Museum of Illusion in Nice: the kingdom of illusion

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The Museum of Illusion is set up in Nice to offer children and adults alike a unique experience of illusion.

Musée de l’illusion

This museum offers a journey to turn your head upside down. Indeed, many showcases or installations are designed to disorientate your senses, jostle your intelligence and astonish your experience of your surroundings. You won't believe your eyes. You're not in the real world anymore. And yet you are!

A few of a multitude of experiences to enjoy

And those yellow pencils under red pencils where you can't really tell which color is superimposed on the other.

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And that 3D frog that disappears when you want to grab it. You can see it, but it doesn't exist. /wp:list-item -->

And so on.

The mind and senses are deceived by a multitude of physics phenomena.
Bref, a visit to the Museum of Illusion is one long moment of relaxation, pleasant surprises and exchanges.

Practical information

Musée de l'illusion
5 rue Massena (2 steps from Place Massena)

Ages 7 and up, including adults.

Hours
Monday to Thursday, 10am to 6pm.
Friday to Sunday, holidays and school vacations, 9am to 8pm.
Reservations recommended during school vacations and holidays

Official website

Or, further down the line, a long, straight umbrella will never cross a curved slot. If?how is that possible?

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And those yellow pencils under red pencils where you can't really tell which color is superimposed on the other.

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And that 3D frog that disappears when you want to grab it. You can see it, but it doesn't exist. /wp:list-item -->

And so on.

The mind and senses are deceived by a multitude of physics phenomena.
Bref, a visit to the Museum of Illusion is one long moment of relaxation, pleasant surprises and exchanges.

Practical information

Musée de l'illusion
5 rue Massena (2 steps from Place Massena)

Ages 7 and up, including adults.

Hours
Monday to Thursday, 10am to 6pm.
Friday to Sunday, holidays and school vacations, 9am to 8pm.
Reservations recommended during school vacations and holidays

Official website

For example, 2 people of similar size in a small room will appear very different sizes.

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Or, further down the line, a long, straight umbrella will never cross a curved slot. If?how is that possible?

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And those yellow pencils under red pencils where you can't really tell which color is superimposed on the other.

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And that 3D frog that disappears when you want to grab it. You can see it, but it doesn't exist. /wp:list-item -->

And so on.

The mind and senses are deceived by a multitude of physics phenomena.
Bref, a visit to the Museum of Illusion is one long moment of relaxation, pleasant surprises and exchanges.

Practical information

Musée de l'illusion
5 rue Massena (2 steps from Place Massena)

Ages 7 and up, including adults.

Hours
Monday to Thursday, 10am to 6pm.
Friday to Sunday, holidays and school vacations, 9am to 8pm.
Reservations recommended during school vacations and holidays

Official website

For example, 2 people of similar size in a small room will appear very different sizes.
Or, further down the line, a long, straight umbrella will never cross a curved slot. If?how is that possible?
And those yellow pencils under red pencils where you can't really tell which color is superimposed on the other.
And that 3D frog that disappears when you want to grab it. You can see it, but it doesn't exist. /wp:list-item -->
And so on.

The mind and senses are deceived by a multitude of physics phenomena.
Bref, a visit to the Museum of Illusion is one long moment of relaxation, pleasant surprises and exchanges.

Practical information

Musée de l'illusion
5 rue Massena (2 steps from Place Massena)

Ages 7 and up, including adults.

Hours
Monday to Thursday, 10am to 6pm.
Friday to Sunday, holidays and school vacations, 9am to 8pm.
Reservations recommended during school vacations and holidays

Official website

For example, 2 people of similar size in a small room will appear very different sizes.
Or, further down the line, a long, straight umbrella will never cross a curved slot. If?how is that possible?
And those yellow pencils under red pencils where you can't really tell which color is superimposed on the other.
And that 3D frog that disappears when you want to grab it. You can see it, but it doesn't exist. /wp:list-item -->
And so on.

The mind and senses are deceived by a multitude of physics phenomena.
Bref, a visit to the Museum of Illusion is one long moment of relaxation, pleasant surprises and exchanges.

Practical information

Musée de l'illusion
5 rue Massena (2 steps from Place Massena)

Ages 7 and up, including adults.

Hours
Monday to Thursday, 10am to 6pm.
Friday to Sunday, holidays and school vacations, 9am to 8pm.
Reservations recommended during school vacations and holidays

Official website

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Jean-Marc Foulquier