MUSEUM OF ILLUSIONS MANCHESTER Experience the impossible

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Visitors at Museum of Illusions are interacting with the Head on a Platter illusion.
A woman stands in the Clone Room, surrounded by four reflections of herself in the mirrors.
Visitor at Museum of Illusions in the Kaleidoscope exhibit with a face multiplied in a kaleidoscopic pattern.
In the Symmetry Room illusion, a woman appears to have two heads with a pair of legs floating above them.
Visitors in one corner of the Ames Room look much larger than those standing in the opposite corner.
Two children in one corner of the Ames Room appear much larger than their parents standing in the opposite corner.

Are you ready for a mind-bending adventure?

Imagine stepping into a world where the impossible, actually, is possible. At Museum of Illusions, reality twists and turns, perspectives shift, and your senses get puzzled.

 

Our interactive illusion rooms and captivating optical illusions will make you question everything you see – and everything you think you know.

Two people are interacting with the Swap Noses illusion. The exhibit creates a composite image of their faces.
Visitors at Museum of Illusions interacting with the Building Illusion, appearing to climb a building facade.
Two young women are leaning as if defying gravity at Museum of Illusions Tilted Room.
A person sitting in the Beuchet Chair looks disproportionately small compared to the person who stands next to it.
Visitors appear to defy gravity as they sit upside down at Museum of Illusions Reversed Room.
Perfect for
  • Immersive fun with
    friends

    A young man is smiling as he passes through the Museum of Illusions Vortex Tunnel.
  • Educational school trips

    School children visiting Museum of Illusions.
  • Unique photo ops

    A woman's face is multiplied at the Museum of Illusions' Kaleidoscope exhibit.
  • Interactive family
    adventures

    Children standing in one corner of the Ames Room look much bigger than their parents standing in the other corner.
  • Extraordinary dates

    A young couple appears to defy gravity at Museum of Illusions' Tilted Room.
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OUR EXHIBITS

60 + interactive exhibits

Our perspective-changing rooms, installations and illusion art are anything but usual! Defy gravity, walk into a Kaleidoscope, climb the façade of a building without leaving the ground, witness still images come to life – and learn how all of that is possible, too!

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  • What’s on

    Dog Days at Museum of Illusions

    September 14 - October 12, 2025
    10:00 am - 7:30 pm

    We have paw-tastic news! On select Sundays in September and October we’re opening our doors to dogs. Expect loads of adorable photo ops, snacks, and refreshments.