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© Musée des Confluences, photo: Olivier Garcin

Special exhibiton

Magic

From October 18, 2025

A fairytale forest, a witch’s hat, a magic show, black magic…
Magic is the ability to change the ordinary course of events through the use of occult powers or to influence our perception through the working of illusions. Throughout its long history, here and there, magic has fluctuated between belief and knowledge, between evil and good intentions, between secrecy and spectacle.
From the natural magic of the wolf and the black elderberry to healing stones and the stage magic of Robert Houdin – “magic” is illusion, enchantment, superstition and an intoxication of the senses.
Many paths open up through the forest of magic….Enter!