Upside-Down House 'Alice Museum', Kungur

About museum

Ten years ago upside-down houses were only starting to gain popularity, but the organizers did not want to look like everyone else. The concept is based on Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' to give guests a journey into an amazing world of wonders.

The rooms in the upside-down museum are styled as living spaces. There is a nursery, a bedroom — it looks as if it were drawn, a bathroom, an office, a craft room (or a cat room), a hall and corridors. The most popular area for children in this house is the Mad Tea Party table. Kids constantly pull candy off the tablecloth, so the attendants almost daily stick new ones back on.

During the tour, in the room with many doors, guests are told how Alice fell down the rabbit hole. Many want to relive the girl's adventure, especially since a pastry on the table seems to tempt you to eat it. But a dress and shoes lie on the floor — Alice had shrunk after trying the treat. That deters the daredevils. All the doors in the room open, revealing unexpected surprises behind them. Behind one a train runs by, behind another a brick wall hides, behind the third — clouds.

Throughout the tour children and adults gladly listen to the story of the creation of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', and also get acquainted with the author — the eccentric Oxford University professor. For 158 years people's interest in the book has not waned.