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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Edinburgh
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Take a behind the scenes look at our laboratories and research areas. Visitors will have the chance to view our Victorian telescope dome, meet astronomers and engineers to discuss their work, handle real meteorites, see historical objects and prototypes for 21st century space missions both large and small. Have a go at spotting sun-spots and use our small telescopes to survey the City of Edinburgh and Arthur?s seat (weather permitting). No booking required.</p><p> </p>
OpeningTime1
10:00 - 17:00
OpeningDate1
28/9/2019
OpeningDate2
29/9/2019
OpeningTime2
10:00 - 17:00
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
16574
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Blackford Hill
Postcode
EH9 3HJ
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
edinburgh
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1809
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.92319,-3.187861;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The Royal Observatory Edinburgh combines state-of-the-art high-tech facilities and original Victorian observatory buildings in a beautiful hilltop site overlooking the city. Instruments for some of the world?s best telescopes are designed and built on-site. Catch talks, demonstrations and exhibits and go behind the scenes at one of the UK?s leading scientific establishments. Discover how˜the Observatory˜contributes to astronomy at every stage in the process from designing a new telescope to using and storing the data produced.˜˜</p><p><a href="http://www.roe.ac.uk/opendays/">www.roe.ac.uk/opendays/</a></p>