One thing we had heard about in Penang is the museums. They are small, locally done and crazy fun. We toured 2, the Upside Down Museum and the Dark Museum. Other ones exist including the Ghost museum, Tunnel Museum and so forth. They all have the same idea, crazy fun art done in a creative way to make the selfie of the museum look amazing. It is actually genius. The Upside Down Museum was packed, we had to wait 45 min to get in, but sat in a cool room with travelers from around the world watching a “caught on candid camera” type show with no words. The whole waiting room laughing together even if we could not speak the same language.
Once the museum started (as our number was called) they efficiently move you from room to room. In each room there are one or two aids who would help get you in position, which turned out to be key because it was hard to make sense of the room with so many things on the ceiling and how you might interact with props once the picture was turned 180 degrees. After a quick photo shoot, they would hand the camera and the laughter would begin.
For a world full of selfies and distorted reality these creative museums hit the nail on the head and were a fun way to spent the afternoon.
