Maison de la Magie

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The Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin (French for "Robert-Houdin House of Magic") is a museum which faces the Royal Château de Blois. It is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois. As a museum of France and being the official label of "Musée de France", it is the only public museum in Europe which agencies in one place collections of magic and a site for permanent performing arts. The creation of such a site is directly linked to the personality of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a famous French illusionist born in Blois in 1805.

History: Inaugurated in 1998, the museum highlights the life and work of Robert-Houdin—multi-talented illusionist, prestidigitator, inventor, clockmaker and maker of automatons. In 1981, descendants of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin left the building and all its contents to the town of Blois with a stipulation requiring them to be open to the public. A total of 170 objects that were made or collected by Robert-Houdin are in the museum. The museum hosts a number of events, some of which are recurring. The inclusion: exhibition of portraits of the greatest magicians; magic meetings (on weekends...