Our Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh)

I'm visiting from the states and the most exciting part our child had while visiting this exhibition was the train ride there when a train was passing in the opposite direction. Not been to a single science exhibit of this stature in the UK or the US that fails to capture the imagination as this one does. Not only are their typos on their displays,they can't even locate Yellowstone park correctly on their earthquake map. It's not just the small things the mismatching of the video screens, particularly in the polar section, is really off-putting and maybe they want you to sit in case you get motion sickness and fall over? It's dull, I don't mean ...  Read the complete review

Back in February my boyfriend and I were organised enough to get leave together (shocking isnt it!!!) So we headed north to see his family and have a few daysout. So we went to Edinburgh, did our usual find a pub to eat and start drinking, after a short time in the pub we decided to see what else there is in Edinburgh apart from a trainm station and pubs. So we headed off in a random direction and stumbled across the new Scottish Parliament building (ugly building isnt it?) and accross the road what looked like a smaller version of the Millenium Dome, intrigued we decided to take a closer look and found that the dome was a science museum, curious we went in. ...  Read the complete review

My, my husband and our two boys, 7 and 9 visited this. They are quite keen on volcanoes, dinosaurs, space, etc, so we thought this would be a great day out. We came away over 30 quid poorer but wiser. Many things were broken (the polar room was out of commission). My eldest son complained that it was like doing science homework - it was heavy on the reading and light on adventure. Some of the material was pitched too high for my 7 year old and there were lots of younger children than that looking bored. The place was clean and the staff (apart from a rather surly chap on reception) were helpful and friendly. The assistant who valiantly gave the ...  Read the complete review

Dynamic Earth trumpets on its website that it is "the most exciting, new high-tech visitor attraction for great days out in Edinburgh" which is undoubtedly true, but only becuase it is the only new high-tech visitor attraction in the city. Promising a journey through time, using the latest in cutting edge technology, Dynamic Earth is apparently the future of interactive entertainment. Again true, but only if you are a Macedonian goatherder and have never seen a television before. Entering the attraction via a flight of stairs, you find yourself in a large L-Shaped room which contain a number of TV screens fitted into the walls, demonstrating various ...  Read the complete review

My son was interested in visiting the dome in London but in view of the distance this was not possible and we decided on a trip to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh instead. It is an impressive looking building situated in Holyrood Road close to Holyrood Palace. It is at the top of a flight of stairs and looks like a ship in full sail. It is open all year Easter to October 10am to 6pm November to Easter Wed----Sun 10am to 5pm Mon & Tues Closed Also Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day We choose to travel by bus as there is always a problem parking in Edinburgh. It you do go by car there are a few spaces available at Dynamic ...  Read the complete review