Discovery Point and RRS Discovery

🌟 SPECIAL OFFER 🌟

Schools out! What better way to celebrate than making BIG savings when you embark on a voyage of adventure at Discovery Point & RRS Discovery.

We're offering 20% OFF entry to Discovery Point & RRS Discovery from Monday 6 July - Friday 10 July 2026*. No need to book in advance, all you need to do is say "Summer26" when you arrive at our front desk! 🎟

Don't miss out on this limited offer! Full T&Cs at our website: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/school-holiday-offer/

Come rain or shine, adventure awaits aboard RRS Discovery this summer - celebrate 125 years of wonder, exploration and inspiration with us. Enjoy all of this and more:

⚓ Explore above and below deck on Captain Scott's ship, RRS Discovery
🐧 Become a polar explorer as you navigate through over 10 galleries
🎲 Kids' activities, games, and interactive displays
✏ Follow museum trails, discover Emma penguin lanyard activities & more
⚒️ See traditional ship works up close as Discovery's major conservation project continues
🎒 Sensory backpacks, baby change facilities & access guides available
🍰 Embark on a journey through the flavours of Tayside and beyond in 77º South Cafe
🛍 Take home a souvenir of your voyage from our gift shop

Plan your visit at our website: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/school-holiday-offer/

And remember, just say "Summer26" at our front desk to make big savings on tickets from Monday 6 July - Friday 10 July 2026.* T&Cs apply.

🤩 The school holidays are coming!

Adventure awaits all summer here at Discovery Point & RRS Discovery. Set sail on unforgettable voyages every single day aboard Captain Scott's ship in Dundee.

From a new Escape Room, to incredible animal encounters at the Mini Zoo, to the magic of cinema, there's something for curious minds of all ages to discover. And you can visit again, and again, and again with an Unlimited Pass!*

🗞 Read all about our summer programme at The Courier UK: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5522579/family-friendly-summer-dundee/

☀ Plan your voyage in Scotland's sunniest city at our website: https://www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/dundee-summer/

VisitDundee Dundee - One City, Many Discoveries 📷: Tiny Ginger Love on Instagram. *T&Cs apply

⚽ Do penguins know the offside rule?

With the amount of Antarctic football matches that they've watched over in the past century, they're probably beginning to have an idea of what it all means!

For some inspired reading this weekend, dive (or were you pushed?) into a brief history of football and sports on the Antarctic ice, in a new blog post written by one of our volunteers, Gemma.

📚 Read the blog at our website: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/story/do-penguins-know-the-offside-rule/

📷: Fry's Commemorative Card showing football on the sea ice, Terra Nova Expedition (DUNIH 2011.2.15)

🌎 This , we're highlighting the impact of the Discovery Investigations, which began on Discovery's first voyage as a Royal Research Ship, back in 1925.

This scientific investigation – the first of its kind in history – was financed by the British Government. Its purpose was to prevent overfishing in the British Antarctic territories and to gather scientific knowledge for whaling management.

The on-board scientists were tasked to observe the whales and document their breeding habits and their migration patterns; this would become the beginning of conservation thinking in relation to whales, and contributed to the ban of commercial whaling in the 1980s 🐋

More generally, the scientists aboard RRS Discovery in 1925-1927 conducted a study on the Southern Ocean ecosystem.

A century later, the ways in which leading scientists from the National Oceanography Centre [NOC] aboard the current RRS Discovery (2012) carry out investigations in our oceans has evolved dramatically.

🦐 Equipment such as the continuous plankton recorder and vertical plankton nets however, hark back to the first days of the Discovery Investigations over 100 years ago, connecting the 1901 ship and its crew to the work of scientists today.

Learn more about the Discovery Investigations in our latest exhibition:

🖼 '100 Years of RRS Discovery', produced in collaboration with the NOC, the University of Southampton and the Marine Biological Association
📅 On display until 13 September 2026
🎟 Included in museum admission
🎫 Book online and save: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/tickets/

📷: RRS Discovery (1901) under sail in the 1920s / Alister Hardy and F.C Fraser operating a plankton net