Visiting the Magic Castle
Visiting the Magic Castle
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
Much Appreciated,
Jon Staats
jon_staats@yahoo.com
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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.
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This is probably a silly question but I assume only members have access to the library, and not (magician) visitors?
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That is a correct assumption.
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How many books in the library? Im curious.
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More than you could ever read in a lifetime.
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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.
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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.
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Ken Klosterman's library is huge!! And getting to it is half the fun! Marc DeSouza library is also mammoth.
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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/
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I heard Byron Walkers is the place to go for the more "hard-to-find" stuff.
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Wow thanks for the link its very useful about the magical castle....
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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.
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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.
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The Conjuring Arts Research Center ( http://www.conjuringarts.org/library/overview.html ) in midtown Manhattan consists of over 12,000 volumes and growing.
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I thought David Copperfield had the largest collection? Or was that effects?
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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.
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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.