Visit an Upside-Down Museum

Penang's Upside-down Museum is located on Kimberley Street in Georgetown. We went there in 2016, roughly one year since it was first opened.

The museum is meant to replicate a house in the Penang Baba Nyonya style. It has its own living room, dining hall, kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom, but everything is upside down. That's right, everything is glued to the ceiling. The idea is to take pictures of yourself in the rooms and when you flip the photos upside down, it will look as though you're defying gravity.

As you enter, you wouldn't have much time to look around. A photographer would take your phone and tell you how to pose. They'd snap a few shots and hurry you along to the next room. There wouldd be one photographer in each room. This sped up the whole process. Instead of having everybody randomly ambling around in the museum, there would only be one group of visitors in each room at any one time, so you wouldn't have any other people photo-bombing you. Having the photographers tell you how to pose was also a great thing because otherwise you'd be wasting so much time thinking up ideas.

In total, I think we spent less than an hour at the museum, but that wasn't a problem. You can only truly appreciate the museum and its eccentricity once you go home and see the pictures. So it's important to bring your camera phone with you when you go. The visit would be pointless without one.

I like how much detail they put in each room, like the toiletries beside the sink, the tiles, the sponge, etc.

Remember to tie your hair up, because otherwise it would give the secret away.
Also, try not to wear loose blouses, skirts or dresses.

 

One of the rooms was not upside down, but sideways.