The Camera Obscura.
Kirriemuir Camera Obscura provides a fascinating glimpse of historic technology and striking views of the surrounding countryside.
On the roof of the building there is a device which with the clever use of mirrors shows an image in real time on this white dish.
I was last here in 1980 with my Grandfather and was happy to revisit this wonder.
In fact, camera obscuras date back to as far as 400BC, possibly even before records existed. The earliest known written account of a camera obscura was provided by a Chinese philosopher called Mo-tzu (or Mozi) in 400BC.
Kirriemuir Camera Obscura – one of only three in Scotland – is housed in a purpose-designed turret room in the Barrie Pavilion on Kirrie Hill. It was gifted to the town by Sir J M Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, along with the cricket pavilion in which it is situated and was opened by the author on 7th June 1930.
The Camera Obscura.
Kirriemuir Camera Obscura provides a fascinating glimpse of historic technology and striking views of the surrounding countryside.
On the roof of the building there is a device which with the clever use of mirrors shows an image in real time on this white dish.
I was last here in 1980 with my Grandfather and was happy to revisit this wonder.
In fact, camera obscuras date back to as far as 400BC, possibly even before records existed. The earliest known written account of a camera obscura was provided by a Chinese philosopher called Mo-tzu (or Mozi) in 400BC.
Kirriemuir Camera Obscura – one of only three in Scotland – is housed in a purpose-designed turret room in the Barrie Pavilion on Kirrie Hill. It was gifted to the town by Sir J M Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, along with the cricket pavilion in which it is situated and was opened by the author on 7th June 1930.