Mumbai: The Paradox Museum in Mumbai is India’s first branch of a globally celebrated experiential museum. It has officially opened near CST station in the Fort area. This museum offers a vibrant blend of interactive exhibits and optical illusions, inviting visitors to explore science, art, and psychology in visually stunning ways.
The Mumbai location marks the 12th instalment of the Paradox Museum, joining notable cities like Oslo, Miami, Paris, Berlin, and Shanghai. Designed to challenge perception, this immersive space provides a memorable experience across its 55 unique exhibits spread over 15 rooms.
Must-see exhibits at the Paradox Museum in Mumbai
Here’s a look at some of the must-see exhibits at the Mumbai Paradox Museum:
1. Following Eyes
Have you ever felt that you were being watched? This eerie exhibit takes that sensation to the next level. Large eyes seem to follow you across the room, creating an unsettling yet fascinating experience.
2. Infinity Well
Designed to mimic a bottomless pit, the Infinity Well tricks the mind into seeing a never-ending descent. Using clever combinations of glass and light, this exhibit creates the illusion of depth and plunges visitors into a seemingly endless abyss. It offers a truly dizzying sensation, perfect for those wanting an adrenaline rush.
3. Kaleidoscope
Inspired by childhood memories of looking through a kaleidoscope, this installation uses mirrored surfaces and bright colours to create a swirling, kaleidoscopic effect around the viewer.
4. Lunch Has Been Served
With Halloween around the corner, the Paradox Museum presents this spooky installation where visitors can pose with their heads on a dinner plate, giving the impression that they’re part of the main course. It’s both eerie and fun, and the perfect place to capture a Halloween-themed photo.
5. Paradox Sofa
Paradox Sofa (Paradox Museum)
This installation is a surreal experience where visitors can sit on a sofa that seemingly splits their bodies. Specially designed cutouts allow one’s legs to appear in one part of the sofa while the torso appears in another, creating a peculiar “split-body” effect.
Watch and enter Paradox Museum through this video:
6. Reversed Room
Defy gravity in the Reversed Room, which uses mirrored surfaces and construction techniques to make it look like you’re walking on the ceiling. Visitors can see their entire surroundings flipped upside down.
7. Symmetry Room
This exhibit utilises mirrors to create a perfect symmetry effect, making it appear as if the visitor’s reflection is floating independently. The illusion plays on reflections and perspective and brings symmetry drawings from childhood to life in an immersive 3D experience.
8. Ames Room
The Ames Room recreates a classic forced-perspective illusion where one person appears much larger than the other, depending on their position in the room.
9. Camouflage Room
In this exhibit, visitors can blend into an elaborate mural on the wall by wearing a specially designed coat that matches the wall’s patterns. It gives the impression that one is camouflaged within the artwork itself, creating a playful scene of disappearing into the background.
10. Paradox Tunnel
This dizzying installation uses rotating visuals around a tunnel to distort the viewer’s sense of gravity and direction. Walking through the Paradox Tunnel feels like stepping into a world where gravity is warped, challenging one’s equilibrium and creating an unforgettable sensation.
Mumbaikars, head to Paradox Museum for an immersive experience:
11. Who’s the Boss?
Inspired by cinema techniques used in films like The Lord of the Rings, the Who’s the Boss exhibit uses perspective tricks to make visitors appear drastically different in size depending on where they stand. By using a slanted floor and special photo windows, one person looks giant while the other appears tiny.
12. Zero Gravity Box
Designed to give visitors the sensation of floating without gravity, the Zero Gravity Box has a rotating frame that creates an optical illusion of zero gravity. Moving through this box feels surreal, as the viewer experiences the sensation of weightlessness, as though they are astronauts.
Special Touches and Local Flavour
In keeping with the museum’s global theme of adding local touches, Mumbai’s Paradox Museum also features a room themed after the Mumbai Bazaar. Here, you’ll find a giant mosaic of Maharashtra’s nationalist icon, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, with his eyes seemingly following every movement—a nod to the city’s rich cultural heritage.
Additional Amenities
The Paradox Museum has a cafe and a souvenir shop where visitors can grab refreshments or take home memorabilia. Each exhibit is marked with designated spots for perfect photo angles, ensuring that visitors capture their surreal experience effectively.
Paradox Museum’s operation timings, location and price:
Know about the timings, location, entry and other charges at Paradox Museum:
Timings:
Monday to Friday- 11 am to 8 pm
and Saturday & Sunday- 11 am to 8:30 pm
Price:
Starting from ₹500
Location:
Shreeniwas House, 27, H Somani Marg, Azad Maidan, Fort, Mumbai
Tickets can be booked here
The Paradox Museum promises a space where science, art, and play meet, creating a memorable experience for all visitors looking to break from reality and dive into a world of illusions.
The Paradox Museum, a world-renowned destination for interactive illusions and mind-bending experiences, has opened its doors in Mumbai, marking its debut in India. Located near CST station, this museum is designed to challenge perceptions with 55 immersive exhibits spread across 15 rooms. Each installation is crafted to defy logic, blending art, science, and psychology in unforgettable ways. Travel Lifestyle News -Fashion Trends, Beauty Tips, Celebrity Party News, Relationship advice, Travel and Food Tips
