Help us get to over 8,747 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Difference between revisions of "Houdini Magical Hall of Fame"

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
(References)
Line 1: Line 1:
The [[Houdini Magical Hall of Fame]] was opened in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in 1968 in a renovated meat-packing plant. It contained items from Houdini’s personal collection of magic.  
+
The [[Houdini Magical Hall of Fame]] (1968-1995) was opened in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in 1968 within a renovated meat-packing plant. It contained items from [[Houdini]]’s personal collection of magic.<ref>On the inside at the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame by D.A. Hagarty (1960)</ref>
  
Fire had tried to stop the owners from opening the museum from the outset, in a string of bad luck that some attributed to Houdini’s wrath from beyond the grave. Houdini had wanted the items he left to his brother [[Hardeen]] to be "burnt and destroyed upon Theodore's death."  The museum was chased by freak accidents to its eventual location on the top of Clifton Hill in a century-old Victoria Park train station in 1972.
+
Fire had tried to stop the owners from opening the museum from the outset, in a string of bad luck that some attributed to Houdini’s wrath from beyond the grave. Houdini had wanted the items he left to his brother [[Hardeen]] to be "burnt and destroyed upon Theodore's death."  The museum was chased by freak accidents to its eventual location on the top of Clifton Hill in a century-old Victoria Park train station in 1972.<ref>http://houdinireappears.blogsome.com/2007/09/16/the-houdini-magical-hall-of-fame/</ref>
  
[[Sidney H. Radner]] allowed choice pieces of his collection, which he inherited from Hardeen, to be displayed there. Séances were also held every year at the museum on the anniversary of Houdini’s death, October 31 .
+
[[Sidney H. Radner]] allowed choice pieces of his collection, which he inherited from Hardeen, to be displayed there. [[Séances]] were held every year at the museum on the anniversary of Houdini’s death, October 31.
  
 
Fire swept through the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame on April 30, 1995, destroying many of the magician's artifacts, closing the museum for good.
 
Fire swept through the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame on April 30, 1995, destroying many of the magician's artifacts, closing the museum for good.
Line 10: Line 10:
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
* http://houdinireappears.blogsome.com/2007/09/16/the-houdini-magical-hall-of-fame/
+
<references />
* On the inside at the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame by D.A. Hagarty (1960)
+
  
 
[[Category:History]]
 
[[Category:History]]
 
[[Category:Collections]]
 
[[Category:Collections]]

Revision as of 13:27, 2 December 2011

The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame (1968-1995) was opened in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in 1968 within a renovated meat-packing plant. It contained items from Houdini’s personal collection of magic.[1]

Fire had tried to stop the owners from opening the museum from the outset, in a string of bad luck that some attributed to Houdini’s wrath from beyond the grave. Houdini had wanted the items he left to his brother Hardeen to be "burnt and destroyed upon Theodore's death." The museum was chased by freak accidents to its eventual location on the top of Clifton Hill in a century-old Victoria Park train station in 1972.[2]

Sidney H. Radner allowed choice pieces of his collection, which he inherited from Hardeen, to be displayed there. Séances were held every year at the museum on the anniversary of Houdini’s death, October 31.

Fire swept through the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame on April 30, 1995, destroying many of the magician's artifacts, closing the museum for good.

Joe Nickell was the resident Magician at the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame for three years.

References

  1. On the inside at the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame by D.A. Hagarty (1960)
  2. http://houdinireappears.blogsome.com/2007/09/16/the-houdini-magical-hall-of-fame/