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Upside Down Museum: Where you'll see things from a different view

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Upside Down Museum. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Have you ever wondered what the world would look like upside down? A relatively new museum in Manila gives Filipinos a glimpse. </p><p>A tour of the Upside Down Museum would send one in a topsy-turvy town with optical illusions, complete with an everything upside down: a house, a bridge with real cars attached to the ceiling, and more. </p><p>Located at CCP Complex in Pasay City, the museum is the biggest of its kind in Asia, covering a floor area of nearly 1,700 square meters.</p><p>Darwin So, assistant manager of the museum, said initial inspiration for Manila’s version came from upside down houses in America and Malaysia.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-2.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">A man pretends to use a laptop in one of the galleries at the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>The museum is owned by Korean couple Insun Park and Kyu Sung Yi, who are no strangers to putting up attractions since they also mounted the Manila leg of the “Myth of the Human Body” in the past.</p><p>“Nilagay nila ito sa Philippines, para ma-experience naman ng Filipinos yung upside down, para maiba naman yung concept ng pagpipicture natin,” So said.</p><p>(They placed it here in the Philippines so Filipinos can experience what it&#x27;s like to be upside down, so that we can have a different concept to our photo shoots.)</p><p>So added that with Upside Down Museum, they aim to give Filipinos the experience of taking and seeing a photo in a different way as well as providing an avenue to enhance one’s imagination.</p><p>“Dito po mararanasan nila yung pagpipicture taking na pinapawisan talaga. Hindi siya yung normal na picture lang talaga. May mga activities siya,” he said.</p><p>(In here guests can experience taking photos that require energy. It&#x27;s not a simple, normal photo, there are activities for it.)</p><p>Visitors have nothing to worry in achieving picture-perfect poses since the museum has marshals who can guide guests on the right poses as well as in-house photographers that could take photos for a fee.</p><div><strong>MORE GALLERIES, MORE FUN</strong></div><p>But unlike those of other countries which usually features only one gallery, Manila’s Upside Down Museum got an upgrade with 22 galleries, and more to come. </p><p>Some of the favorite galleries in the museum are the leaning house—a house design that seems to be falling on its side; levitation area—a room where guests can take a photo that makes them appear to be floating on air; and the upside down house—several galleries that shows parts of the house such as the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, laundry area, and living room flipped.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Visitors are treated to a large room full of unusual sceneries as they enjoy the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>So said over 60 percent of the museum is also composed of optical illusions that play with one’s mind and perspective.</p><p>Some of these illusions are the mirror house—an area that allows guests to appear hanging from a building’s façade; spilled milk—an oversized model of a spilled carton of milk where guests can pose for a photo; Cupid’s Corner—a wall where lovers can pretend to be hit by Cupid’s bow; and Goliath shoes—a pair of gigantic shoes where guests can pretend to be miniature humans.</p><p>Asked if there are any plans to put up more museums of this kind in the Philippines, So said there are discussions but nothing has been set in stone yet since the Manila branch just opened last Oct. 11, 2016.</p><p>“Nagpa-plan sila na magtayo ng isa pa actually,” he said. </p><p>(They are planning to put up another one actually.)</p><p>Upside Down Museum is open from Tuesdays to Sundays at 11 am to 9 pm. Interested customers can visit the museum for P450 while children aged 3 years old and below can enter for free.</p><div><strong>Check this slideshow for more photos of the Upside Down Museum:</strong></div><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-4.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-5.jpg?ext=.jpgg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-6.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-7.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-8.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-9.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-10.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-11.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-12.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/05/13/upside-down-museum-13.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Young people pose in fun and awkward scenes as they enjoy the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Under a giant shoe, visitors are treated to fun concepts for photo-ops as they enjoy the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A man is helped as he poses in one of the galleries of the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A room with scenes from the home in an upside down theme.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Safe stunts like this one is a famous attraction in the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Visitors enjoy illusions at the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Visitors enjoy the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The mighty Volkswagen. Visitors create the illusions they want with the different concepts in the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A young boy enjoys the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Visitors have their photo taken at the Upside Down Museum in Pasay on Thursday.</p><cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </cite></div></div></div></div>

<p>Located at CCP Complex in Pasay City, the museum is the biggest of its kind in Asia, covering a floor area of nearly 1,700 square meters.</p>

Located at CCP Complex in Pasay City, the museum is the biggest of its kind in Asia, covering a floor area of nearly 1,700 square meters.

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