Museum of Illusions

Enter the fascinating world of illusions, which will trick your confidence in senses, but surprises you as well. The Museum that will confuse you completely, but also educates you. Visit the Museum of Illusions in Athens and you will be thrilled, because nothing is what it seems.

daily 10:00 am - 09:00 pm

During the Greek Holidays are different Opening Hours:
24.12 and 31.12: 10:00 am - 06:00 pm  

Attention: Taking into consideration the new measures of the greek government against COVID - 19, the maximum capacity inside the museum is set at 25 people.The average length of a visit in Museum of Illusions Athens is 45 minutes. In order to avoid queues and overcrowding outside the museum, the maximum visit is now set at 50 minutes. In this way it is ensured that you will have a complete experience inside the museum and, at the same time, the waiting time and the crowds outside the museum on peak days and hours are reduced.

Adults: 10€
Children (5 – 18): 7€
Children up to 5 years old: Free entrance

Students: 8€
Seniors (over 65): 8€
Unemployed: 8€

You will get free entrance with the Athen City Pass.

The ticket for the Museum of Illusions is already included in your Athens City Pass.

The Museum of Illusions in Athens brings you a space suitable for both, social and entertaining tours into the world of illusions which has delight to all generations. It’s a perfect place for new experiences and fun with family and friends. It’s a place for parents, couples and grandparents.

See what else we offer, you won’t believe your eyes! Be brave enough to jump in an illusion created by the Vortex Tunnel that will drive you crazy and make you believe. You’ll be heavily struggling just to make a step forward through a rotating cylinder – on a surface so stable and flat! Be unbelievably rotated in the Upside Down Room, or let yourself feel free in an Infinity room, resist the laws of gravity and size ratio, and make selfies in every possible pose. 

Enjoy our collection of holograms, look closer at every optical illusion and observe thoroughly each installation. They are such a brilliant, playful reminder that our assumptions about the world we perceive are often, nothing but a specter of illusions. The genuine heritage of showpieces will more certainly make your jaw drop! Games which will break your mind but simultaneously make you smarter. Amusing and awesome tricks will teach you about vision, perception, the human brain and science. So it will be easier to perceive why your eyes see things, which your brain can’t understand. Make sure you visit our playroom with intriguing and educational games and puzzles. These brain bashers are definitely great fun. Exploring the Museum of Illusions will delight your mind. The Museum has a clever playroom where visitors of all ages can play, compete and learn. The playroom stimulates your brain while learning with Dilemma games, wooden puzzles and games. It stimulates your cognitive abilities and turn the playroom into a real fitness centre for your brain. The room offers brain teasers, puzzles, impossible knots, tricks and mathematical games as well as other educational concepts which will break your mind but also make you smarter.