Ready to Be Amazed? The Museum of Illusions Is Open at City Foundry STL

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be taller or shorter? Take a stroll through this optical illusion, where you’ll grow from a dwarf to a giant in a matter of steps.

Defying gravity, you can hang from the façade of a building with your travel companions. Fun fact: This physical illusion was inspired by the work of Argentine artist Leandro Erlich.

Created by psychologist Jean Beuchet in the 1960s, this hilarious illusion uses well-placed props to make the person on the chair appear tiny.

Tonight, the restaurant is serving…your head on a platter?!? You’ll have to come to the Museum of Illusions St. Louis to see where your body has gone.

Symmetry is often associated with balance, order, comfort and aesthetic appeal; however, in this illusion, it looks a little wacky!

This room sends all the wrong signals. Although the floors, walls and ceilings are tilted, fake visual signals make you think that it’s you, not them!

Kaleidoscopes hold a variety of colorful objects – usually beads, pebbles or small pieces of glass – that create constantly changing patterns. At the Museum of Illusions St. Louis, though, you make the design.

This time, you get to make the design with your whole body. What pose will you strike?

As you walk past the baseball player, you’ll notice that his eyes follow you. Don’t worry – this isn’t a haunted mural. It’s just an optical illusion based on what our brains “know.”

Which line is longer? Which box is bigger? Can you overcome your brain’s notion of size, shape and perspective to find the right answer?

The radical background designs in these images distort our perceptions of the colored lines. Spoiler alert: They’re straight, even though they seem curved!