Museum of Illusions Desk verified

The Museum of Illusions on Kloof Street is built around optical illusions, visual tricks and hands-on interactive exhibits — a museum you walk through doing things rather than reading labels. It works for a wide age range, which makes it one of the few venues on a First Thursdays route that suits children. It is a paid attraction, with tickets from R200, and part of an international franchise rather than a Cape Town original — worth knowing if independence matters to you. It sits at the Gardens end of the evening, near Rita's and Tiger's Milk. The museum takes part in First Thursdays, the CBD's late-opening evening on the first Thursday of every month.