Education

The Museum of Magic has many educational programs planned for the public, including talks, lectures, and film screenings. Talks will include roundtables of magicians and magic historians whose discussions will center on topics that will relate to the museum’s featured exhibits such as “Women in Magic”.

We intend on having lectures on the life and times of the great magicians such as Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin, Harry Houdini, Alexander Herrmann, Harry Kellar, Howard Thurston, and Dante.

We plan on approaching magic historians and authors of popular biographies of magicians to provide their lecturing services to our museum. Being that The Museum of Magic will house the largest collection of Howard Thurston memorabilia, we are looking forward to producing the acclaimed lecture “When Thurston Came to Town”, which examines the sociological impact of Thurston’s popularity and performances, and includes a one-of-a-kind slideshow with many never before seen photos.

Lastly, we will have a variety of different film screenings. To coincide with the museum’s “Magic in the Movies” exhibit, we will have screenings of films that are important to the history of magic, and that feature illusions within their stories. To garner interest from magicians and film buffs alike, we also plan on screening films that star magic’s greats.

Based on interest, these educational programs would be available for the public as well as for group tours for parties of 10 or more. We will offer group tours to school groups and parties of adults.

To arrange a tour for your group of class please email us at MuseumOfMagic@aol.com

We look forward to your visit!