Our Dynamic Earth Edinburgh Review - Holidays in Scotland

This strange tent-like structure next door to the parliament in Edinburgh houses a novel tourist attraction in the city. Our Dynamic Earth is a journey through some of the history of the Earth. It is well geared towards kids and the exhibits are interactive and fun. The meat of the attraction feels like it is all below ground. The start takes you down a lift (time machine) taking you back in time to the start of the universe. You are then led sequentially through different rooms, all with some kind of interactivity and multimedia aspect. It's great fun for kids and feels like a real adventure. Pretty good for adults too. The tour finishes in an interactive dome shaped cinema where you lie back and take part in a "future of the earth" debate whilst being spun around beneath the screen. The whole thing takes between 1 and 2 hours to go round.

Good Points: Excellent, informative exhibition. Well priced and well stocked cafe.

Bad points: Once in the exhibits, toilets and escape routes aren't readily available, and given that you are probably going to be there with kids, these things are necessary. Make sure to go before you start. Also, once you finish the tour you are dumped straight into the gift shop. That's a little too commercial for me. I'd prefer to have the choice whether I take my kids into a shop.

Overall, well worth the entrance fee.

Posted by bigcrags @ 11:54 AM

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