Above: Visitors are greeted by "larger-than-life" spectacles at the Eye-To-Eye exhibit sponsored by Southern Eye Bank.

 

Below: Interactive kiosks teach parents and children the importance of keeping your eyes healthy

                                          

Left: Have you ever wondered how your favorite animal

sees their world?  Find out how a hawk, catfish, and a honey bee does it at the Louisiana Children's Museum.

                                                                               Left: Give a mock eye exam in the pint size ophthalmologist's office and don't forget to visit "Dr. Peeper's" optical shop for the latest in kiddie eye wear. Design your own spectacles made of pipe cleaners and construction paper, of course.                                 

            Below: Learn how a blind person tells time, reads and does just about anything a sighted person

                      can do.

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Left: Visitors can "see" others entering the exhibit and distort them using different lenses that mimic ocular impairments such as Myopia, Hyperopia, astigmatism, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

                                          

Above: Billy Buras, Philip Castilo, Tracy McCarter, Ehrett McClain, Colleen Oltmann, Rebekah Danner and Pam Cart celebrate the grand opening of Southern Eye Bank's Vision Exhibit.  The exhibit is open now and will remain open for the next few years.