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Join the Library for the Performing Arts for a free, guided tour of our new exhibition on the golden age of magic, Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City! This staff-led tour highlights the major collectors and magicians linked to New York City from the 1870s to the 1930s.
About the Exhibition:
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a surge of magicians began to refine their art, finding larger audiences and building communities of practice, especially in New York City. This period has come to be known as the Golden Age of Magic. The history of magic and magicians has long been documented through text and image as a form of theater by the Billy Rose Theatre Division at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Now, the exhibition Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City,curated by Annemarie van Roessel, will display our rich and historic archival materials related to the art of magic and the fascinating lives of magicians performing in New York City during the Golden Age.
