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Musee de la Magie
A museum of magic with a Sadist past
Category Unique Collections, Amazing Automata
The Museum of Magic and Curiosity is a private collection of optical illusions, fun house mirrors, wind-up toys, and historical magic artifacts located in the Marais. Paired with the Musée des Automates, it also houses a terrific collection of over one hundred 19th and 20th-century automatons. There is, however, a dark side to the museum.
The collection is housed in the 16th-century vaulted cellar of what was once the Marquis De Sade's house. Sade lived in the building as a young man and developed the beginnings of his notorious sexual appetite there. Today the museum's whimsical holdings are a delightful counterpart to its sadist history, and are appropriate for adults and children alike. Every tour concludes with a magic show.
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- Hours Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2:00-7:00pm
- Website http://www.museedelamagie.com
- Address 11 Rue Saint-Paul , Paris, France
- Cost 9 Euro
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I just went last week. I think the museum isn't that great--especially if you don't understand much french. There was a magic show at the beginning that was cute, then a man gave a talk for about 10 minutes or so, I think about Houdini (in French, of course). The bulk of the museum is a room dedicated mostly to David Copperfield, and there's a collection of old toys used for illusions/tricks. But next door there's an awesome shop full of vintage French paper products and random ephemera.
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