Thanks to Friendly Dragon

Thanks very much to Friendly Dragon in Halifax who have just donated £40 to museum - very generous as they are also looking for new premises for their fabulous shop at the moment. We wish them good luck in their search.

Boscastle, Cornwall: a video guide

@witchmuseum makes it onto 101 Top Twitter Feeds for Learning About World Religions

I'm pleased to let you know that @witchmuseum has been featured on the recently published list of 101 Top Twitter Feeds for Learning About World Religions.

Check out the complete list here:

http://theologydegreesonline.com/world-religion-twitter/

This list has been built to show readers, and current and prospective theology students, some fantastic resources for learning about many religions around the world. While much of their site's focus is on Christianity, the editor believes it's important for anyone studying theology to understand the broader global context of religion. They think our Twitter feed will do a great job of helping our readers diversify their knowledge and broaden their faith.

The editor welcomes feedback and questions, so you can tweet to @TheologyDegree.

New Media Button

Check out the new 'Media', button on the museum's website.....This is just the start - we hope to include archive footage, interviews etc on the site soon.

Click on this link to go straight to the media page.

Request for Museum Stories

I’m Helen Cornish, an Anthropologist at Goldsmiths College in London. I have been carrying out research around the Museum of Witchcraft for a while. I’m interested in collecting stories about people’s encounters with the objects and displays in the museum. Does anyone have any interesting stories, favourite objects, or encounters with the unexpected that you would like to share ...? Please get in touch via:

h.cornish@gold.ac.uk

May 18 Event

Having been away working for a week I have just had a chance to check on the finances of last week's event at the Wellington Hotel for the museum. After all costs were covered Friends managed to make a profit of £115 which will be donated to the museum for conservation work. Thanks to everyone involved and to all of you who came along on the day to support the museum.

Notice of Art Exhibition from Sarah Vivian

The Bank Square Gallery

From Saturday 25th May 2013 to Friday 14th June 2013

This exhibition showcases work by five talented and diverse artists –

Tamsin Bridge, Hayley Mallett, Eric Pentecost, Nicholas Smith and Sarah Vivian, who will be providing a feast of spring colour.

Our opening hours are:

Mon-Fri 10.30am – 5pm, Sat 10.30am – 4pm, Sun closed

R.S.V.P.   5 Bank Square, St. Just-in-Penwith, Penzance  TR19 7HH

01736 788222

www.banksquaregallery.co.uk ¬ info@banksquaregallery.co.uk

If you would like to join our e-mail list, please feel free to provide us with your details (these will never be given to a third party).

Tools of the Trade Speakers

All our speakers at yesterday's event - Left to right - Gillian Nott, Levannah Morgan, Brian Hoggard, Louise Fenton.Photo courtesy of Simon Costin

Witchcraft Traditions ~ Tools of the Trade

A great day was had yesterday as our annual May event took place at The Wellington Hotel. We had around 70 attendees which was a slight increase on last year. The day started with Gillian Nott speaking on The Spirit of Corn, looking at the history of straw work through the ages and showing us some of her amazing handmade creations. Next was Levannah Morgan who spoke about 'the art of magical working' which features in her new book 'A Witch's Mirror' - she also signed copies of the book throughout the day and sold out so if you would like a copy they are available though Cappall Bann. After lunch Brian Hoggard gave a fascinating talk on his work with items which are found within the walls of homes, e.g., dried cats, shoes etc. Dr Louise Fenton closed the day with a talk on her research on the poppets in the museum. She has managed to identify some of the actual people involved in the spells - very interesting. I will shortly put a photo of our speakers on the blog and also contact/website details of Brian & Louise.
Thanks everyone who attended on the day - the profits made will be used by Friends of the Museum of Witchcraft to assist in library conservation work.

Online Shop Changeover

The Museum will shortly be taking over the online shop and selling stock direct rather than going through The Occult Art Company which will be closing so it can focus on new projects mainly in the realm of publishing. The new website is almost complete and should be opening shortly. In the meantime you can still order through TOAC via the link on the MOW website. The Museum would like to thank TOAC for all its work with the online outlet and we look forward to working together on its new projects which will be unveiled shortly. 

The museum has just introduced a new line of posters from some of the early artwork which can be seen in A Magical History ~ A collection of memories celebrating 60 years. We're down to the last 20ish of the paperbacks so once they're gone that's it. 

Remember you can follow us on Twitter for the most up to date info.

Latest Tripadvisor Stats

According to Tripadvisor The Museum of Witchcraft is now the number 1 museum in Cornwall and number 8 of all attractions in Cornwall. Very exciting news!

Artistic Signage

Local Artist Helen Setterington (originally from Yorkshire) has just completed a new painting for our sandwich board sign which we place by the bridge to let people know where we are. It's a reworking of our previous sign with rather festive new colors. Helen has her art gallery in The Old Forge in the harbour and usually specialises in seascapes so this was a bit of a departure from her usual work. We think it's great - if you're visiting Boscastle let us know your thoughts. Here are some pics of Helen outside her gallery, and with her new sign.

Painting through the Ages

Here are a couple of pics of the chaps painting the exterior - Graham last week and Cecil last century.

May Event 2013

Witchcraft Traditions

Tools of the Trade

A Day of talks for The Museum of Witchcraft

Saturday May 18th 2013

The Wellington Hotel

Boscastle PL35 0AQ

10AM till 4PM

Speakers:

Gillian Nott: Spirit of the Corn

  - Harvest traditions

Levannah Morgan: A Witch's Mirror - The Art of Making Magic

Brian Hoggard: Within Walls - Traditional

protection within the home

Dr Louise Fenton: A Cabinet of Curses -

A study of the people behind the poppets held

in the Museum of Witchcraft

Tickets are £10.00 each and will be available

on the door unless sold out - notification will

be on the www.friendsbmw.org.uk website.

These events are very popular 

so please email kerriwitch@aol.com 

or phone on 07896150852

to reserve a place.

Join us for a day of interesting talks, book-signings, raffle, great conversation and fabulous surroundings

Levannah Morgan radio interview - 'A Witch's Mirror'

Levannah Morgan was recently interviewed about her new book 'A Witch's Mirror'. The book features information researched in the Museum of Witchcraft and mentions Cecil Williamson and the Museum. It can be heard here: Interview with Levannah . Click on the black stripe at the top of the page.