Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions - where seeing is not believing! Welcome to Edinburgh's oldest visitor attraction, delighting visitors since 1835. Don’t miss this Aladdin’s cave filled with illusions, tricks, puzzles, hands-on experiences and unbelievable effects to experience and interact with. Get involved, play, touch everything!
Don’t miss the two exciting new exhibition spaces Bewilderworld and The Puzzling Zone! We have nearly doubled in size in the last year to bring you even more interactive fun. Will you find your way out of the magical mirror maze? Can you shrink yourself like Alice in Wonderland in the amazing Ames room? Will you manage to stay on your feet in the Vortex Tunnel?
BEWILDERWORLD. How will you find your way through the Mirror Maze? It’s not as easy as it looks! Step in to the Vortex Tunnel and see if you can stay on your feet while the tunnel spins around you.
THE PUZZLING ZONE. Ever fancy being a little taller? Step into the amazing Ames Room and watch in wonder as you shrink and grow!
CAMERA OBSCURA: Come and see this amazing live moving panorama of the city. Spy on passers-by in the street below and pick them up in your hand! The Camera Obscura has now been delighting visitors for 175 years!
ROOFTOP VIEWS: Perched high above the city, let the view take your breath away! 360° panoramas of Edinburgh with free telescopes, including our fantastic high-power Russian Navy telescope which gives close-up views of the city and far beyond.
MAGIC GALLERY: Catch your shadow, shake hands with your ghost and discover a new you in the morphing machine. Amazing optical illusions with endless hands-on fun! You'll be amazed at our giant kaleidoscopes, one of the world's biggest plasmadomes, giant lenses which let you see your friends in a whole new light, and the fishtank where you can walk on water!
LIGHT FANTASTIC: Enter a new dimension in the U.K.'s only permanent gallery dedicated to the science and art of holography. You'll watch entranced as these eerily realistic 3D pictures change, appear and disappear before your eyes!
EDINBURGH VISION: See Edinburgh in 3D from the 1850s to the present day and make sure you try our live city viewcams which you can control. Scan right around the city and zoom in and out on anything (or anyone!) that takes your fancy! Step inside our giant pinhole camera and you'll laugh as your friends appear upside-down! Spot how hot you are in the Thermal Camera.
Gift shop - amazing range of puzzles, illusions, holograms and other unusual gifts, postcards, guidebooks, and digital memory cards.
Opening Hours
July & August: Mon-Sun 09.30 –20.00/21.00
Sep & Oct: Mon-Fri 09.30 – 18.00, Sat & Sun 09.30 – 19.00
Nov – Mar: Mon- Fri 10.00 – 17.00, Sat & Sun 10.00 – 18.00
April –June: Mon- Fri 09.30 – 18.00, Sat & Sun 09.30 – 19.00
Contact
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
Castlehill
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
EH1 2ND
Scotland
Tel: +44 (131) 2263709
Fax: +44 (131) 2254239
E-Mail: info@camera-obscura.co.uk
WWW: http://www.camera-obscura.co.uk
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