Naturally, I hunted down the resident Museum Mannequin, you can see him suspended from the ceiling inside the trap door. Museum Mannequin Houdini Mannequin and props I found it fascinating that for someone whose career was the mystical, he went out of his way to make it mundane. He performed a similar service for all things occult. The museum tells us that Houdini used his powers for good he would write newspaper articles exposing the tricks used by nefarious card-tricksters as a public service. I wonder if the King of Cards ever uttered that well worn phrase of “Pick a card, any card.” He made his name with the everyday magic that is the card-trick. Houdini wasn’t always the escapologist extraordinaire that we remember today. The poster in the top left of the picture shows Houdini in his early professional persona as the ‘King of Cards’. I am really enjoying being able to use the word Houdiniana and would like to thank the Houdini Museum for introducing it to me.Īnd with that in mind, let’s look at some of the Houdiniana (that’s four times now!) on display… However, most of the stuff on display was Houdiniana rather than merch’ so I think it qualifies to be a museum rather than whatever the Twinings place really is (with the ‘museum’ being a corner of the cafe in the shop). Like the Twinings Museum, the museum is part of a shop, in this case Fantasma Magic, rather than a tea emporium. The Houdini Museum is a bit of an unusual museum. It is pretty safe to safe that Houdini is the second most famous magical Harry, after Potter of course – although Houdini gets bonus points for not being fictional…ĭespite being a native of Budapest, it’s in New York City that you can find a museum dedicated to the marvellous magician’s memory, with over 2500 pieces of Houdiniana in its collection if the leaflet can be believed. ‘ Houdini‘ is a name that still conjures up all sorts of sorcerous associations nearly 90 years after his death (31st October 1926).
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