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Dynamic Earth (originally known as Our Dynamic Earth) is a not-for-profit visitor attraction and science centre in Edinburgh, and is Scotland's largest interactive visitor attraction. [1] It is located in Holyrood , beside the Scottish Parliament building and at the foot of Salisbury Crags .
At the end of the 19th century, the Society of Antiquaries relocated its museum to new premises on Queen Street (the building that now houses the Scottish National Portrait Gallery), while the Royal Society moved to 22-24 George Street, and in 1907, the Royal Institution moved to the new Edinburgh College of Art. [3]
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland.It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street.The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
Dynamic Earth may refer to: Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh) , a not-for-profit visitor attraction and science centre in Edinburgh, Scotland Dynamic Earth (Ontario) , an interactive science museum in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Presented by the San Diego–Edinburgh Sister City Society More images: Wojtek (Voytek), the Soldier Bear West Princes Street Gardens: 2015: Alan Herriot: Sculptural group: Bronze on granite base — Lulla-Bye (Children's Memorial)
The architecture of Scotland includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, from the Neolithic era to the present day. The earliest surviving houses go back around 9500 years, and the first villages 6000 years: Skara Brae on the Mainland of Orkney being the earliest preserved example in Europe.
It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum (opened in 1866 as the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, renamed in 1904, and for the period between 1985 and the merger named the Royal Museum of Scotland or ...
The Scottish Parliament Building with Calton Hill in the background. Comprising an area of 1.6 ha (4 acres), with a perimeter of 480 m (1570 ft), [13] the Scottish Parliament Building is located 1 km (0.6 mi) east of Edinburgh city centre on the edge of the Old Town. [14]