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Museum of Illusions

Tourist attraction Museum Art museum

Quirky, colorful photo backdrops with interactive elements, clever optical effects & 3D artworks. People often mention great, time, pictures, experience, photos, recommend, nice, family, helpful, staff,


Address

536 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Website

miaillusions.com

Contact

(305) 604-5000

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (1.1K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Monday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 6 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 9 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: great (24) time (18) pictures (14) experience (12) photos (11) recommend (10) nice (10) family (7) helpful (7) staff (7)
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  • 5/5 Dawnny D. 1 year ago on Google
    THIS was super fun. I must admit it was kind of hard figuring it out..we were super lost at 1st lol. But once you get the hang of it, it was a breeze. They offer a phone stand so you can take your pictures precisely or alone. It helped a great deal..and at the time they were about $10 each to rent. If you have your own, bring it! Definitely set the mood for the day. It was about $30 per person which isn't bad for taking as many pictures as you want with NO time limit! Have fun!
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mar & T. 2 years ago on Google
    We had an amazing time! There’s plenty of fun illusion walls to take photos and they even have instructions on the wall on how to take the best angle of each picture so that the illusion works perfectly. We went as soon as they opened and there was only one more family there which was great because it gave us more time to take photos and videos without rushing. As the time went by more and more people came and it felt a tiny bit rushed to get through the last photos, so we do recommend going as soon as they open during the weekend or probably during the week. There’s two floors full of fun walls. We brought our own tripod but if you don’t want to carry yours around they have them available for an extra fee and they also have professional photographers who can take your photos and even edit some of them. Great date-day/night with your partner or your entire family!
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Terrance L. 2 years ago on Google
    Fun place. Took my camera game to a new level! Friendly helpful staff, especially Eric! He gave great tips on how to get the best shots!
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 AL H. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for the family. The art work and effects are amazing. Definitely worth visiting at least once.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sally D. 2 years ago on Google
    The Museum of Illusions is great for day dates or Date Night! We had such a great time! The staff is very friendly and helpful. Smashing the plates was a great experience too! Highly recommend this place!
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Darla F. 4 months ago on Google • 240 reviews
    We had fun taking photos. We appreciated the sample pose guides posted along the way. It was a little busy but not bad.

  • 4/5 Vangel C. 8 months ago on Google • 21 reviews
    It was a good one time experience. It's not something I would go over and over again. The kids loved it and so did we. We took lots of pictures and made great memories. I would definitely recommend going there but one time I think is enough.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Antonio M. 2 years ago on Google
    Museum of Illusion is honestly a great place to picture taking. Stop by too take few pictures and was amazed by all the different backgrounds, design, and propers in the building. The whole upstairs section kinda took us by surprise
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Linnora C. 2 years ago on Google
    We went for my daughter 13th birthday she had fun and were happy she went. Gewin was very nice and helpful the picture man he help us as it was our first time there and show us how to take the pictures the right way. Thank you so much for the great experience
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Shína B. 6 months ago on Google • 24 reviews
    The museum was so much fun. Pros: awesome art/images/paintings all around, friendly staff, 10+ 3D images, nice Keychain and magnets to buy at the end Cons: challenging figuring out where to stand to snap the photos (need better instructions), 5 minutes to snap a photo (which can be a short time if it's more than one person in your group), each 3D image is close to each other
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Shalagh H. 3 years ago on Google
    Very cool place to visit! The kids loved it. The reason I have 4 stars is because we included the smash it session not knowing how small the area was or that you only get to throw 3 plates for $20! Bit pricey for that portion of the tour but overall I recommend giving the museum a visit!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Victoria F. 2 years ago on Google
    Super fun family activity or a dope date night. Had so much fun walking around taking pics. Smash it was FUN!!! The only negative was it was kinda warm upstairs and some of the illusions didn't turn out as planned 🙃 lol
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ernesto B. 1 year ago on Google
    This site is great, I loved its theme, plus it's a very clean site with excellent Asus visitor service. I recommend it 100%
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Keosha B. 2 months ago on Google • 139 reviews New
    It was a cool place however I feel it could use a update as a lot of the paintings are starting to peel and are faded. They are also not giving you enough time before they let the best people come in the exhibit.

