Our Travel Channel Mysteries At The Museum show. Houdini's Most Famous Challenge Escape. Click here!

We were just featured on the Huffington Post TV show. and NPR Weekend edition.

The action thriller hit movie "Now You See Me" used Dorothy's career and work as inspiration for role.

We recently restored Houdini's bust to world wide acclaim. Destroyed by vandals 38 years ago!

Take a step back in time! Reserve to visit us in our 150 year old historic building at 1433 N. Main Ave, (not Street) in Scranton, in the Pocono Region. The Only Building In The World Dedicated To Houdini! 570 383 1821

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RESERVATONS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL EVENTS

The Houdini guided Tour & Magic Show every day.

Begins at 1 PM, close at 5:00 PM. Last stage show at 2:30 PM. Reservations recommended! (570) 383-1821, or (570) 342-5555.

RESERVE for HOUDINI MUSEUM GUIDED TOUR & MAGIC SHOW reduced price with film, guided tour and magic show combined. Open 1 PM, Close at 5:00 PM. Reservations suggested. Arrive at least 2 & 1/2 hours before closing to see it all. Come earlier and see more!
July and August open every day.

A popular five star national event. A full afternoon of fun for all ages for one price! A movie, a guided tour and a top professional fun 55 minute stage magic show. Our magicians have starred on network television including Home Box Office, NBC, CBS, ABC, Biography, History, and Travel Channels, etc., with such movie stars as Tony Curtis, who played Houdini in the movie and Bill Cosby. Featured on "Deals From The Dark Side," "The Office," "House (MD)", etc.

Reservations suggested, and are at a discounted price. Why take the risk to drive here and not get in. Call (570) 383-1821 or (570) 342-5555.

The Houdini Guided Tour & Magic Show is a continuous non-stop wonderful major event. It is amazing, exciting, historic, and family friendly. A full afternoon that is fun for both locals and tourists. The world's only building devoted to most famous magician of all time, Harry Houdini, who did many special challenges in our area. Can be seen no where else. The New York Times, the most critical paper in the world, called our events "high quality entertainment." Great for all ages, from 3 to 93. Includes a fabulous fun 55 minute stage magic show with noted professional magicians and live animals including doves, a rabbit, a duck & two poodles. Seen on hundreds of national television shows. Includes the rarest film footage of Harry Houdini that can be seen anywhere, a fun guided tour of our famous collection & ends with the magic show. Not to be missed.

SPECIAL SUMMER REDUCED PRICING: Special reduced price for everything, the movie, guided tour, magic & main stage show and souvenir demonstration. Reservations made on the phone in advance are only $17.95 for adults & $11.95 for children 11 & younger. This is better than any other discount or coupon. Regular price at the door is $20 for all tickets, if available. If this same event were in a high rent major city it would cost about $50 to $60. It is subsidized by sales in the souvenir shop which is only opened once at the end of the movie, tour & show.

See us float a audience member up in the air, pass a hoop around them & float them back down. Great fun, educational & motivational too. Featuring Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz.

* As with all ticked events reservations are not cancelable, but we will
make our best effort to reschedule you for another date. Sales are final.

1433 N Main Ave. (not Street) Scranton, PA.
I-81 to exit 190 (Main Ave) left two miles. in the Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Pocono, Poconos, Stroudsburg, NE PA Pennsylvania area. Available all other times for bus, school, & party groups.

Also for groups, 20 or more, we can open any day of the week, morning, afternoon or evening, 365 days a year.

Non stop continuous from 1 PM seven days a week in the summer. The closer you get there to 1 PM the better, but no later than 2:30 if you want to see the stage show.

You can see the guided tour and show if you come anytime between 1 to 2:30 PM for an afternoon of fun. Picked by the Travel Channel as one of the top attractions for magic in the ENTIRE world. Our magicians are world famous and have performed in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, on Home Box Office specials, Biography Channel, ABC, CBS, NBC, Ripley's, "You Asked for it," Montel Williams, etc.

Call (570) 342-5555, (570) 383-1821.

Last show & tour is about 2:30 PM, but the earlier the better! Reservations recommended & are discounted.
At the end we even demonstrate some magic trick souvenirs.

1433 N Main Avenue (not Street), Scranton, PA. I-81 to exit 190 (Main Avenue (not Street)) left two miles. Open at 1 PM, closes at 5:30 PM from JULY THROUGH LABOR DAY. Other months call. They even float an audience member up in the air, pass a hoop around them and float them back down. Great fun, educational, non scary and motivational too. Featuring Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz. The fun event can take 2 1/2 hours or longer. Earlier guided tours and shows tend to be a bit fuller and longer. Special reduced summer price. Open daily 7 days a week. Continuous.

The Haunted Seance show Saturday nights by reservation.
However can be made available for groups of 13 or more most anytime.

Tickets available for a different event, The Scranton Ghost Walk available every evening, 7:45 PM

We also have tickets for a different event at another location, the Scranton Ghost Walk,
every day of the year. Featured on an NBC "The Office" TV show.

Close up picture of our intimate theater area.

Click here to see a few pictures of the Harry Houdini tour

CLICK HERE a view of the interior.
This is the room that features the photos of Houdini's mother & father that hung in Houdini's home.

