Name: Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour
Start: 2026-03-14T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-14T12:00:00-04:00
Location: The Vincent Astor Gallery, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour

A free guided tour of our exhibition on the golden age of magic, Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City.
About this Event

Join us at the Library for the Performing Arts for a free, guided tour of our new exhibition on the golden age of magic, This staff-led tour highlights the major collectors and magicians linked to New York City from the 1870s to the 1930s.

About the Exhibition:
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a surge of magicians began to refine their art, finding larger audiences and building communities of practice, especially in New York City. This period has come to be known as the Golden Age of Magic. The history of magic and magicians has long been documented through text and image as a form of theater by the Billy Rose Theatre Division at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Now, the exhibition Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City,curated by Annemarie van Roessel, will display our rich and historic archival materials related to the art of magic and the fascinating lives of magicians performing in New York City during the Golden Age.

Photo Credit: [Thurston, Kellar's successor: invested with the mantle of magic poster, Strobridge Litho Co., 1908. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING AND ASL | ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing [email protected].

AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING | Programs may be photographed and recorded by and at the discretion of the Library for the Performing Arts and will post signs indicating as such. If you would prefer your image not be captured, please let us know and we can seat you accordingly. Attending any program indicates your consent to being filmed/photographed and your consent to the use of your recorded image for any and all purposes of the New York Public Library.

PRESS | Please send all press inquiries to Alex Teplitzky at [email protected]. Please note that all recording, including professional video recordings, are prohibited without expressed consent from the Library.