Jax Brewery, a castlelike building at the edge of the French Quarter, has long been home to a selection of tourist-targeted shops and cafes. Now it includes a new attraction, The Museum of Illusions New Orleans , a maze of dizzying optical tricks.

For fans of artist M.C. Escher’s visual paradoxes, psychedelic posters and carnival halls of mirrors, the museum is a must.

Imagine entering a spinning, lighted tunnel so disorienting that it’s necessary to cling to the rails for dear life. Imagine becoming a part of a gigantic kaleidoscope, dangling from a second-story window ledge without fear of falling, playing poker with five exact clones of yourself, or seeming to shrink like Alice in Wonderland. Those are the sorts of experiences visitors to The Museum of Illusions New Orleans will enj

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