![]() ![]() ![]() Great for adding atmosphere for the excited youngsters who visit with their parents, not so much for the myopic forty-something. The exhibition comprises of ten low-lit thematic rooms, chambers if you will, with secrets waiting to be revealed. ![]() It is where fictional witchcraft and wizardry meet factual notions of witchcraft from more credulous times and cultures. It also displays artwork and portraiture from Jim Kay, whose work adorns the new illustrated versions marking the anniversary. The exhibition highlights handwritten notes, original drawings and early manuscripts of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter novels and juxtaposes them alongside historic manuscripts and artefacts from British, European, African, Asian and Middle-Eastern cultures. The exhibition promoted outside the British Library Photography is prohibited, as it is at many institutions that house precious artefacts, for the flash can damage fragile documents and mere hours of daylight can constitute a year’s worth of damage. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It celebrates the twenty years since the release of J.K. Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, for those that don’t know – a stone’s throw from King’s Cross Station, has been open since 20 October 2017 and will close 28 February 2018. ![]()
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