3/5 Joshua F. 1 year ago on Google
Considering
the
price,
I
expected
more.
Though
far
from
a
bad
museum,
necessarily,
it
is
a
rather
lackluster
one,
especially
considering
the
relatively
steep
entrance
fee.
I
struggle
to
think
of
why
someone
in
New
York
City,
the
city
with
some
of
the
best
and
most
illuminating
museums
in
the
world,
should
choose
a
relatively
stock
museum
like
this.
If
you
have
kids,
and
they
love
illusions,
tricks
of
the
eye,
MC
Escher
paintings,
and
the
like,
by
all
means
take
them
here.
They
will
enjoy
it.
When
I
went,
the
museum
was
already
quite
crowded,
and
families
were
flocking
and
racing
throughout
the
relatively
cramped
confines,
a
lot
of
kids
and
teenagers
genuinely
excited
by
the
mind
warping
illusions
they
saw.
Even
though
the
museum's
presentation
is
a
little
disappointing,
to
the
point
that
I
think
a
skilled
amateur
could
have
done
a
better
job
assembling
the
museum
layout,
I
don't
want
to
fully
discount
and
experience
that
clearly
meant
a
lot
to
the
kids
enjoying
it.
Then
again,
I
do
have
a
few
caveats.
The
biggest
one
is,
again,
the
price.
If
you
have
kids,
they
will
need
tickets,
and
so
the
museum
can
become
rather
expensive.
For
larger
families,
the
family
ticket
is
probably
the
best
option,
but
that
costs
a
grand
total
of
$75,
quite
a
lot
for
a
tiny
museum
contained
in
a
rather
stately
old
building
that
used
to
be
a
bank.
The
small
size
of
the
museum
is
the
other
major
caveat,
especially
considering
that
many
of
the
illusions
require
that
one
move
around,
which
is
not
always
possible
in
a
relatively
claustrophobic
space.
There
are
40
different
illusions
present,
which
sounds
like
a
lot
at
first,
but
it
really
isn't,
and
I
doubt
even
the
most
enthusiastic
children
would
want
to
spend
more
than
an
hour
or
so
in
here.
26 people found this review helpful 👍