{"id":377264,"date":"2024-07-08T19:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/?p=377264"},"modified":"2024-07-09T07:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:47:58","slug":"museum-of-illusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/activities-and-outings\/places-to-go\/museum-of-illusions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Museum of Illusions will blow your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#M2\">Museum of Illusions Joburg: Location and Bookings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#M3\">Competition!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for something to do that\u2019s indoors, beats the cold and bends your mind, then you have got to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/listing\/museum-of-illusions-joburg\/\">Museum of Illusions Joburg<\/a> at the Zone at Rosebank. We were lucky enough to attend the launch of the museum and boy was it an experience! It\u2019s\u00a0 jam-packed with trickery at every corner. Featuring a variety of rooms and installations as well as a party room, this is an ideal family outing.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Playing tricks on your mind!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Illusion rooms will have you doubting what you\u2019re experiencing. The Kaleidoscope was the perfect room to shoot a music video in with its moving display of shapes and colours. There were rooms to make you feel like a giant or a tiny goblin and one that went on for infinity. The Vortex Tunnel was a pure test for the brain, making you feel like the bridge was moving, not for the faint-hearted. The Beuchet Chair makes a person appear to tower over the other and another had your head on a platter.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-377281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Museum-of-Ilusions-1.jpg\" alt=\"museum of illusions\" width=\"892\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Museum-of-Ilusions-1.jpg 892w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Museum-of-Ilusions-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Museum-of-Ilusions-1-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of the illusions work when seen through your phone camera and the museum is designed for a generation of social media users who love every opportunity to take cool photos of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is this an ingenius fun outing but its also an edutainment centre that teaches all the science of optical illusions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Optical Illusions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>All around the museum you will find graphic displays that will blow your mind. Stand at a distance or close up, turn your head or align your camera in a specific way to get the full impact of what you\u2019re looking at. Nothing is as it seems at this museum!<\/p>\n<p>There are definitely moments when it takes longer for your brain and eyes to come together to see the \u2018big picture\u2019. It\u2019s amazing how perception is challenged and your spacial awareness is questioned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-377270 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MOI-collage-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MOI-collage-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MOI-collage-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MOI-collage-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MOI-collage-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MOI-collage.jpeg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/450;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<a name=\"M2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Museum of Illusions Joburg: Location and Bookings<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re into pushing the boundaries of your brain and seeing astonishingly good exhibits, visit the Museum of Illusions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bookings<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.koid.co.za\/event\/museum-of-illusions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: The Zone @ Rosebank, above Hamleys, across the bridge from Spur, right next to EGG.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"M3\"><\/a><strong>WIN:<\/strong> Family tickets worth R580. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/listing\/museum-of-illusions-joburg\/competitions\/#pane-F\">Enter Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Subscribe to our free weekly Jozikids\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/member-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>newsletter<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0 for parents in Gauteng<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Like us on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jozikids.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Follow us on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jozikids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for something to do that\u2019s indoors, beats the cold and bends your mind, then you have got to check out the Museum of Illusions Joburg at the Zone at Rosebank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":377265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-places-to-go"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}