Accreditation Unaccredited
Address_line_1 Witches Mill
Admin_hierarchy /Isle of Man
Alternative_museum_name_source New
Founder Cecil Williamson
Founder_source https://religioncollections.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/call-for-papers-pagans-and-museums/
Governance Independent-Private
Governance_source https://religioncollections.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/call-for-papers-pagans-and-museums/
Latitude 54.07714
Longitude -4.65422
Name_of_museum The Museum of Magic and Witchcraft
Notes Formerly known as the Folklore Centre of Superstition and Witchcraft. Originally owned by Cecil Williamson and sold to Gerard Gardner in 1954. Inherited by Gardner's high priestess Monique Wilson after his death in 1964, the museum continued for almost a decade before Wilson sold the collection of ten thousand items to Ripleys Believe it or Not Ltd in 1973. Tamarra and Richard James of the Wiccan Church of Canada purchased much of Gardner's collection from Ripleys in 1987. Postcode is approximate.
Postcode IM9 1AN
Primary_provenance_of_data New
Region_country Isle of Man
Size unknown
Subject_Matter Belief_and_identity-Other
Town_or_City Castletown
Year_closed 1973:1973
Year_closed_source https://religioncollections.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/call-for-papers-pagans-and-museums/
Year_opened 1951:1951
Year_opened_source https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/museum-magic-and-witchcraft
project_id mm.New.169