What is The Upside Down House Museum?
The Upside Down House Museum and Fun Attractions (or Baan Teelanka in Thai) is one of the most surprising attractions in Phuket. Once you see it with your own eyes, there will be no need for any explanation as this pink house is standing upside down on its roof in a garden, as if some giant kid had casually dropped it after playing with it. It is great entertainment for kids and everyone on an occasional rainy day in Phuket.
In all logic, you need to enter The Upside Down House Museum through the roof, directly into the attic. (If I didn’t show you the photos, you would be scratching your head right now). From the attic, a staircase takes you to the house’s main living area, where the fun begins. First, your brain tries to make sense of what is going on here. OK, everything is on the ceiling, it’s interesting. Slowly, your brain starts to adjust to the fact that you are walking on the ceiling! You are the only object in the wrong position in the house! Even the real fish in the aquariums are swimming upside down.
Once you start to visualise this, it’s great fun to walk around The Upside Down House Museum and admire the designer’s skills. The bedroom with an inverted TV playing a video clip from the song ‘Upside Down’ image is inverted as well, of course.
The kitchen, living room, bedroom, and working area are all beautifully executed. You have to take a photo and rotate your camera to realise that it looks perfectly real! From there, it’s up to your imagination to find the most striking pose, whether you want to be Spiderman, Spider-pig (from the Simpson movie), a ghost crawling in a ceiling corner or the poor guy defying gravity. And don’t miss the toilet/shower room; lots of fun and silly poses to try here!
You can then continue and walk up (or down) to the open-air basement. The Upside Down House Museum, being a modern Thai house, is (supposedly) built on stilts, where the garage and kids’ playground are usually found. The highlight of the house is a real Tuk Tuk!
Behind The Upside Down House Museum is another fun attraction: a large garden maze to challenge your senses is aptly called ‘A Maze In Thailand’. Seen from high grounds, it seems pretty simple, as you can see people trying to find their way from Point A (the entrance) to Point B (the exit), but try it! Once in there, it’s a lot more difficult and more massive than it seems, but it’s a great way to play with your kids.

This ‘perception is a challenging wonder’ is the brainchild of Alex Riva, previously hotel manager in an international chain of hotels, and his wife. Baan Teelanka is their dream come true, and every item, every frame, and every shoe you will see in the house is the result of their passion for details, and the house still evolves!
The Upside Down House Museum is easy to find, just between the ‘Outlet Village’ and ‘Siam Niramit’ on the bypass road. Make sure you keep your eyes on the left once passed the Outlet Shopping Village to spot the red Volkswagen Beetle parked upside down in front of the house. Note that the house can get really busy on weekends as all the kids living in Phuket want to see it, so come on weekdays, preferably early as it can be a bit hot in there, but also better for the photo effects: it looks better when you are the only person ‘walking on the ceiling’.
The Upside Down House Museum Photos
The Upside Down House Museum Info
Location: near Phuket Town
Address: 51/11 Chalermprakiet Ratchakan Thi 9 Road, Phuket 83000
Open: 10 am – 6 pm
Phone: 076 376 245
Price: Adults: 470 Baht, Kids 4 to 11: 240 Baht – Maze: 170 Baht, (Kids 4 to 11: 120 Baht)
Website: https://upsidedownhouse-phuket.com/
The Upside Down House Museum Map
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