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Musee de l'Illusion Paris

Musee de l'Illusion Paris, Interactive perception museum in 1st arrondissement, France

Description

Musée de l'Illusion Paris is a museum in Paris with around 70 installations featuring optical illusions, holograms, and interactive devices. Visitors can test their senses and explore the limits of visual perception through hands-on engagement.

History

The concept started in Zagreb in 2015 and expanded to multiple cities worldwide. Paris became home to the first French location of this museum concept dedicated to sensory perception.

Culture

The museum explores how our brain processes and interprets visual information through deception. Visitors discover how easily perception can be fooled by what the eyes see.

Practical

The museum opens daily from 10:00 to 22:00 and sits on Rue Saint-Denis in the 1st arrondissement. Plan about 1 to 1.5 hours to explore all the installations at your own pace.

Did you know?

The Ames Room is a chamber with trapezoidal construction where a person can appear twice as large as another depending on position. This illusion works because the room's distorted geometry completely deceives the eye about actual size and distance.

Location
Accessibility
Wheelchair limited access
Address
98 Rue Saint-Denis, 75001 Paris
Opening Hours
Sunday-Wednesday 10:00-20:00; Thursday-Saturday 10:00-22:00
Phone
GPS coordinates
48.86333,2.34996
Latest update
December 8, 2025 19:51

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