Industrial and Rural Heritage

Dundee and Angus has a rich and varied industrial heritage based primarily on Jute, farming, fishing, whaling and shipbuilding.

When you visit the area, immerse yourself in your ancestral heritage at museums located from the shores of the Tay to the foothills of the Grampian Mountains.

Explore Captain Scott's famous polar exploration ship

RRS Discovery at Discovery Point, Dundee.

Visit Verdant Works - a working jute mill in the heart of Dundee. Take a tour of the jute industry from its beginnings in India to the end product in all its forms. Discover why Dundee was once the world centre for the manufacture of jute and why the industry fell into decline.

Find our what life was like in the 18th-century cottages that form Angus Folk Museum and Barry Mill  The Folk Museum's domestic and agricultural collections illustrate changes in Angus rural life in the last 200 years, and Barry Mill offers live demosntrations of the ancient craft of milling grain.

In the hills above Edzell,   The Retreat, Glenesk tells the story of the people who lived in the Glen, and has a useful genealogical archive relating to the area.