Call now! (570) 342-5555 or (570) 383-1821

WE ALSO DO PRIVATE BIRTHDAY PARTIES, FUNDRAISERS, & ADULT BUS & SCHOOL GROUPS ANY DAY OF THE YEAR BY RESERVATION.

NEW! Click here for information on our BIRTHDAY PARTIES available 7 days a week.

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If you like paranormal events you might also try The Scranton Ghost Walk, daily, rain or shine, after dark by ADVANCE RESERVATIONS, daily at http://ScrantonGhostWalk.com Ghost walks of historic downtown Scranton everyday of the year! Depending on the day, walks available at 7 & 8 PM. Great to do at Halloween time.

Call (570) 383-9297, (570) 342-5555. for more Historic Scranton Ghost Walk Attraction information.

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Click here for our Birthday Party information. Available seven days a week. JB of Scranton says "Kids love it and it is more personal and fun than Chuck E. Cheese!"

Click for our Harry Houdini School Study Guide for school field trips and PTA or PTO School Assembly Programs. PTA or PTO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM TEACHERS AND PARENTS ... for students K-12. Includes many features from "Character Counts" and Gardner's Multiple Intelligences theory. Click here for our School Assembly Programs.

Available any day 12 months a year for bus groups, schools, a fundraiser, parties, birthdays, etc.

We are also responsible for the yearly famous Halloween Harry Houdini Seance on the anniversary of Harry Houdini's death, that was done by Harry Houdini's wife and then passed on to biographer and writer of the Shadow series Walter B. Gibson who, before he died, passed it on to Dorothy Dietrich.

We also supply top notch magicians for Trade Shows, Corporate Events, Malls, Colleges, close up magic, stage shows, etc.

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( Different spooky event)
A totally different event with separate times, pricing and admission.

HAUNTED! Mind Mysteries & THE Beyond.
Seats available by reservation only. Mostly Saturday evenings with other evenings in September, October and November. A completely separate evening event put on by Psychic Theater. "Haunted! Mind Mysteries & THE Beyond" is available year round by reservation only. A different and unique event. A 3 hour plus event ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Mentalism, mind reading, telekinesis, & sightless vision. Learn the story of the murder/suicide/electrocution in this 150 year old historic home. Attend a seance in the dark, which is part of this highly acclaimed 3 hour plus paranormal event! Picked by the Pennsylvania Department of Tourism as one of the ten most haunted places in the state! Not for the weak of heart! No pacemakers please. We dare you to stay to the end! We suggest you reserve several days or weeks in advance. $35.00. Often sold out - Free refreshments (soda, cookies, pizza, etc.) at intermission. As with most theatrical persentations reservations are not refundable. However we will make our best effort to seat you at another performance for up to a year or more.
For more information Go to PsychicTheater.com

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We restored Houdini's bust to his grave site missing for 36 years. Click here for text of story from Long Island's Newsday. Click here for pictures of our historic restoring of Houdini's bust missing from his gravesite 36 years. Dorothy Dietrich discovers the truth about the female statue on Houdini's grave site in her quest for the return of Houdini's bust.. Long a mystery.	BEST OF THE BEST!!! Harry Houdini Museum exhibit was chosen best museum in all of NE PA. Also picked as having the best exhibit. Text of story.	An award was given by the US Postmaster to the directors of the Harry Houdini Museum exhibit, Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz for their success in helping promote the Harry Houdini stamp, The first time THE TRAVEL CHANNEL FEATURED THE Harry HOUDINI MUSEUM EXHIBIT AS WELL AS OUR MAGIC SHOW IN TWO TV SPECIALS, "MAGIC ROAD TRIP". SEE IT IN PERSON BY COMING TO OUR FACILITY IN SCRANTON IN THE POCONO MOUNTAIN REGION.	We've done the Original Harry Houdini Seance here LIVE online for 15 years on Halloween. We did them for 15 years in New York City which was Houdini's official home town as an adult. Pictured at one of our Harry Houdini seances are magic legends Walter B. Gibson (in overcoat), Dorothy Dietrich, and Milbourne Christopher. Walter, Harry Houdini's ghostwriter & confidant wrote the famous Shadow series and over 2,000 books, many on magic as well as on Houdinifrom the escape artists notes. Bess Houdini asked him to continue the Harry Houdini seances when she stopped. He passed on the legacy, responsibility and honor to celebrity magician Dorothy Dietrich, who's on our Board of Directors.

Recently found information Houdini's early days in Williamsport, PA

(PREVIOUS VISITORS - Jump to Recent News & Contents list) Press to go inside one of the Harry Houdini Museum exhibit rooms in a 150 year old historic refurbished home .. A few pictures taken during a Harry Houdini Museum tour Press here to get our summer schedule of shows and tours Directions HOUDINI BUILDING FUND We need your help in fixing our century old buiding! This past year because of the floods and hurracanes our parking lot retaining wall caved in. It will cost between $20,000 and $30,000 to restore it. In addition we have developed a roof leak and some items may be at risk. We had to move the huge framed pictures of Houdini's mom and dad from his home to another area to protect them. We need your help.

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