St Andrews Magazine Edition 04

through the Heritage
Lottery Fund and
Creative Scotland,
Dundee City Council,
the UK Government,
Scottish Enterprise,
University of Dundee,
Abertay University and
a successful private
fundraising campaign
which is now complete.
Dundee City Council
Leader, Councillor John
Alexander said: “V&A
Dundee is the perfect
illustration of how the
city is forging a new
path and being
transformed for every
resident, worker and
visitor. We are not a
city which limits its
ambitions and there is
much more to come
from our creative and
dynamic city.
“We are predicting an
economic boost in the
city, estimated in the
region of £11.6 million a
year and the creation
of 361 extra jobs across
Scotland, 249 of which
will be in Dundee. We
also anticipate a
significant number of
other indirect benefits
in terms of jobs and
investment from new
enterprise, business and
increasing footfall in
the city.
“V&A Dundee presents
a unique and major
opportunity for the city
of Dundee, the
contribution it will make
to realising the council's
ambitions and
strategies for the city
are hugely significant
and its completion and
opening represent the
result of much
determined effort over
a ten-year period by
the council and its
partners.”
Tristram Hunt, Director
of the V&A, said: “This
cultural milestone for
the city of Dundee is
also a landmark
moment in V&A history
– we’re extremely
proud to share in this
exceptional
partnership, the first of
its kind in the UK, and to
have helped establish
a new international
centre for design that
celebrates Scotland’s
cultural heritage.”
V&A Dundee has now
successfully completed
its capital funding
programme, the most
ambitious of its kind in
Scotland, and will now
focus on funding the
museum’s exciting
exhibitions and learning
programmes.
Sir Peter Luff, Chair of
the Heritage Lottery
Fund, said: “Today the
spotlight is on Scotland,
and Dundee, as
cultural organisations
across the globe look
on in awe at what has
been achieved. For a
small country, Scotland
has an incredibly rich
design heritage with
creativity, innovations
and inventions that
have changed lives
across the world.
“Thanks to £19 million of
funding from The
National Lottery, we
now have a
spectacular, worldclass
museum which is
a beacon for those
incredible
achievements and an
inspiration for the future
of design.”
There are fantastic
transport links between
St Andrews and
Dundee, so come and
see what St Andrews
has to offer whilst
experiencing this new,
amazing monument to
Scotland’s design
history across the Tay.
V&A Dundee is
free to enter and
open daily from
10.00 to 17.00.
Buses between St
Andrews and Dundee
run every 10 minutes
throughout the day,
and the nightrider
ticket is available for £3
for unlimited travel
across Fife and Angus.