Dundee’s free Light Show opens at Lamb Gallery this July

Dundee has a free exhibition for anyone who wants a slower, more curious look at something usually passed over in daily life: light itself.

Light Show is running at the Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, with published 9:30 listings from 3 July to 24 July 2026. Entry is free, no booking is required, and the exhibition is presented by University of Dundee Museums for the general public.

The show brings together objects from the University’s museum collections, drawing on art and design, science, medicine and natural history. Its starting point is simple: light is familiar, but it shapes almost everything people see, study and understand.

A free Dundee exhibition built around one everyday force

The exhibition invites visitors to look beyond the ordinary act of switching on a light or stepping into daylight. The source description frames light as a natural phenomenon that has been harnessed, generated and studied by scientists and artists alike.

That gives Light Show a broad route through the University of Dundee Museums collections. Rather than sitting inside one narrow subject area, it moves across creative practice and scientific enquiry, using collection objects to show how light can inspire art, affect nature and inform discovery.

For readers planning other museum trips, Beehive’s guide to a free science-linked exhibition in Newcastle offers a similar practical planning angle.

When to visit the Lamb Gallery

The Dundee City Events listing gives the venue as Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, with the address listed as University of Dundee, Dundee.

The first listed date is Friday, 3 July, followed by weekday dates through Friday, 24 July. The listing does not provide separate food, transport or accessibility details, so visitors should use the published venue and contact information if they need specific arrangements before travelling.

What visitors will find in the collections

Light Show is described as a multi-disciplinary exhibition, and that is the useful clue for deciding whether it is for you. It is not only an art display, and it is not only a science show.

The exhibition draws from art and design, science, medicine and natural history. That mix should suit visitors who like museum displays that connect subjects rather than keeping them apart: how light shapes an image, how it affects living things, and how it has helped people observe and understand the world.

The show’s theme is also broad enough for a casual visit. You do not need specialist knowledge to recognise light as part of everyday experience, but the exhibition’s appeal comes from treating that familiar presence as something worth examining closely.

Free entry and contact details

Light Show is published by Leisure and Culture Dundee, with University of Dundee Museums named as the organiser. The event listing states that entry is free and no booking is required.

The source gives the contact number as 01382 384310 and lists [email protected] for enquiries. The venue is Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, with the exhibition dates running from 3 July to 24 July 2026 at the published 9:30 listings.

Source: Dundee City Events