Generous donation of bracelets, hagstones and leather items

So many people do so many lovely things for the Museum and we can’t thank them enough for all the little ways that they contribute.  Over the weekend, we received …

Amazing Midsummer Celebration!

The Museum’s celebration of Midsummer yesterday was fantastic.  The weather was perfect and the crowds were out!  Words, photos and video don’t really do this event justice.  It was sensational …

Midsummer: Guardians of the Bridge

  Four Elemental Guardians of The Bridge representing Earth, Air, Fire and Water. These straw-designs are a blend of symbols:  the Ankh, an ancient symbol of the ‘Breath of Life’, …

Offerings and wishes for Midsummer God and Goddess

Our Midsummer Event on Saturday 23rd is fast approaching.  We’ve had some beautiful messages/wishes pinned up on the God and Goddess of Midsummer.  These figures will be ignited on Saturday …

Photos of Museum Wishing Well at night

A couple of years ago, we put a wishing well in front of the Museum.  There were many reasons for this: to raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance, to bring …

Books and objects from Lenkiewicz Foundation

Judith and Peter (and Agnes) had trip out to Plymouth yesterday to collect some important new acquisitions for the Museum.  We visited Robert Lenkiewicz’s former library overlooking Plymouth Harbour.  It …

Museum represented at Pagan Federation International

It has been great to see the Museum making an appearance at the Pagan Federation International Summer Symposium in the Netherlands.  The Museum was represented in two different ways: our …

Fire dances for Midsummer Celebration June 23rd

Our Midsummer Celebration on Saturday June 23rd will involve three different types of dancing. At 12noon River Moor Coven will be dancing. At 12.30pm Merv Davey the Cornish Piper will …

Chanting and Chanting II CDs new edition now available

Above: the new front cover shows the top gallery of the Museum with the hare statue, Horned God and Sabbat painting.  This is where the chants now play daily. For …

Ghost Stories in the Museum Library this Saturday

You can have a great night at the Museum this weekend, visit us by candlelight and then visit the library for Ghost Stories.  This Saturday night at 8.30pm, the Museum’s …

Fantastic opportunity to learn about Geomancy with Dr Alexander Cummins

Dr. Alexander Cummins is a first rate academic and magical practitioner.  We first met him when he spoke at last year’s May conference on Cursing and we had the pleasure …

Alex Langstone’s Talk about Cornish Folkore

We had a fantastic evening in the Museum Library last night, with Alex Langstone giving an inspiring talk about Cornish folklore.  The talk was structured around findings from Alex’s new …

Candlelit Evenings – Photos of our last evening

Here are some nice photos taken by a visitor of Joan’s Cottage by candle light.   The dates for candlelit evenings this year are: Saturday 16th June* Saturday 28th July* …

‘Implements of Magick’ Zine about Museum donated to Library

Many thanks to Leah Rose who donated this zine to the Library based upon her love of the Museum. If you are interested in her work check out LeahRoseIllustration online…

Talk by author Thomas Sheridan

Two weeks ago, we had a fantastic talk and book signing here at the Museum by author Thomas Sheridan.   http://www.thomassheridanarts.com/home.php The event was really well attended by a crowd who …

Familiar Shapes at the Museum by Heather Freeman

We have been delighted to have Heather Freeman with us in the Museum for the past couple of weeks.  Here she summarises her time at the Museums so far…   …

Cornwall Air Ambulance Collects 2017 Wishing Well Donations

We welcomed Ken from Cornwall Air Ambulance last week to collect the donations from our wishing well… Visitors have dropped their wishing coins into our moon-faced well since April 2017, …

International Museums Day 18th May 2018

Lovett Collection in MWM

In collaboration with Scarborough Museums Trust, the Pitt Rivers, Wellcome Trust and host of other fantastic institutions, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic will be celebrating International Museums Day (Friday …

New window display “Acclimatise the Phantom”

Above: Elizabethan magician John Dee with a crocodile above his desk. For several years, the Museum has had a beautiful stag in its main window display.  This was made by …

Exeter Phoenix, Friday 18th May 2018

Museum and Folklore Tapes Collaboration Opening Night!

Folklore Tapes – “an open-ended research project exploring the vernacular arcana of Great Britain and beyond” – are collaborating with The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic on a brand new …

Spells and Charms booklet now available

Several years ago, the Museum team collected together a selection of spells and charms.  They hand-wrote some and typed up others.  They were then pinned in the lower gallery on …

Museum comes highly recommended

The Museum has appeared on a couple of blogs recently as a recommended place to visit. We received this email about a family blog: We are a minimalist travelling family …

Conference on Ritual Magic – weekend May 12th-13th

Every year, the Museum changes its exhibition space to explore an aspect of witchcraft and magic in more detail.  As the exhibition space is limited and the topics we explore …

Sorry – event tonight cancelled

Unfortunately, the event tonight (Otherworld film) has had to be cancelled.  We hope to re-schedule at some future date.  Apologies for any disappointment caused.  People with tickets will have their …