Museum of Illusions Dubai

Description

At the Museum of Illusions in Dubai, you'll find the perfect spot for family fun as you challenge your sense of perception. Enter this space where nothing is as it seems.

Located along Dubai Creek, this exposition provides an all-encompassing, immersive experience that simultaneously engages your visual, sensory, and educational faculties. As you go from room to room, each is filled with illusions for you to be blown away. The Museum of Illusions is one of Dubai's most popular tourist destinations, with global recognition and a presence in over 20 countries.

Furthermore, the Museum of Illusions offers the perfect platform for avid social media enthusiasts to unleash their inner influencers, capturing the most Instagram-worthy photos. It'll be a day filled with fun and excitement and a valuable opportunity to delve into the fascinating world of perception and the astonishing ease with which the brain can be deceived.

Museum areas

The Museum of Illusions in Dubai boasts 19 different areas, each with its own particularity. You'll find a detailed list here:

• Turntables: enter this room where the optical illusion lies in two discs hypnotizing you as they spin round and round.
• The Chair Illusion: in this room, you'll see how size depends on our perception of objects and people around is influenced by the context of the surrounding items
• Ames Room: experiment with size simply by walking into this room and stepping forward or backward. Prepare to experience one of the most renowned optical illusions known worldwide.
• Antigravity Room: challenge gravity and your brain, questioning the laws of physics just by leaning at an inclination!
• Rotated Room: change your world view in this room and hang at a 90-degree angle
• Infinity Room: an endless hall of mirrors, creating an infinite space for you to explore
• Vortex Tunnel: inside the tunnel, experience a world that spins around you at different speeds as you traverse this universe
• Zoetrope: the most surprising illusion of movement at the museum by far; you'll be amazed
• Infinity Tunnel: another tunnel that seems like it goes on for an eternity, thanks to endless mirrors
• Clone Table: here, you'll sit at a table with several of your clones and try to beat yourself at a cardgame
• Kaleidoscope: create your own design and enjoy being a kid again when making your own kaleidoscope
• Nose Swap: swap facial features with your friends in front of this unique mirror that lets you try on different noses
• Head on a platter: one of the best photo ops for your Instagram account, where your head is the main dish of this banquet table
• Tricky stick: a game where your brain becomes your worst enemy. Figure out how the stick can go through the hole in the box
• Rubin's Vase: in this game, simply look for the image behind the object! Easy right?
• Hollow Face Illusion: move left to right to discover these famous faces
• Optical Illusions: an exhibition where perplexing images will play tricks on your mind, causing you to perceive things in a completely different light. It's a vivid example of how our perception of the world can frequently become distorted.
• Magic Box: capture images filled with the most peculiar and unconventional scenes in this unique room, where reality becomes an enigmatic puzzle.
• Holograms: in this room, you'll encounter transformed holograms that appear and disappear before your eyes as if by sheer magic.

Schedule

The Museum of Illusions in Dubai is open every day of the week at the following times:

• Monday through Thursday: 10 am to 10 pm
• Friday to Sunday: 10 am to 11 pm

Keep in mind these schedules are subject to change.