{"id":699790,"date":"2010-03-24T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/place\/the-house-of-automata"},"modified":"2010-03-24T04:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T08:21:00","slug":"the-house-of-automata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/699790","title":{"rendered":"The House of Automata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image of The House of Automata located in Blervie Castle, United Kingdom | Courtesy the House of Automata\" title=\"Courtesy the House of Automata\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.atlasobscura.com\/images\/place\/the-house-of-automata.8092.main.jpg?w=780\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/place\/the-house-of-automata\">The House of Automata<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Automata workshop and Studios<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AutomatomaniA, also known as &#8220;The House of Automata&#8221; is a gothic stone workshop and store rooms on the beautiful Altyre Estate near Forres in Scotland. Run by Michael and Maria Start, they are both professional automata restorers, and are &#8220;dedicated to promoting knowledge of the subject and inspiring new makers.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe large collection spans 300 years of automata many of which are rare and delicate. A pre-arranged visit and tour will include performances of the working pieces and a full expose of the anatomy of mechanical life, from a ship the size of a fingernail to the glamorous Nancy, a larger than life lady automaton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/place\/the-house-of-automata\">Read more about The House of Automata on Atlas Obscura&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Category: <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/category\/museums-and-collections\">Museums and Collections<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/category\/museums-and-collections\/unique-collections\">Unique Collections<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/category\/inspired-inventions\">Inspired Inventions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/category\/inspired-inventions\/retro-tech\">Retro-Tech<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/category\/inspired-inventions\/amazing-automata\">Amazing Automata<\/a><br \/>Location: <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/globe\/europe\/united-kingdom\/blervie-castle\">Blervie Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/globe\/europe\/united-kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a><br \/>Edited by: <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/user\/Facebook_542552339\">Facebook_542552339<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/user\/Dylan\">Dylan<\/a><br \/><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Automata Automata workshop and Studios AutomatomaniA, also known as &#8220;The House of Automata&#8221; is a gothic stone workshop and store rooms on the beautiful Altyre Estate near Forres in Scotland. Run by Michael and Maria Start, they are both professional automata restorers, and are &#8220;dedicated to promoting knowledge of the subject and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3952,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2W2W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3952"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}