Boscastle: 1960-present Museum of Witchcraft and Magic



the exterior of museum


williamson retired in 1996, selling museum graham king , liz crow. practicing pagan interests in witchcraft, king owned business manufacturing specialist cameras in hampshire when discovered museum sale in newspaper article. king , williamson finalised purchase @ midnight on halloween 1996. king , crow reorganised museum , removed of more sensationalist exhibits, such partially clothed female mannequin had been laid on altar represent black mass. king appeared on bbc television series such seaside parish , antiques roadshow. organised burial of joan wytte, woman died in bodmin jail under accusations of witchcraft in 1813, , corpse had been @ museum many years. buried in local area of woodland in 1998. museum damaged during heavy floods in august 2004, resulting in being closed repairs until march 2005.


after king took over, group known friends of museum established; holds annual weekend of lectures. subsequently converted charity. commemorate museum s sixtieth anniversary, in 2011 occult art company published anthology entitled museum of witchcraft: magical history. idea work had been provided chair of friends, judith noble, volume being edited kerrian godwin. contained contributions 51 individuals involved in esoteric , pagan communities, including prominent figures ronald hutton, philip heselton, patricia crowther, , marian green. reviewed pagan studies scholar ethan doyle white in pomegranate journal, welcomed volume yet described contents mixed bag, articles varying in quality , relevance subject @ hand.


on halloween 2013 king transferred ownership of museum, collection , library, designer , curator simon costin, had founded museum of british folklore in 2009. king retained ownership of museum s building, leased costin s museum.


costin informed cornish guardian museum continue run is. won t change @ all.








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