VERSUS: 3D Museums in the Philippines

For today's VERSUS, as promised, let me take you to these two interactive 3D museums in the metro, Art in Island in Cubao and the Upside Down museum in Pasay City!

Visiting museums seemed to be a trend for millenials these days. Not only because are they so aesthetically pleasing and Instagram-worthy (hashtag feedgoals), they are almost everywhere and are easily accessible. One will definitely enjoy them especially if you are into arts and stuff most especially these days when they are even interactive as inspired by our neighboring countries'works (Malaysia, Thailand and Korea who are the pioneers of this kind of art museums.)

Both AII and USD are accessible as they are located in the metro! It's an easy treat to your group of friends or family if you're sick of the usual weekend at the mall bonding. The entrance fees are also affordable and they are giving discounts for children, students and the senior citizens.

Ticket prices for AII are P500.00 for adults and P400.00 for students, senior citizens and PWDs. Do take note to bring your ID to avail the said discount. Children below 3 feet are FREE of charge. (What a treat, right?) 9:30AM to 9:30PM.

Art in Island

175 15th Ave. | Cubao, Quezon City, Luzon 1109, Philippines

Upside Down Museum

AII is huge in land area and there are so many artworks and pieces for you to choose from: 

It is even hard to pick one from the amount of photos that you will definitely taking once you go to this place. The only downside is that, more people actually flock to this place so it is a must to go early for you to be able to experience every single thing.

I remember not taking photos of some pieces because of the number of people lining up. Also, you feel rushed and that you don't get to fully enjoy everything. This also make you miss the best angle for the optical illusion that is needed for the artworks to actually be 3D-fied. (THE BEST ANGLE is the key for better photos, apparently or it may seem like a typical photo on a museum and you don't want that, of course.)

USD is relatively smaller with only 15 galleries/features but whatever that USD lacks in land area (1,700 sq. ft only), they made up with the services. Also, lesser area means lesser people for you to be able to take your photos in peace.

There are people (actual people!!) assigned to every gallery to assist you in achieving your perfect photos. They even give pointers for you to come up with the best pose that even if you decided to go experience this place alone (in which there is nothing wrong, although it's more fun if you are to go with a company), you will still be able to go home with your Instagram-worthy portraits.

The Floating Corner, Upside Down House (my favourite!!), Mirror House, Giant Sneaker, Giant Headset, and the Inverted Steel Bridge are just some of the areas that you will definitely enjoy seeing.

I've been to AII in 2015 and they might have new features that I am yet to see so it's exciting if we ever decided to come back.