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I will be in Los Angeles during August 4-11, and I would like to visit the Magic Castle. Can anyone help me get a Guest Pass?


Much Appreciated,

Jon Staats

jon_staats@yahoo.com

If you are a member of the IBM, SAM, or Magic Circle, you can just call and make reservations. You'll need to present your membership card for that organization at the door.

Lot of useful info here:

http://www.magiccastle.com/

This is probably a silly question but I assume only members have access to the library, and not (magician) visitors?

That is a correct assumption.

Dustin

How many books in the library? Im curious.

More than you could ever read in a lifetime.

A little off-topic (although I think the question in the original post has been answered), but does anyone know who has the largest magic library? I bet that is a sight to see.

Byron Walker has the largest private collection of magic books I've ever seen. It is a collection beyond comprehension. Tens of thousands of magic books.

Ken Klosterman's library is huge!! And getting to it is half the fun! Marc DeSouza library is also mammoth.

Kent Gunn wrote:Byron Walker has the largest private collection of magic books I've ever seen. It is a collection beyond comprehension. Tens of thousands of magic books.

I did a search and found Byrons web.

http://www.byronwalkermagicbooks.com/

I heard Byron Walkers is the place to go for the more "hard-to-find" stuff.

Wow thanks for the link its very useful about the magical castle....

Green Skittle wrote:I heard Byron Walkers is the place to go for the more "hard-to-find" stuff.

While it may look like a house from the outside, Byron lives in a three-bedroom book depository. It is an amazing experience to visit.

The American Museum of Magic has over 15,000 books related to conjuring located in the Museum library, as well as thousands of magic periodicals.

The Conjuring Arts Research Center ( http://www.conjuringarts.org/library/overview.html ) in midtown Manhattan consists of over 12,000 volumes and growing.

I thought David Copperfield had the largest collection? Or was that effects?

The question pertains to books, not apparatus, letters, or any other type of magical prop or piece of ephemera. Copperfield has a very large library in his museum, but it's generally acknowledged that Byron Walker has the largest magic library.

Ruse wrote:I will be in Los Angeles during August 4-11, and I would like to visit the Magic Castle. Can anyone help me get a Guest Pass?


Much Appreciated,

Jon Staats

jon_staats@yahoo.com

If you still need a pass email me and I will send you one. damian AT damianjennings dot com.