Learn all about absinthe (and sample the hard stuff in the bar afterwards) in this chic museum that annotates the history of the potent liqueur (with, some say, hallucinogenic properties), its influence on some of the more revolutionary artists and writers of the 18th century and its prohibition around the world.
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