Opening Times

9.30 am - 7.30pm summer time
10am - 5.30pm winter time

What makes this a great venue for School group Fun or Educational Visits?

Located on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, we offer a 3D Loch Ness Experience for primary school ages up to adult. We have a small auditorium based visitor attraction where the visual content is stereoscopic (3D) and is presented by the scientist Adrian Shine (A worldwide authority). Click here for further information.
Adrian Shine, scientist & the foremost authority on Loch Ness, presents the whole story and all his many other findings.
Experience Photos, Illusions, Hoaxes and hear Real Eye Witness Accounts.
The 3D Loch Ness Experience is produced by the award winning Loch Ness Exhibition Centre in Drumnadrochit, near Inverness (www.lochness.com). The centre has been voted as a top educational resource for the Highland region.
School groups will get an opportunity at the end of the presentation to ask questions and debate the subject of Loch Ness with our resident enthusiast. We strive to encourage the children to engage further by offering prizes in our question and answer session.

What are the Curriculum Topics or Benefit to the students from a visit?

The content is designed around specific attainment outcomes, strands and targets within the national curriculum extending from the later years of primary to the first few of secondary school.
Our two FREE school work-pack resources fit within two of the ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ curricular areas and are suitable for P3 to S2 students with activities suitable for a wide range of ability levels. In addition the 3D Loch Ness Experience is an excellent resource that allows students to utilise enterprising approaches to learning and therefore fit naturally within the ‘Determined to Succeed’ recommendations.

What are the activities?

We offer a interactive question and answer session at the end of the presentation with our resident enthusiast where the children get the opportunity to engage further in to the Loch Ness subject

What is the age range of the activities?

Generally we offer the prize giving extra to primary school groups of up to 12 years of age.

What materials to you provide or suggest groups bring to support the visit?

We provide a downloadable workpack via our website at www.3dlochness.com

What are the minimum and maximum group sizes and the free Teacher Ratio?

8 minimum
34 maximum

Do you have or how do you arrange risk assessment?

We can provide a risk assessment upon request

Do you offer Teacher familiarisation days?

Yes

What facilities are there for school groups for food and drink, shop etc?

Gift shop, many food facilities within 2 minutes of venue

Is specific clothing required?

No

Do you have first aid on site?

No

Are there any restrictions on photos, copyright etc?

No

Additional information.

The current rate for School groups is £2.50 per child. There is no charge for accompanying adults or group leaders. Children are classified as under 16 years of age.
The current rate for student groups is £3.00 per student. Students are classified as those over 16 years of age and studying full-time education.