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CANCELLED: Do You Believe in Magic?

Date: Saturday, Oct 19 2019 - Thursday, Mar 19 2020
Venue: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

REMAINDER OF RUN CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery’s major winter exhibition, Do You Believe in Magic? features over 200 fascinating objects and stories that reveal how magic has been used to heal, hunt and harm across the world.

From ancient uses of witchcraft, to belief in the power of gods and ancestors, this exhibition explores the complex intersection between magic, science and religion.

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Do You Believe in Magic? is sponsored by InsideAsia Tours.

Oct 9-Apr 19, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Tue-Sun 10am-5pm plus Bank Holiday and school holiday Mondays 10am-5pm. For more info, visit www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/whats-on/magic

Pictured: Initial I with Witch by Eric Gill

By steve wright, Friday, Oct 18 2019

Tags:

  • Magic
  • Religion
  • Superstition

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