Trick your mind, treat your body. Just like the name of the attraction, everything inside is logically unacceptable, making the Paradox Museum logically a good time. Really, who doesn’t want to lose their mind occasionally, or dive into an illusion they can’t explain?
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With more than 70 different exhibits throughout the huge space, guests take a self-guided adventure through the world of science, art and human perception.
“It’s the most interactive, mind-bending museum that’ll you’ll ever experience,” says Billy Pierro, Paradox Museum sales and marketing manager. “The exhibits range from over-the-top, completely immersive to brain teasers...”
Different rooms house different experiences, and some are set up for tricky camera work (there are instructions beside each exhibit on how to capture the image for maximum unbelievability). Produce pictures that make it appear you’re playing poker with your clones, sit on a sofa where your legs are separated from the top of your body, stand beside a mirror that makes it appear like you’re levitating, dine at a table where your head is the entrée, or enter the room with a friend where they’re the giant and you’re the pint-size human. (Note: Capturing many of these images requires you have a buddy helping you control the camera.)
Love that uncomfortable feeling? No problem! Trip out both mind and body inside the mirror maze, you won’t know which direction to walk. Try and stand inside the Paradox tunnel, which promises to disrupt your perception of gravity and direction. Inside the tilted room, try and stand up straight without the feeling of wanting to fall over. And see if you can keep your knees from knocking in fear as you stand atop the infinity well, a strong depth illusion that makes it seem as if you’re going to fall down a deep well—but it’s only 40 centimeters deep.
The Paradox Museum brand has nearly a dozen locations around the globe, but since this one is on the Las Vegas Strip, of course there is a room that’s been Vegas-ized. Here, you can create an optical illusion of spinning on stripper poles upside down (while your partner watches you from a seat), or test your cognitive skills on the interactive slot machines.
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A signature experience throughout many of the museum’s locations is the Paradox carousel, and for good reason. This one you can stare at till you go cross-eyed as you try and figure out how the one carousel turns into three different carousels as it slowly spins and changes appearances.
When you gather your bearings after the approximate hourlong adventure, make sure to stop by the Paradox retail shop. Here you’ll find awesome branded accessories, clothing and souvenirs, as well as a great selection of brain-teaser games, 3D puzzles and trippy tchotchkes.
From the grand-scale exhibits to the smaller, more educational and scientific, Paradox Museum begs guests to not only open their minds, but bend and lose it to a series of treats and tricks that are all-out fun and exciting.
3767 Las Vegas Blvd. S., paradoxmuseumlasvegas.com
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