Interact with art like never before in Thailand’s only 3D art gallery.
Paint the eyebrows on the Mona Lisa, or balance on a precarious footbridge over a treacherous canyon. Get your picture taken among the ruins of Ayutthaya, before diving into oceanic caves filled with colorful fish. Anything is possible at this fantastical museum, where the talented 3D artists have brought a host of famous images and atmospheric scenes to life with over one hundred 3D paintings and murals.
The Art in Paradise Interactive Museum, was the brainchild of the Korean businessman Shin Jae Yeoul, who together with ten other artists reclaimed an old nightclub and turned it into one of Thailand’s most original tourist attractions.
The museum is split into ten different zones, which range from the mind-boggling effects of the Camouflage room, with its magic eye style pictures designed to trick and confuse, to the scenic murals featuring animals, dinosaurs and forests.
Newly opened in 2013, the Art in Paradise Museum prides itself as the largest interactive art museum in the world. It features 10 completely unique galleries filled with illusion art, a type of art that uses sensory perception to create a distorted impression. Each awesome, 2-D painting uses clever tricks of depth to create a 3-D scene when viewed from a certain angle.
Take photos of yourself as you explore the exhibits, putting yourself under the ocean, atop precarious cliffs, balancing over wide canyons, and next to giant-sized animals. Each gallery and vibrant, realistically detailed painting is sure to put a smile on your face and make for amazing memories to show off to family and friends.
The most popular thing to do is to have your picture taken standing ‘inside’ one of the paintings. The effect is amazingly lifelike, and your holiday snaps will be enhanced with pictures of you posing as an angel, feeding the elephants or peering into a deep canyon. The Classical Art Room, which displays a host of famous 3D masterpieces such as Da Vici’s Mona Lisa, and Dali’s Persistence of Memory is another favorite, allowing you to pose as the artist, or strike a cheeky pose with the picture.
It’s advisable to visit during the week as weekends can become extremely crowded with tourist coaches. Arrive early and you will have the pick of the paintings. Allow two to three hours to experience all the rooms, depending on how many photographs you want to take. If you need to refuel, you’ll find a small coffee bar near the exit.
Art in Paradise is open daily and is located on Second Road near North Pattaya. Take a Songthaew (shared taxi) or park nearby if you have your own transport. Note that there is a separate charge for tourists and Thais.
Fully refundable until 2 days before start
Non-refundable after 2 days before start
