From 10th May – 15th June Waking the Witch, Legion Projects extraordinary Arts Council funded touring exhibition, reaches The Sidney Cooper Gallery in Canterbury. The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic has five objects in the exhibition. You can read the excellent Museum Crush review here.
In 1968, Arnold and Patricia Crowther went to their local cinema to see the newly released, The Devil Rides Out, made by Hammer Films and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley.
Objects on Loan
Objects from the museums collection are continuing to fascinate people across the world with items currently on show in London and Melbourne.
At the Wellcome Collection, in an exhibition entitled, ‘Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic’, we have one of our Ouija boards on show that Simon found some years ago. This is alongside the head of the gorilla costume worn by Derren Brown, Harry Houdini’s ‘Bell Box’, Tommy Cooper’s fez, and Paul Daniels’s sawing-in-half box.
Show runs 11 April 2019—15 September 2019
https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/W_vuwBQAACoA_SY2
Then on the other side of the world is the ongoing Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition, ‘You Say You Want a Revolution’, currently at the Melbourne Museum. Here we have a sword used by Alex Sanders, a robe worn by Ralph Harvey of the Temple of Artemis and a Goat Head stick.
Show runs 27th April – 25th August 2019
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/revolutions-records-and-rebels
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Wood blocks from 1720
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