{"id":505839,"date":"2026-10-23T22:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505839\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:38:14","slug":"museum-of-illusions-opening-sacramento-exhibit-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505839\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Illusions opening Sacramento exhibit in November"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new experience at Downtown Commons promises to trick your mind and treat your senses, and it\u2019s set to open in early November, with discounts for early visitors.<\/p>\n

Museum of Illusions<\/a>, an interactive museum chain with more than 70 locations worldwide, is opening its third California location \u2014 and first in Northern California \u2014 on Friday, Nov. 6, at 405 K St., Suite 110.<\/p>\n

\u201cSacramento\u2019s history is full of illusions, from Gold Rush-era storefronts built to look grander than they were, to the promise of fortune that wasn\u2019t always what it seemed,\u201d said Kim Schaefer, CEO of Museum of Illusions, in a news release. \u201cThis city is a natural fit for Museum of Illusions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visitors to the museum can explore more than 70 rooms, art pieces and other exhibits, including an \u201cInfinity Room\u201d with seemingly endless reflections, a gravity-defying \u201cReverse Room\u201d and a \u201cHead on a Platter\u201d illusion.<\/p>\n

\"The The global Museum of Illusions chain is opening a location in Sacramento\u2019s Downtown Commons in November, with more than 70 installations and rooms showcasing illusion art. Museum of Illusions <\/p>\n

Visitors hoping for an early look at the optical illusions and interactive art installations can take advantage of discounted admission during the museum\u2019s opening month.<\/p>\n

A buy-one, get-one-free ticket deal runs through the day before the museum\u2019s grand opening. Visitors who purchase tickets by Thursday, Nov. 5, can use the code \u201cSACBE26\u201d at checkout to redeem the offer.<\/p>\n

For four weeks after the opening, through Dec. 4, tickets will be discounted 20% as part of a grand opening offer. Tickets can be booked on the museum\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Museum of Illusions Sacramento will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission costs $30 for adults and $26 for children ages 5 to 12, according to the news release.<\/p>\n

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Camila Pedrosa is the California Diversions Reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She previously worked on The Bee\u2019s service journalism team and was a summer reporting intern for The Bee in 2024. She graduated from Arizona State University with a master\u2019s degree in mass communication.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new experience at Downtown Commons promises to trick your mind and treat your senses, and it\u2019s set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-505839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}