Tricky Trip to the Trick Eye Museum

Summer holidays are here and the temperatures are climbing up! Thankfully, there are so many cool ways to keep the kids engaged in Seoul. Hongdae, where the student crowd of the Hongik University gather, is a hep and happening place with all the pubs, bars and awesome shopping all around and houses the Trick Eye Museum, which creates fun effects by optical illusion!

A famous spot for some serious camera work.

We started out with the Ticket dispenser

And then proceeded to more violent business!

All these drawings are done on the wall, all with 3D-like-aspects that tricks the eye in believing something else (trompe l'oeil). And, together with just the right lightings and a bit imagination with fun poses, the effects are really amazing!

The curious case of the colossal kid!

Get away from me pink skirted boy!

Don't mess with the Gods! Or suffer the consequences! 

This is a curious piece of art which shows three different paintings depending on the angle from which it is viewed.

The same painting, as viewed from the left

And as viewed from the right!

The Dino ride!

Stuck in the ceiling with the green monster! Oops! Should have placed the cap more carefully!

Climbing with the panda is a lot of fun!

The fierce fish attack! Thankfully he escaped unscathed :)

The fishy secret revealed!

This is how it works:  It is the corner where the realistic looking fish painting is at. On the right hand side of the painting are some suggestions on how to pose for the best effect and the foot picture at the bottom shows the perfect spot for the right shot.

The Trick Eye Museum is a good place for a hour or two of fun where cameras are mandatory! It also houses the Mirror Maze where we find our way out through the hall of mirrors. It was actually quiet fun!


How to reach the Trick Eye Museum?

Entrance fees is 13,000won for adults. But there are coupons found in the free Seoul magazine which can be used to get the admission for 10,000 won. Here is also another website that lets you print out the coupon after registering.

Take the Hongik University station exit 9. And it is possible to reach the museum in around 10 minutes.  The Trick Eye Museum in housed in the basement of a building.

Image from http://trickeye.com/English/info.html