Inside the new Las Vegas Paradox Museum, where 'nothing makes sense' but everything is real

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Fancy having your mind 'tickled'?

Then step inside the incredible Paradox Museum on the Las Vegas Strip - 'where nothing makes sense and yet everything is totally real'.

The attraction - coming to London soon - spans 11,000 sq ft (1,020 sq m) and boasts 90 mind-twisting and eye-tricking activities and experiences designed to make you question reality and 'experience the impossible'.

One highlight is the Upside Down Room, where 'everything seems to defy gravity – that is, until guests turn their photos upside down and observe the only thing defying gravity is themselves'. How does it work? The museum says: 'When rotated 90 degrees, an ordinary room with a few construction tricks plays with guests' perception of reality.'

Visitors can also enter the Ambiguous Shapes Room, a 'casino slot machine-themed exhibit' where objects can be rotated in front of a mirror to appear different from two perspectives. The museum says: 'It is an optical illusion in which the observer's mind abruptly changes the perspective of a picture or a shape.'

Fancy having your mind 'tickled'? Then step inside the incredible Paradox Museum on the Las Vegas Strip. Pictured above is the 'paradox sofa' - which gives the impression that someone’s body has gone to pieces...

The Paradox Museum - coming to London soon - spans 11,000 sq ft (1,020 sq m) and boasts 90 mind-twisting and eye-tricking activities and experiences designed to make you question reality and 'experience the impossible' 

At the Infinity Well, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, 'false images and deceptive emotions' in the brain are generated using an infinite series of reflections in an artificially made 40cm hole.

The museum reveals: 'When guests look up at the ceiling, it makes them believe they're in the bottom of the well. When guests look down, they may feel as if they are about to fall.'

The Ames Room, meanwhile, leaves visitors feeling as though they have grown or shrunk in size using distorted perception.

'Widely used in TV and movie productions to create special effects, the Ames Room principle includes the floor and ceiling built at an angle to trick the eye,' the museum told MailOnline Travel. 'Both sides of the room appear to be the same, but the actual shape is a trapezium.'

At the Infinity Well, inspired by Alice in Wonderland - 'when guests look up at the ceiling, it makes them believe they're in the bottom of the well, when guests look down, they may feel as if they are about to fall'

LEFT: The Beuchet chair makes anyone sitting on it appear smaller than they actually are. RIGHT: The Kaleidoscope room allows guests to create their own patterns using mirrors set in the shape of a three-sided prism

The Upside Down Room, where 'everything seems to defy gravity'

Another interactive exhibit is the Kaleidoscope room, where visitors can create patterns using mirrors set in the shape of a three-sided prism.

'Inside, the reflection of the objects move and combine with each other in a symmetrical dance forming a constantly changing pattern,' the museum explains.

The fun continues in the Coloured Shadows Room, where three spotlights feature the primary colours of red, blue and yellow. 'If the spotlights shine with the same intensity, the overlapping beam of light will be white,' says the museum. 'If a guest blocks one spotlight, they will then experience three different coloured shadows, including yellow, magenta and cyan.'

Marc Gregory Tipton, regional sales and marketing manager at the Paradox Museum Las Vegas, said: 'Meaning "contrary to expectation" or "incredible" in ancient Greek, the word paradox is defined as the opposite of or contradictory to common sense. A first-of-its-kind experience in Las Vegas, Paradox Museum not only provides attention-grabbing, entertaining moments but also leaves visitors in awe as they ponder what they just witnessed.'

Paradox Museum Las Vegas, one of eight around the world, is located at 3767 S Las Vegas Blvd and is open midday to 10pm daily. Tickets cost from £27 ($32) per adult and £24 ($29) per child. Children under three go free. For more information or to book visit paradoxmuseumlasvegas.com.