After a 2006 facelift, Clambers emerged as one of the largest facilities of its kind in the Edinburgh area. The new format includes dedicated areas for babies and toddlers, as...

Opened in 1999 and housed in an impressive 19th-century building, the Dean Gallery is conveniently situated directly across the road from the Scottish National Gallery of...

Aquariums, a moving walkway and a feely fish pool, plus films, educational lectures and a café are on offer here. You can even learn to dive to PADI-accepted standards among...

You can zap them with laser fire and they can zap you back (as long as they're 3ft 6in or taller, that is), and you all go home in one piece afterwards.

Edinburgh's most kid-friendly pool includes a gently sloping beach for toddlers, plus water cannons, a wave machine, flumes, river rapids and bubble beds. The pool also has a...

This great, compact soft play centre has equipment suitable for both able-bodied and disabled children, and huge windows that let in plenty of natural light. Staff police the...

Our Dynamic Earth is located near the former home of Edinburgh-born James Hutton, the so-called 'Father of Geology'. It's anyone's guess what he'd make of its ultra-modern,...

The Royal Museum is in the throes of a Herculean reinvention (due to finish in 2011) and now forms part of the National Museum of Scotland. The beautifully airy main hall, with...

Launched in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, the Royal Yacht Britannia was used by the Royal Family for state visits, holidays and diplomatic functions for...

Occupying a building designed in the 1820s as an institution for fatherless children, the permanent collection features numerous well-established artists, with a strong showing...

Perched on the shore, this excellent attraction lets you zoom in on nesting birds with live-action video cameras or watch them through telescopes; alternatively, head indoors...