  • 4/5 Lady Elaine D N. 8 months ago on Google
    My main goal was for my granddaughter to enjoy her time while visiting Miami. I remember my wonderful experience at this establishment, and I was determined for her to enjoy and have the same experience I did MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. I must share this information, it would be great if any worker for this establishment having a bad day….. stay home. The associate at the counter was absolutely sweet, but the manager on duty the day of my visit was rude. I asked the cashier a question because I was unsure of the pricing, she answered with respect but the manager snarled, shook his head looked at me as if he was discussed with my question. I asked him was there a problem, he asked me did I have a problem. Because I wanted my granddaughter to enjoy her day. I walked away. PLEASE PLEASE secure your manager’s with customer service classes. Picture of manager provided
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kaustubh C. 2 years ago on Google
    It's a great installation of interactive artwork. Loved all the pics we took there. However, you have to go there with a friend and be equipped with a camera (phone or professional) to take good pics. The entire experience is based on taking mind-boggling photos.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bee W. 2 years ago on Google
    Very cool place. Staff was nice. There are two floors. The plate smashing was cool!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jessica C. 2 years ago on Google
    This place was so cool and the workers were so friendly and helpful to showing you how to take the pictures best. It's not super big but you can easily spend an hour here.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Fakorede E. 1 year ago on Google
    Great time with the kids! Just know that you are the one taking the pics. Yiu can pay extra for the paparazzi experience. Buy your tickets online for the best deals. You will NOT get the best price at the door.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dorothea C. 4 months ago on Google • 38 reviews
    This place is so dope! You gotta get you're angles and poses just right for the pictures to come out fire but they definitely do! I recommend checking them out it was a lot of fun!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Charelle M. 9 months ago on Google • 26 reviews
    It was so awesome being apart of the realistic displays and great art. My family and I had a blast here this lovely sunny saturday. The associate was quick and detailed in explaining the process ans answering questions or addressing issues while we move about the exhibits. I opted to buy a great keychain keepsake for my family albums, We will be back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Anne D. 1 year ago on Google
    It's worth the experience if you like art and taking pictures. ✨️ it was pretty cool. Definitely take 2 friends with you or something if you really want a full experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Isaac E. 2 years ago on Google
    My family came to visit me. They have been to Miami multiple times, so I didn’t know where could I take them, since I’ve already take them to the main and most characteristic places of this city. So I started my little research, and luckily I found this museum. This place is such a nice experience, so many nice art work to take pictures with. My grandma, my mom, and my sister enjoyed this place so much, they were so happy taking pictures here. The place had more people, but it was never a problem to get pics from the walls we wanted, because it was not crazily packed. The staff is very friendly
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 M. C. 2 years ago on Google
    My wife suggested we do it.. I really didn't think it would fun or entertaining... I was wrong! I actually enjoyed it, and glad we did!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 David D. 1 year ago on Google
    S/O to the Camera Man Gregory for the photos, man! No wait time, excellent customer service & the photos are a reasonable price! Definitely recommend. Appreciate your help, Bro. Just one of many taken!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Yaniv E. 1 year ago on Google
    Overrated place in under maintenance state. We found missing paint, Demo frames in some situations didn't matched the actual scenes. There was minimal explanations on how to edit the frames - usually it sums in "rotate" but in most cases you also need to crop. Marking on the floors on where to shoot a frame was vague, numbering is needed. Some props were missing. And a few holes in the dry wall. For almost a 100$ for 2 adults and 2 young kids I have expected better experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Frederico Scholz T. 1 year ago on Google
    Only photos and smash plates all for amostra 50 dólares only for kids.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 John D. G. 1 year ago on Google
    My wife and I were eating brunch and walking around after when we came across this unique place so we went in and decided to see what it’s all about. Well needless to say it’s a lot of fun and you can really let your personality shine with so many different illusions! Highly recommend for all ages!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 K J. 11 months ago on Google
    The concept is nice, but the execution can be improved upon. All of the artwork is nice but it the illusions are worn from repetitive use. From a hygienic standpoint there should be several hand sanitizing stations.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tyesha M. 6 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    My husband & I enjoyed this place very much. We were on our minimoon & decided to check it out! We had a blast you'll love it

