Magic Art 3D Museum Jakarta
Trick-eye illusion museum of hand-painted murals inside a former colonial insurance office.
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This guide to the Magic Art 3D Museum in Jakarta's old town looks past the painted illusions to the building that holds them, a colonial office on the Kali Besar canal designed in the early twentieth century. It follows the money through the place: the insurer it was built for, the state company that moved in after independence, and the business that runs it today. Stand near one of the tall columns on the ground floor while you listen.
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