Posts Tagged ‘Harry Potter’

If our generation has contributed anything that has affected popular culture in a significant way, the Harry Potter phenomenon of the past 10 years would make the short list.

With the book and the resulting movie series, Harry Potter has boosted virtually unknown kids to super-stardom and even influenced its own cult-like wizard culture. Now, you can experience the magic by visiting the Museum of Science in Boston where Harry Potter: The Exhibit is currently on display through February 21^st.

The exhibit, which made its debut in Chicago in April, opened in the Museum of Science on October 25^th and features over 200 props from the movies such as Harry’s wand, glasses, Marauder’s Map and acceptance letter into Hogwarts, Quidditch uniforms from the different houses, Hermione’s dress for the Yule Ball, and many other recognizable items prevalent in the books and movies.

The exhibit also features recreations of the Great Hall, Hagrid’s Hut and the Gryffindor Common Room, as inspired by the actual film sets and allows visitors to toss a quaffle or try to pull a screeching Mandrake from its pot.

The exhibit has been in the Museum of Science since October and will remain through the holidays until February 21^st. Visit the Museum of Science website to buy tickets online, separate from the general admission into the museum, or to look at event scheduling and other general information.

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★ English actor Matthew Lewis tours the Museum of Science’s Harry Potter exhibit.

★ Playtime in the park; Jennifer Garner brings daughters Violet and Seraphina out in Cambridge.

★ Being PC; actor John Hodgman appears at the Boston Book Festival.

★ The Boston Bike Film Fest rode through the weekend.

★ Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University reconsiders its placement of interns at the “Late Show with David Letterman“.

★ Alex McCord of “The Real Housewives of New York City” stops by Burlington, MA.

★ Celebrity hot-spot Felt nightclub hosts a Hollywood themed trivia night for their weekly ladies night evening special. Be prepared to hear Ben Affleck’s name dropped a few times.

★ Former Boston investment banker cultivates future of independent filming in Massachusetts through appeals to local investors and taking advantage of state tax credits.

★ Boston magazine spotlights a Truro, MA native, and Emmy nominated artist/designer from “The Muppets” and “Sesame Street”.

★ The Hartford Courant recalls films made in Connecticut.

★ The Boston Globe bemoans the Beantown onslaught of celebrities.

★ Harry Potter exhibition comes to the Boston Museum of Science in October.