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If you would like to investigate magical, ritual and mythologically symbolic artefacts further, then visits to the museums and collections listed here are to be recommended. This list is not definitive and will be added to. You may also be surprised at what is to be discovered at your local museum too!

Magical Museums/Collections

The pre-eminent magical museum in the country, MWM has an outstanding collection of witchcraft and magical artefacts, together with an important library.

Other Museums with Magical Collections

The important medical museum is home to part of the Edward Lovett collection of charms, amulets and talismans.

The museum has important world cultures collections ,as well as being home to part of the Edward Lovett collection of charms, amulets and talismans (although these are classified as "superstitions"). Unfortunately it is closed whilst the building is restored following a serious fire in 2013, but is expected to reopen in 2019. Some of the collection can be viewed on the web-site however.

One of the top archaeological and world cultures museums in the country, the Pitt Rivers has an extensive colection of amulets and charms from around the world, including the collection of Adrien de Mortillet and another part of that gathered by Edward Lovett.

The Scarborough Museums Trust is home to the important Clarke collection of charms and amulets, although they are not on permananent display.

Home to an outstanding collection from around the world, from ancient Egypt to modern Japan, the BM also houses iconic British objects, including the Sutton Hoo treasure, Dr. John Dee's scrying equipment, and the Grimes Graves Chalk Goddess.

Although the extent to which freemasonry is related to magic is debated, some of the higher orders are in the area of ceremonial magic and the developmental mysteries are both inspired by ancient practice and in turn a foundation and inspiration to modern magical orders, such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, as well as Wicca. The museum is home to an extensive collection of all things related to freemasonry and sub-masonic fraternal societies.

Housing an outstanding collection of art, including some powerful mythologically themed paintings, the Lady Lever also has an important collection of Masonic regalia. Part of National Museums Liverpool.

Museums in East Anglia

A private museum dedicated to German stoneware, including examples of so-called witch bottles. Open by appointment only.

Home to wonderful displays of world cultures and British archaeology, from Star Carr to Saami shaman drums.

The museum has an important collection of local folklore and folk magic.

Objects from across Norfolk Museums Service's collections.

The museum has an important collection of world cultures material, particularly from British Columbia.

The museum has an important collection related to rural life, including folklore.

The museum has an important collection of medieval pilgrim badges and, controversially, the Seahenge timbers.

The museum has important collections of British, Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval archaeology, Egyptology and decorative arts, with stunning temporary exhibitions.

A stunning world cultures collection complimented by powerful art exhibitions. The SCVA is also partof the Sainsbury Institute for Art, with important research and museological interests across the world.

A wonderful collection of material from South Asia, covering all of life.

Local and world cultures collections.

The burial ground of the East Anglian kings, with an impressive exhbition centre.

A reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village with a museum of the archaeological finds.

The history of Bury, including the story of St. Edmund, and in particular a display of ritual deposits from buildings and a 17th-century poppet.

The museum has important archaeological material, especially from the Romano-British era.

Other Museums with Important Archaeological and/or World Cultures (Ethnographic/Anthropological) Collections