D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson - Museum and Archives

Museum and Archives

The original Zoology Museum established by D'Arcy Thompson at Dundee became neglected after his move to St. Andrews and in 1956 the building it was housed in was scheduled for demolition and the museum collection was dispersed, with some parts going to the British Museum. However some important teaching materials were retained. The items which were kept now form the core of the University of Dundee's D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, which can be found in the basement of the University's Carnelley Building and is open to the public on Friday afternoons in the summer, or by appointment.

Special Collections at the University of St Andrews hold D'Arcy Thompson's personal papers which include over 30,000 items. Archive Services at the University of Dundee hold a collection of papers relating to D'Arcy Thompson collected by Professor Alexander David Peacock, who was a later holder of the chair of Natural History at University College, Dundee.