Imagine walking into a room and looking at yourself in the mirror, only to realize that’s not a mirror – its a portrait made hundreds of years ago that looks exactly like you! That’s what these 28 people encountered when the visited some of the world’s most popular art museums.
1. “Face to face with yourself in a museum”

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2. “So he goes to the art museum and this happened”

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3. “Made an interesting discovery at the art museum today”

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4. “The doppelgänger experience”

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5. “So I found a picture of myself dressed as a samurai 111 years ago at the MEt. Apparently I was a collector os samurai armor, I’ve drunk a lot since then so I don’t really recall but it’s totally plausible that’s me.”

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6. “My friend is actually a time traveller”

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7. “Found my great-great grandmother at Louvre”

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8. “Found my doppelgänger at the Louvre. Íñigo Melchor De Velasco”

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9. “I’m the head”

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10. “Found my doppelgänger from half a century ago in an art museum in Zurich”

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11. “My best mate went the the Louvre and discovered a painting of him done many years before”

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12. “Twin from the past”

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13. “My friend spotted this painting of himself while walking through the Met”

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14. “Gallery lookalike”

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15. “Found his doppelgänger in Trento, Italy Science Museum”

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16. “I found my pre-pre-pre-existence”

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17. “Weird Al proves he is immortal at the Louvre”

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18. “Historic doppelgänger time”

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19. “I’m Henry the 8th I am”

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20. “Visited Paris this weekend. Just when I was about to take a picture of the Mona Lisa something better caught my eye”

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21. “The painting and I were matching”

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22. “We found our baby’s doppelgänger at the gallery”

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23. “The doppelgänger from The Louvre made me remember a pic that I took”

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24. “I think it captures him”

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25. “Well now, that’s quite a resemblance!”

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26. “Me and Mexican artist Juan Garcìa Ponce”

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27. “When you regret shaving your stache off”

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28. “On our trip to Paris, my friend found his doppelgänger in the Louvre. Hilarity ensued.”

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