Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

This guide to the Camera Obscura & World of Illusions follows Maria Theresa Short, who arrived in Edinburgh from the West Indies in eighteen twenty-seven claiming to be the long-lost daughter of instrument maker Thomas Short, a claim nobody could quite prove or disprove. You'll hear how she used that inheritance to build a scientific reputation on Calton Hill, and what happened when the town council finally forced her out and she bought this Castlehill townhouse instead. Stand at the round table at the top and watch the moving figures on the Royal Mile below.