V&A Dundee has secured the first run of the new show, David Bowie: On Tour, between November and February before it heads to museums across the UK in 2027 and 2028.
The David Bowie Centre opened at the new working store and visitor attraction at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford last autumn. It comprises over 90,000 of the late star’s possessions, as well as curated exhibitions of objects by Bowie collaborator Nile Rodgers and super-fans The Last Dinner Party.
The exhibition will run at V&A Dundee from 4 November until 15 February.
It will then move to Showtown in Blackpool from June to September 2027, the Bowes Museum in County Durham from October 2027 to January 2028, the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull from February to May 2028, and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery from June to September 2028.
Further venues are expected to be announced.
The otherworldly clown costume worn by David Bowie in the groundbreaking video for Ashes to Ashes will be among more than 100 items on display in a new touring exhibition to begin in Dundee later this year.
David Bowie: On Tour, which opens at V&A Dundee on 4 November, includes costumes, instruments and photographs, some of which have never been on public display before.
Memorabilia includes a clapperboard used for The Man Who Fell To Earth, and his first instrument, a Grafton Alto saxophone bought for him by his father in 1961.
Following its debut in Dundee, the two-year exhibition will move to Blackpool, County Durham, Hull, and Bristol.
The tour comes after the David Bowie Centre opened at the V&A Storehouse in London last September as a home for the archive, featuring a permanent display of artefacts.
The touring exhibition is set across four sections, each offering a "different lens" on the singer, who died in January 2016 aged 69.
The opening section, "Bowie Through a Lens", explores how photography shaped Bowie's image and identity, including work by Terry O'Neill, Mick Rock, Sukita, and Brian Ward.
The second section, "All the Somebody People" focuses on the musician onstage and in the studio across four defining eras; Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin years, Let's Dance, and Blackstar.
The third section, "Hooked to the Silver Screen", features Bowie's onscreen performances, including music videos, film, TV roles and unexpected cameos.
The final section, "I Can't Give Everything Away", explores his "interest in time, documenting his process and legacy".
This includes the stopwatch he used when songwriting, his 1988 British passport, and post-it note conversations with his archive team about items he chose to retain.
