GET READY FOR 5 FLOORS OF INTERACTIVE HANDS-ON FUN!
Camera Obscura Show - explore...
The Camera Obscura show is the essential Edinburgh tour and an excellent start to your visit to the city.
Camera Obscura Show - explore...
Rooftop Experience - explore...
Don’t miss our unrivalled, breathtaking views of the city and its surrounding areas.
Rooftop Experience - explore...
World of Illusions - explore...
Enter a world where seeing is NOT believing and enjoy yourself with our hands on exhibitions.
World of Illusions - explore...
Magic Gallery - explore...
On this floor you will interact with incredible things like floating sweets, Victorian bendy mirrors & fish that swim on the floor.
Magic Gallery - explore...
Light Fantastic - explore...
Be dazzled by our spectacular collection of 3D holograms.
Light Fantastic - explore...
Edinburgh Vision - explore...
Turn your world upside down inside a giant pinhole camera, experience Edinburgh in 3D and go through a tunnel of never ending stars!
Edinburgh Vision - explore...
What's new for 2008...
How hot are you? Find your hotspots with our new thermal imaging camera.
What's New???
 

Enjoy the fascinating Camera Obscura Show, fantastic views of Edinburgh, and three galleries packed full of an amazing range of optical experiences which have been amusing visitors of all ages and nationalities since 1853!
Where we are...
Click here to view a map and directions to Camera Obscura.

 
  What visitors thought
  • The whole show/building has been very well put together. A must for any visitor to Scotland!
  Lisa Waterman, Surrey

• The best visitor attraction we found in Edinburgh. Great fun!
  Gary Carson, Dunbar

• Very interesting and entertaining! Good value for money!
  D Smith, Hampshire

• One of the best attractions I have been to. I really appreciate places like this that can stimulate minds of any age.
  Ashleyanne Krigbaum, USA

• This was really amazing. We liked it a lot.
  Conchi Grinon Pino, Spain

• Simply amazing and astounding, mind boggling experience. 1853 you say? Wow thumbs up!
  Lee I-Ian, Malaysia

• It's a complete different way of seeing the world. Thank you!
  Patrick Lotter

• What an enjoyable experience. Presentation was witty, informative and very interesting. Who knew you could have such fun with a periscope?
  J de Massey

• All good, the attraction is something individual and very enjoyable, the camera obscura itself was very interesting.
  Visitor Survey 2007

• The Camera Obscura presentation was delivered in a very interesting, professional yet relaxed way. I enjoyed it thoroughly, was mesmerized by the displays and have recommended it to quite a few people, two of whom are planning to visit next week.
  Visitor Survey 2007

• Everything was out of this world. Worth every penny!
  Visitor Survey 2007

• Having my children enjoy themselves whilst learning was a major plus. We all loved the camera obscura especially and the mirrors were great fun!
  Visitor Survey 2008

• I brought a visitor; the Camera Obscura is always the best way to encounter Edinburgh if you don't know the city.
  Visitor Survey 2007

• I enjoyed every aspect of it. There is a lot of innovative displays here and I found it to be quite different to anything that I have seen before. I have been to many different cities and it is attractions like this that really stand out.
  Visitor Survey 2008

• I enjoyed everything there!!! it was really interesting and we had such a fun!!!!!
  Visitor Survey 2007

             
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