After traveling around Europe and solving many questions and problems, we finally decided to go to our beloved, hot country, Turkey. And finally, before leaving for a long and tiring journey, we visited Krakow for a few days, a place with an incredible atmosphere of coziness and antiquity. But during the visit, we were able to visit several of the most unique places that I have seen in recent years, and I will write about only one of them in this post. So we walked down the street in anticipation of the surprises waiting for us in this place, looking at all the tables in front of us. And so we finally came across the right one. I present to you.......the Museum of Illusions! I have never been to a museum like this before, and I rarely go to museums (almost never), so it was super interesting. The entrance ticket cost $12 per adult.
Upon entering, we immediately noticed many strange and extraordinary things. We were told that you can touch almost everything, but there were explanations next to each illusion (but I didn't take a picture, so I don't remember most of them). The first thing we saw was the Patrick Hughes illusion. This is such an incomprehensible illusion, the picture shows three rooms, and in each of them, the middle is the farthest part. Your brain thinks that the picture is flat when viewed from the front, but if you approach it from the side, you will understand that the farthest part is, on the contrary, the closest, everything is voluminous and radically different. And that way, when you walk past the painting, you can kind of see all the rooms from different perspectives.
The next illusion is called the Jastrow illusion (maybe this is the name of the person who created it?). It consists in the fact that there are two under-bent rectangles, one is shorter, the other is longer. Two of them lie on some surface, one on top of the other, and the upper one looks longer, and the lower one looks shorter. But if you rearrange them, they change lengths. The whole thing is in the shape of these rectangles, the bottom of the rectangle is narrowed, and the top is elongated, so when our brain aligns these two lines, it seems to us that they are different in size. But if you put them one on top of the other, they will be the same.
The next phenomenon looks like this: there are several iron carvings on the wall, with different pictures on them. But if you illuminate them from below, you will see a completely different picture.
And now we see a beautiful vase here, and this vase is not only a vase, but if you look closely, you can see two faces there. This is a psychological thing, you just need to focus on the lines of the vase. I constantly see tests with this picture on the Internet, such as: if you see a vase, the left side of your brain works better, and if there are two faces, then the right side 😂. And if I see both? Do I have two parts working fine? I am happy.
And another interesting thing, which I see for the second time in my life - is a plasma ball 🔮 (or something like that?). As I found out, there is gas in the middle of it, and in the center there is an electrode that creates electric discharges. When you touch it, all the energy accumulates in one place. It looks so magical 🪄, as if there are miniature lightning bolts inside. But do not keep your hands on it for a long time, because it can cause a small electric shock.
Next, we move slowly to the stairs of the second floor, but before that, here is another illusion. We see a picture of a man folded into an accordion from the Middle Ages, it looks like a simple beautiful picture, and if you look at the mirror that was placed specifically in front of him, you can see a beautiful medieval lady from the other side.
And the first room, walking along the corridor to the second floor, which we were very interested in, looked mysterious, as a green light was coming from it. When we entered, we saw how people painted on the wall with green light. The room was darkened which made it look even better. We tried to draw later. In the information table, I read that this phenomenon is based on fluorescence. Illusion museums often use fluorescent or luminescent materials that look very impressive and incomprehensible to ordinary visitors. In the room, walls are used that glow when a certain type of light affects them. This is usually ultraviolet light. The wall is covered with light-retaining material. When you point the UV laser, it charges the fluorescent layer, and it briefly begins to glow exactly in the places where you shined. This creates the effect of painting with light. the other side There was also another joke in the same room. At first I didn't even know what it was. This effect is called "drop shadow". It works thanks to phosphorescent materials that are applied to the surface of the wall. When bright light is directed at these materials, they accumulate energy and begin to glow. When you stand in front of a wall, the light falls around you, but does not fall on the area where you are standing. Thus, the areas of the wall around you are charged, but the shadow area is not. When the light is turned off, the part of the wall that memorized the light remains glowing, and the "uncharged" place forms a shadow on a light background.
After going up to the second floor, there was a board attached to the wall by the stairs with an illusionary drawing on it that was spinning. As it spun, it seemed that the drawing on it was moving, although it had absolutely no movement. When you looked at it, your head started to spin.
The next illusion is a picture. This work was created by the Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak. He creates landscapes that are imperceptibly combined with portraits of people. One of his works is housed here in this museum. In the picture we see a young boy drawing a portrait of a hut under a tree. And if you put all these details together, you will see a wonderfully made portrait of a man. This is a unique art.
Another mirror illusion! There are four circles of similar figures, but in the mirror they are square. This is so strange...
Another coolly created phenomenon. There is a created city on the platform. And if you look at it in one of the corners, you can find a secret message. We couldn't seem to see anything "clearly", but once my mom took the picture, everything became clear. Really, but how did it happen?
Another extremely interesting picture, which has a hint to a internationally known phrase "wolf in sheep's clothing". It looks amazing because when you look from one side you see a sheep in this picture and from the other one a wolf.
Also, walking further through the rooms and looking at various wonders, we noticed an unusual trick with humor. The point is that two people have to sit on a chair facing each other, and there are several mirrors between them. And these mirrors replace parts of one person's face with another, thus making very funny photos. I believe that we have one of the best ones.
Here is another brilliant phenomenon. I didn't have time to read how it works, but there are two forms of different extraordinary figures on the platform. And the strangest thing is that if you put the left figure on the right side, it will start to go down as if there is a huge slope, and if you put the right one on the left one -... Well, you understand. Although this is such an unremarkable thing, of all these things, it really impressed me.
Own professional photo shoot of clone - galaxy by 
I've never seen so much
Idk and idc it looks cute
While walking and looking at all the places and things we came across a giant kaleidoscope. Two people can put their heads inside and see an endless kaleidoscopic reflection of each other. Three of us each received a "mosaic" of our faces.
Get out of my room now- 🫵 NO I WON'T☝️😡
Wow wow wow, have we landed on the page of some magazine or something? Ah, phew, it's just a painted room. Still doesn't sound right does it? Because it doesn't look like that! This room is created in such a style that it seems as if everything is made of paper 😲.
Another illusion. Oh my god, are these people walking on the ceiling? No, it's more like furniture walking on the ceiling. These upside-down room designs go so far that they've even attached slippers to the ceiling! Sometimes when we flip these photos, it is really hard to distinguish this room from the real one.
Did we manage to fool you with a handstand?
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This separate room looks so magical with all those bright colors. Probably the best feature of this room is the colorful shadows that follow you when you enter and exit this room. This miracle is created when three different colored lights fall into the same room. It would be cool to hold a shadow theater here.
Such a big chair, but there must be something wrong here... what is the catch...
Now, that is a real mystery. What is holding that tap? Where's the water comes from? How did they manage to do that? But I'll leave you guess, and tell me if you know what is the secret 😉
Bye bye everyone 🪄🔮