Outlook Tower Today
The tower, with its three floors of exhibitions, is still open to the public, making it the oldest purpose built attraction in the city,and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. Nowadays there are passing references to Patrick Geddes in the Camera Obscura presentation on the top floor where the camera obscura is still in use to project a 'virtual' tour of the city for visitors, and also on the rooftop terrace with its stunning views and very powerful telescopes. But there are many more things to do, see and play with in the World of Illusions on the other floors where there is a huge variety of hands on interactive exhibits on the themes of optical illusions, light, colour and ways of seeing.
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