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Welcome to
DCA

We enrich people's lives through art, culture and creativity.

What's on today and tomorrow

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Upcoming events

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Net-Zero Press: Workshop

Tue 21 Oct 2025
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Craft Sunday: Hand Painted Trays with Moo & May Studio

Sun 26 Oct 2025
Lego dot print of a skull

Sip and Print: Lego Printing

Thu 30 Oct 2025
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Discovery Film Festival 2025

Dundead Halloween: Booking Now

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Dundead Halloween
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Dundead presents The Phantom of the Opera on Tour

News and stories

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Dundead
Woman emerging from an underground pool covered in red
Sat 11 Oct

Brilliantly Claustrophobic: Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson discusses The Descent

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Descent at Dundead Halloween
Cinema
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Fri 10 Oct

New films from Fri 10 October

See what's on including I Swear, A House of Dynamite, The Smashing Machine and more.
Cinema
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Thu 9 Oct

Too Much: Melodrama on Film

Get swept away by emotion with Too Much: Melodrama on Film, the new UK-wide film season delivered in partnership with the BFI.
Gallery
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Wed 1 Oct

Our 2026/27 Exhibitions programme

What's coming up in our galleries
Learning
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Tue 30 Sep

October Holidays at DCA

Find out what's on for families during October and download our Family Activity Calendar.
News
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Mon 29 Sep

This autumn in Dundee

We’re excited to be part of a huge autumn for culture in Dundee
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Vouchers and gift memberships

A DCA voucher is the perfect gift for the film fan, artist or creative in your life. Alternatively, a DCA Gift Membership provides discounts, offers and priority booking.
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A gallery full of dark blue light, with a film projected on a wall showing a figure lying on its back with a cloud of insects above it.

Gallery

Contemporary art exhibitions in our two beautiful gallery spaces
colourful seats in DCA cinema

Cinema

Bringing you new releases, vintage favourites and indie gems from around the world
A group of people choose paints in DCA Print Studio.

Print Studio

State-of-the-art facilities for printmaking, photography and digital design
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Learning

See, think, make and do at DCA
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Shop

Open Mon-Sun, 10:00-17:30
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Eat & Drink at Jute Café Bar

A popular choice in the heart of the city
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