WATCH: V&A Dundee opens its doors to the world
3,000 members of the public were welcomed into the design museum on Saturday.
Last updated 15th Sep 2018
High-school students were among the first of 3,000 members of the public welcomed into V&A Dundee.
The £80.1m design museum officially opened to the public on Saturday, September 15.
The first V&A museum anywhere in the world outside London, the building designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma on the banks of the River Tay is the centrepiece of an ongoing £1 billion regeneration of the city’s waterfront.
Scott Regan, 17, of the city's St Paul's Academy, said: "It's a real privilege being one of the first people in.
"There's so many people from other schools who could've got the chance to be the first one to step in the V&A. It's really impressive. I can't believe it's in Dundee."
He was joined by Shannon Balfour, 17, from Morgan Academy, Dundee, who said it was an "amazing experience".
She spoke to Mr Kuma, whose design was chosen from more than 100 entries, and said he is a "really great man''.
"The architecture is amazing and the building inside is just fantastic," she added.
The Scottish Design Galleries feature 300 exhibits drawn from the V&A's collections of Scottish design, as well as from museums and private collections across the world.
V&A Dundee director Philip Long said there is a "real sense of optimism'' at the opening.
He said: "It's wonderful to see people coming into the museum and really bringing it alive.''
A two-day festival to celebrate the opening, headlined by Primal Scream on Friday, is expected to attract up to 20,000 people.