Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain, opens on April 9 – June 22nd at the new UAL building in the Stratford Olympic Village. The Museum of British Folklore is our sister museum supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund. Huge thanks to Henry Bourne for the poster image of Jane Wildgoose as a Hastings Gay Bogie and all our lenders. Curated by @melangell89@amydelahayecurator and @simon_costin #folklore#folkcostume @henrybourne @heritagefunduk@unioftheartslondon #nationallottery #heritagefund@cffc_ual @lcflondon_ The post Making More Mischief appeared first on Museum of Witchcraft and M ..read more

And here she is! Our 2020 Artist Residency – (rescheduled for completion 2022) was awarded to WhiteFeather Hunter. WhiteFeather is a Transdisciplinary Artist hailing from Canada, completing a PhD in Biological Art at SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia. Presently touched down in Boscastle on her circumnavigation of the globe, WhiteFeather is engaged in research in our collection for the work she is making. Laying down her bunsen burner, the Witch in the Lab Coat is out and about in the oldest laboratory of all; the land. Enjoying a degree of exclusivity, her process is immersive ..read more

After a very busy season we have now closed until April 2022. The exact date will be released in the New Year. We would like to thank all our visitors who came to see us this year and for all their kind comments and support. Please be aware that our online shop will remain active for all those Yuletide gifts! See you all soon! The post We are now closed until Spring 2022 appeared first on Museum of Witchcraft and Magic ..read more

Please note that the last day the museum will be open this year will be October 31st. We are all looking forward to a good rest as it has been an incredibly busy year. We will reopen on April 1st 2022, all being well, but updates will be posted here should that not be the case. See you soon! The post Last Day of opening for 2021 appeared first on Museum of Witchcraft and Magic ..read more

We broke the internet! We are two weeks into the summer holidays and are learning by experience that you just can’t think of everything. Our online ticketing system is too! We are releasing tickets one week at at a time, rather than the whole summer at once. Managing capacity this way protects our customers from being becoming victims of the pingdemic that is gripping countrywide, and the Museum, from having to refund more than a few days tickets in the unfortunate event we have to close because of staff shortages.  This creates unintentionally a spike in demand every week on a Thursday e ..read more

We are pleased to say that the MWM zine, Conjuration has sold well and there are still a few copies left should you like to grab one. Issue 3 is due out in July. You can purchase a copy or subscribe here – https://conjuration.org/conjuration-zine?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss The post Conjuration appeared first on Museum of Witchcraft and Magic ..read more

Click here to book tickets. Welcome Back! The MWM reopens on 17th May, after a closure of 18 Months. We are returning with a new gallery, and 47 never before seen items on show throughout the Museum. We are also adopting – as many UK Museums are – online booking for the first time in our 70 year history. From 17th May until the 18th June, the Museum is open from Monday to Friday only. Closed weekends. From 21st June until the 31st October, the Museum is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturdays and Sundays. Closed Thursday and Friday. Dates for booking will be released in Summer Holiday s ..read more

In writing, music, and film, Midsummer’s eve has no more lyrical or long-lived a representation than William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on which Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is based. For those who do not know, the story is set alternately in woodland and in fairyland itself, with action occurring variously under moonlight or in darkness, where all is controlled to a greater or lesser extent by the Fairy folk themselves. Within the fantastical setting the human characters are literally transformed by the magical antics of the fairies who are led by their monarchs, Oberon and T ..read more

THE MUSEUM OF WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC AT SEVENTY One of Britain’s most unique and well loved independent museums, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2021. We have a variety of events and happenings planned to mark the occasion and will be releasing details in due course. One significant commemorative project is the publication of a limited edition book and we’d like it to be a truly collaborative production, filled with contributions from you! It could be memories of your first visit to the museum, a love letter to an object from the collection, an imaginary ..read more

We are delighted to announce the purchase of ‘The Witches Boat’, a pen and water colour painting by Richard. E. Clarke (1878-1954). Richard studied, and later taught, at the renowned Art School in Scarborough founded by artist, yacht designer, sailor and writer Albert Strange in the early 1900s. He gained recognition as a watercolourist and engraver, and exhibited at London galleries and at the Royal Academy, and at the Yorkshire Art Exhibition. He was also an art teacher at Scarborough Boys’ High School, and in 1937 became the first ever president of Scarborough Art Society, which still flour ..read more