield Tram Depot: Update

Scottish Water has confirmed that they have received our offer and will be carrying out robust review on offers for the property, which is likely to take a number of weeks, before they make any recommendation as to who the preferred bidder will be.

As always, stay tuned.
 

Time is running out to save the former Maryfield Tram Depot

Dundee Museum of Transport has been negotiating to purchase this historically important building since 2010.

Scottish Water has now set a closing date for offers - 12pm on Thursday 10 July 2014. They claim a developer is interested in the site and that it could be bulldozed for housing. We need as much support as possible to finally secure this building for the future.

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Click here to find out more about the former Maryfield Tram Depot and our plans for the building

Click here to read a recent newspaper article about our appeal