  • 3/5 Leyo G. 8 months ago on Google
    It was very nice and fun! And was able to take some cool pictures. We waited a few min to go in because the staff said each group goes in every 5 minutes which is great because there was a couple inside already taking pics. Immediately after us, while still in the 1st room they let a group in and those ladies were not giving us any space what so ever. It became difficult to take our pictures because they were in the way in almost every single one. Besides that it was nice.

  • 5/5 hannah R. 2 years ago on Google
    Wow when i take you didn't expect to have so much fun in a museum. This place is so amazing wow the picture you get are amazing, Let me tell you I they help live my Disney dream i love it. Thank you again Nadia and Michelle . also thank to Gwen for helping us take our picture.

  • 2/5 Fit F. 4 months ago on Google • 5 reviews
    It is an okay museum. One third of it is under renovation so the ticket pricing is lowered. However its okay to take kids + you need to really know photography to get the right photos. There are no mirrors etc just paintings. Not worth for adults. Rather go to paradox.

  • 5/5 LaJeana J. 4 months ago on Google
    Cute and Fun!!! We visited in a Friday evening around 6pm. We purchased 2 tickets and a tripod total $74.90.

  • 5/5 Nicole A. 4 months ago on Google
    We had such a great time here! The staff members were kind and super helpful.

  • 3/5 Ivan L. 5 months ago on Google
    An interesting place if you've never been to one like this. The lamps are not very well positioned above the paintings - it is very difficult to take a photo so that it is not illuminated from above. The room is very small, but the price is very high.

  • 4/5 Orlando O. 6 months ago on Google
    We had a huge party and the single employee managed it super well! All of us got what we wanted and the single employee we had never made us feel alone or made us wait, it went really well! The only reason why I didn’t give it 5 stars is because my ears hurt from the plate breaking, if you want to do that bring some high dB removing earplugs, the ones they offer aren’t so good.

  • 5/5 Jamie G. 1 year ago on Google
    Painted, creative illusions to pose with. Definitely go when its a slow day, some of these are hard to get right. The way it’s set up kind of reminds me of mini golf, where you meet each challenge and try to have fun, except other people keep catching up to you! (Please pass me so you don’t have to witness this.) Seems like all of these (20+) were done by the same person, but I didn’t see anything about the artist in the museum.

  • 3/5 El F. 8 months ago on Google
    Illusions are great, make sure you grab a tripod, otherwise you will miss most best shots. Now for the problems. The venue is small and a lot of time is wasted just waiting for the people that entered before you to finish their shots. The price of the ticket and the fact that they charge 10 bucks to lend you a tripod makes it appear oriented to the field of "tourist trap", not saying that you won't enjoy it, just have the caveats I enumerated in mind

  • 4/5 Jorge R. 8 months ago on Google
    We had no expectations when we arrived but it turned out to be lots of fun for my girlfriend and I. The experience was great thanks to Rashawn that guided us through the senes and actually took some pics for us. He’s an amazing young man that truly enjoys his job. We had a wonderful time.

  • 2/5 Choezom k. 2 years ago on Google
    Museum was kind of small and not worth $30 per person. We came from out of town and expected little more illusions such as black and white objects and what not… a girl at the desk was very nice. A star for her and star for all the arts

  • 5/5 Travelwith S. 9 months ago on Google
    I had a great time here, I love that the staff were super helpful. The young gentleman name Fantino was so helpful, I’m glad I came here. I definitely recommend visiting here. This is a great tourist attraction.

  • 5/5 Myra F. 9 months ago on Google
    Definitely recommend Rey was great assisting us,gave us great information, and set up our tripod that we rented and assisted before our plate smashing, which was awesome. Rashawn is an awesome photographer and took great memorable pictures of us, and the keychains he made that I bought were so dope. We had a blast. If you're a creative, fun person who loves great fun pictures, this is a must visit when in Miami.


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom

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