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StoryTrails - Dundee

Dundee Central Library

Date and time

7 - 8 July

Publication date
Olympians Boxer Dick McTaggart and swimmer Cissie Steward

See your hometown in a new light

StoryTrails, a unique, multimedia storytelling experience is coming to Dundee on 7 - 8 July.

It offers you the opportunity to experience Dundee in a completely new way by using technology to bring hidden stories of your town/city to life.  Drop into Central Library, The Wellgate and try out a range of different immersive and virtual reality experiences or go on a guided tour of your city with the StoryTrails app as your tour guide.

In Dundee the augmented reality app reveals the untold history of Dundee’s forgotten Olympians, boxer Dick McTaggart and swimmer Cissie Stewart – who had very different homecomings when they came back with their medals.

The tour is narrated by Dundee based Scottish middle distance running Olympian, Eilish McColgan who is the daughter of Liz McColgan

Time travellers need no previous technical experience and electronic mobile devices can be borrowed for the tour if you don’t have your own.

All activities are completely free so just turn up and join in.

For more details see unboxed2022.uk/storytrails and search Story-Trails on your app store.

Commissioned as part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK.

StoryTrails website