There exists of course no substitute for the richly rewarding experience of plunging headlong into a tour of Musée Patamécanique – especially when accompanied by an uninitiated friend. It is a strange place; a fusion of funhouse, fable, museum and nightmare. While we offer the following elucidation to placate the extra inquisitive, there really is no such thing as an objective approach to describing something that becomes so wholly internalized as a tour of Musée Patamécanique.