Updated: October 25, 2024

We like to think we could never be duped by any sort of smoke and mirrors. That is until we entered Dubai’s Museum of Illusions.

The Time Out Dubai team checked out the weird and wonderful exhibit, and discovered some pretty nifty puzzles and enough optical illusions to make our heads turn upside down (not literally).

Setting up shop over in Al Seef in Bur Dubai, the museum houses 80 different exhibits to boggle the mind. And they’re pretty impressive.

Whether you’re in a Vortex Tunnel or growing/shrinking in the Ames room there’s plenty to wow you. And the array of cheeky puzzles that had us scratching our heads.

The famous museum full of mischief and trickery is open for all to enter, and it’s only Dhs80 to get a full day’s worth of being fooled.