We haven’t been to the Trick Eye Museum situated at Resorts World Sentosa yet, so figured that we could just as well make do with the Phuket equivalent of that. The museum is a convenient five minute walk away from Sino House Phuket Hotel. We’d arrived at our second place of stay at 11AM-ish on Day 5. The hotel notes that early check-ins are possible on request and depending on availability – but as our room would only be ready at 2PM, that gave us a good three hours to visit the museum and find lunch somewhere in the vicinity.
Our notes:
The museum has dozens of cleverly done-up wall murals that can provide almost life-like 3D illusions of interesting scenes. To help in this, each exhibit has a suggested pose, and also a marked-out spot on the floor for optimal picture taking. Some of the exhibits will require near-gymnastic-level abilities, but others are fairly simple. Also, getting the right camera angle can be tricky, as with also replicating some of the suggested poses too.
The place was relatively sparse of crowds at the late morning we were there, so we could take as much time as we wanted at each mural. I reckon it’ll take at least an hour if you’re going for a Completion Achievement and pose for every mural.
Some of the Tripadvisor reviews remark that this museum is suitable for all ages. I don’t agree: you need to be at least a little agile for several exhibits, and all round sense of humor. We were unable to get Peter to pose correctly for most of the murals, and even Hannah struggled to get the same look too.
Admission into the museum is relatively high at 500THB for each adult, and another 300THB for child. Peter was just past the 1.1m maximum for free child admission. The museum is indeed interesting, but unlike other parks or places of interest, there is minimal maintenance involved in these exhibits – so I’m not certain why the place has to charge such high admission prices.
In all; I reckon this place is a so-so place to check out if you can stomach the high admission prices. But if you’re already flinching at the thought of paying 500THB for each adult and expect your money’s worth, then you might want to give this museum a miss.
Some of the photos that turned out reasonably better than the rest:
A visit to the nearby Indy Night Market next!
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