S4 Ep2: Wallah! 8 Magic Museums Around the World

Abracadabra. Hocus pocus. Alakazam.

But which magicians were the first to use those now-famous, albeit stereotypical, conjuring words?

Maybe the answer lies in the stops we’ll explore in this episode, which are magic museums around the world. 



We start out with museums dedicated to one of the greatest magical showmen of all time: Harry Houdini. Then we progress from there.



Stops include:

The House of Houdini in Budapest, Hungary
The Houdini Museum, Tour & Magic Show in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Houdini Revealed, which was formerly known as the Houdini Museum of New York. It's actually currently closed but a note on their website says they're moving to a secret location in New Jersey. In the hopes that they reopen, I included them in this episode. 
The House of Magic, or la Masion de La Magie in Blois, France
The Musee de la Magie in Paris, France
Magicum in Berlin, Germany
The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, the World's Only Museum Dedicated to Ventriloquism
The American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan

Honorable mentions also include the Houdini exhibit at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton, Wisconsin, and the House of Cards magic-themed dining experience in Nashville, Tennessee. Even though it's not a museum, it does display posters from magic acts and framed historic playing cards, which sort of gives it a museum-ish feeling.

Let’s use one more phrase to start this episode: open sesame. And wallah! Away we go!



Links to Sites Mentioned in This Episode



http://www.houseofhoudinibudapest.com/



http://houdini.org/index2.html



https://www.houdinimuseumny.com/



https://www.maisondelamagie.fr/



https://www.museedelamagie.com/



https://www.magicum-berlin.de/en/



https://www.venthaven.org/



https://americanmuseumofmagic.com/



https://totallyhistory.com/biography/famous-magicians/



https://thedummyblog.com/index.php/2017/06/04/why-ventriloquism-is-actually-magic/

https://youtu.be/bjVfhhyHeD4 - Link to the Houdini seance block falling over incident that I mentioned.



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