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Road Trip America.com"first-rate magic show" "a spellbound audience"

Pennsylvania Day Trips"great fun for the family" "one of the most unique museums & attractions in the world. Show includes two of the best, nationally known magicians, Dorothy Dietrich & John Bravo"

Kid Friendly Reviews"Fun with the Family - Featured on the Travel Channel's Magic Road Trip - "a must-see" "wonderful magic show by nationally known magicians Dorothy Dietrich & Bravo the Great. Lots of laughs-live animals & audience participation-for all ages-nothing too scary for little ones"

USA TODAY-Travel Tips "the Poconos boast several historic attractions & tourist sites" "a wealth of exciting things to do-for all ages-magic acts that incorporate live animals including doves, poodles & rabbits, plus guided tour"

Dorothy Dietrich Wikipedia page on Dorothy Dietrich

"The Magic of Scranton-Houdini Museum offers memorabilia & a top-notch live act" "using doves, a rabbit, a duck, & two poodles-they pull a boy out of the audience for an amazing levitation trick that my husband is still pondering."

Frequently Asked Questions on our movie, tours, magicians & show.

The full fun experience takes 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Starts at 1 PM.

A five star national venue. Full afternoon of fun for all ages for one price! A movie, a guided tour & a top professional fun hour stage magic show. The movie will repeat after the stage show. Our acts have starred on network TV including Home Box Office, NBC, CBS, ABC, History, Biography, & Travel Channels, etc., with stars like Tony Curtis, who played Houdini in the movie, Dick Van Patten, & Bill Cosby. Featured on Mysteries At The Museum, The Office, House (MD), etc.

Reservations suggested, & discounted. Why risk driving here & not get in. Call (570) 383-1821.

A non-stop wonderful major event. Amazing, exciting, historic, & family friendly. Fun & educational. The World's Only Building devoted Harry Houdini. He did 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. With noted professional magicians & live animals including doves, a rabbit, a duck & two poodles. Includes the rarest film footage of Harry Houdini not shown anywhere else. Not to be missed.

See us float an audience member in the air, pass a hoop around them & float them back down. Featuring Dorothy Dietrich & Dick Brookz.

1433 N Main Ave. (not Street) Scranton, PA.
I-81 to exit 190 (Main Ave., not Street) left two miles. Open at 1 PM, closes at 4:00 PM. Subject to availability. Non scary & motivational too. The fun event can take 2 1/2 hours or longer. in the Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Pocono, Poconos, Stroudsburg, NE PA Pennsylvania area. Available at other times for bus, school, & party groups.

For groups, 20 or more, we can open any day-morning, afternoon or evening, 365 days a year.

HIGHLY AIR CONDITIONED ALL THE WAY! Picked by the Travel Channel as a top attraction for magic in the ENTIRE world. Our magicians are world famous & have performed in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, on HBO specials, Biography Channel, ABC, CBS, NBC, Ripley's, "You Asked for it," Montel Williams, etc.

Call (570) 342-5555, (570) 383-1821, (570) 383-9297

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OTHER EVENTS AVAILABLE...
"HAUNTED!" A Fun Psychic & Seance Evening,

Close up of our theater area.

Click to see a few pictures of the Harry Houdini tour

CLICK HERE to view part of the interior. Room features photos of Houdini's mother & father from Houdini's home, & a copy of the bust we replaced at Houdini's grave at a cost of $10,000.

Call now! (570) 383-1821

WE 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.

Free Parking. Enter front or back.
DIRECTIONS TO 81 -
From the East (NY, NJ, Stroudsburg, etc. 80W to 380N to 81N.
From the North East. 84 W to 380 N to 81 N. From the West (Pittsburgh. 80W to 81N.
From the South (Philia, etc) Tpk Extension 476N to Pittston exit to 81 N.
From Allentown, etc. 33N to 80W to 380N to 81N

(PREVIOUS VISITORS - Jump to Recent News & Contents list) One of the Houdini Museum exhibit rooms in a 150 year old historic building and former ice cream parlor and one time disco . Click to see few pictures taken during a Houdini Museum tour Press here to get our summer schedule of shows and tours Click for Directions HOUDINI MUSEUM FUND We need your help in supporting our historic projects like these! We also keep up othere historic sites such as DellODell.com, JoanBrandon.com, LarryWeeks.info, BulletCatch.com, etc. We cannot continue alone. We are a 501 C-3 Non profit. All donations are tax deductible.

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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!"

We uncovered of Houdini's "The Grim Game" lost for 96 years. Info-CLICK HERE!

Featured on the Travel Channel "Mysteries At The Museum" Houdini's Most Famous Escape!

Houdini & Doyle! Yet another Travel Channel "Mysteries At The Museum" appearance.

Link-Travel Channel Mysteries at the Museum with Dorothy Dietrich promo

Recently featured on the Huffington Post TV show. and NPR Weekend edition.

The action 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 40 years ago!

This years annual Halloween event took place in NYC in a building Houdini lived. Click here for press release

ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERNATIONAL BIG STORY.

Click! NBC TV News story about Houdini grave

We restored Houdini's bust to his grave site missing for 36 years. Click for text of story-Long Island Newsday. Click 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. Long a mystery.	BEST OF THE BEST!!! Houdini Museum chosen best museum in all of NE PA & best exhibit. Text of NE PA story.>	Award given by the US Post office to the Houdini Museum, Dorothy Dietrich & Dick Brookz for help on the Houdini stamp, 3rd feature story this season on "Mysteries At The Musuem". Travel Channel featured The Houdini Museum Tour & Magic Show as one of the top places in the world on their special "MAGIC ROAD TRIP". See it in person in Scranton.	We've done the Original Houdini Seance here LIVE online for 15 years on Halloween. We did them for 15 years in New York City at NY's original Houdini Museum, now in Scranton, PA. Pictured at one of our Houdini seances are magic legends Walter B. Gibson (in overcoat), Dorothy Dietrich, and Milbourne Christopher. Walter, Houdini's ghostwriter & confidant wrote the famous Shadow series and over 2,000 books, many on magic as well as on Houdini. Bess Houdini asked him to continue the 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

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're also responsible for the yearly famous Halloween Houdini Seance on the anniversary of Houdini's death, that was done by 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 our Dorothy Dietrich. Annual Halloween event. Click here for more information

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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