New Las Vegas Museum Opens the Doors of Perception

Las Vegas has always been about perception – just look at what a row of cherries can do. One man’s pits are another man’s pleasure. And so it is that a new museum dedicated to the way we perceive things around us has opened in the Mid-Strip area of Las Vegas, with an eye for helping us see things from angles we have never considered. 

This eye-opening attraction is Las Vegas Strip’s first permanent digital art museum. PERCEPTION Las Vegas is a new space for immersive and high-tech installations and is now debuting with the world premiere of Leonardo: The Universal Man. The exhibit chronicles the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci in an hour-long, three-gallery journey that transports guests into the remarkable world of Leonardo da Vinci. 

The 360-degree gallery explores da Vinci’s works, studies and findings as an architect, engineer, alchemist, artist, philosopher and sculptor:

• Grand Salon: Chapters of the Genius’ Life – Guests enter a 28-foot-tall, four-wall theater where they voyage to Renaissance-era Italy through da Vinci’s eyes, as chapters of his life unfold during this 35-minute film. Each wall of the theater portrays a different visual perspective of the same story as the narrative progresses. Using advanced laser projection and transportive audio, patrons learn about da Vinci’s engineering and architectural feats as they take flight in his Flying Machine, stand in cathedrals digitally constructed through geometry and float through Tuscany on a parachute originally designed by the master himself.
  
  
• Painting with Light: The Last Supper – During their visual expedition, guests are introduced to this fresh take on one of da Vinci’s most legendary paintings during the Italian High Renaissance: The Last Supper. In a gallery with floor-to-ceiling, surround-sound LED walls, one of the world’s most famous works of art comes to life through an explosion of light, color, shape and sound.
  
  
• The Gallery: Mona Lisa’s Perception – In this gallery, guests are greeted by six versions of Lisa del Giocondo – better known to the world as Mona Lisa. Accompanied by an original musical score, Mona Lisa primes guests to experience da Vinci in the digital age as they each take on intriguing and entertaining forms of the best-known, most-visited, sung- and written-about image in the art world.

The 17,000-square-foot-space is Las Vegas’ first permanent digital art museum and makes an stunning backdrop for events and parties. Tickets for Leonardo: The Universal Man start at $39.50 and can be purchased online via www.perceptionlasvegas.com or by calling (702) 476-9069. PERCEPTION is open daily, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.