• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise
  • Contact our Team
  • In the News
  • For NYC Residents
    • NYC Free Parking Calendar 2020
    • ID NYC Card for Free Museum Admission
    • Where to Donate Goods or Volunteer

NYC on the Cheap

Get More New York City for Less Money

  • Aways
    Free
    • Best FREE Things to Do in New York City
    • FREE Museum Admission by Borough
    • FREE Museum Admission by Day of Week
    • NYC Museums With No Admission Fee Ever
    • FREE Tickets to Late Night TV Shows
    • FREE Tickets to Daytime TV Shows
  • Entertainment
    & the Arts
    • Family Fun
    • NYC Discount Tickets
    • Philadelphia Ticket Deals
    • Movies
    • NYC Free: Museum Admission by Day of Week
    • NYC Theater
  • Food & Drink
    Deals
    • Where to Eat in Times Square
    • Best Jewish delis for overstuffed sandwiches
    • All-You-Can-Eat Sushi Deals
    • Best NYC Lobster Restaurants
    • Best Happy Hours
    • Birthday Freebies: Restaurants
    • Daily Deals
  • Shopping
    in NYC
    • Ten Things for $1 in NYC
    • Scam Alert
    • Discounts for Seniors
    • Birthday Freebies: Retail Stores
    • Best Resale Shops
    • Cheapest Gas
  • Things
    to Do
    • Seasonal Events
    • Free & Cheap Weekend Events
    • NYC Historic Homes now Museums
    • Where to See Hamilton in NYC
    • NYC Theater
    • Carousels in All 5 Boros
    • 9/11 Memorial & Museum
    • Events in NYC Parks
    • Get Free Tickets to Late Night TV Shows
    • NYC Festivals
    • Getting Around
  • Family
    Fun
    • Best Musems for Kids in Manhattan
    • Carousels in all 5 Boroughs
  • Crisis
    Resources
  • Scam
    Alert
  • Getaways
    & Travel Deals
  • Free & Cheap
    Events
  • Best FREE Things to Do in NYC
  • NYC Sightseeing and Tours Discounts
  • Ticket Deals
  • Cheapest Gas Prices
  • For NYC Residents
You are here: Home / NYC Museums / NYC Hot Ticket Alert: New Harry Potter Exhibit
← NYC Free: Samantha Bee Full Frontal Tickets
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend April 13-15 →

NYC Hot Ticket Alert: New Harry Potter Exhibit

POSTED BY
Evelyn Kanter

harry potter exhibit nycHarry Potter is taking over New York City.

Getting tickets to the Broadway show Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, now in previews, is a tough act. Another Harry Potter show opens in NYC this fall, sure to be another hot ticket, in equal demand, when ticket sales open later this month.

Harry Potter: A History of Magic includes material from author J.K. Rowling’s personal archives, set models and costumes from the Broadway show, interactive exhibits including Harry Potter trivia games, and more.

It opens at the New York Historical Society on October 5, and will be on view through January 27, 2019.

Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the first American showing of the most successful showcase of all time at the British Library in London.

NYC hot ticket alert: Tickets for timed entry go on sale at noon on April 26,  $21 for adults, $16 for seniors (65+), $13 for students, $6 for kids ages 5–13, and free for children to age 4, and include admission to the rest of the museum.

Harry Potter: A History of Magic captures the traditional of folklore and magic at the heart of the popular stories, including century-old magic treasures and rare books, manuscripts, magical objects from the collections of the British Library and from the New York Historical Society, plus original material from Harry Potter publisher Scholastic and from J.K. Rowling’s own archives.

Tickets to the Broadway show are available directly from the theater.

It is a two-part show. You can see both parts on the same day or consecutive days.

Some of the set models and costumes are art of the museum exhibit

Click here to check availability and price.

From medieval descriptions of dragons and griffins, to the origins of the sorcerer’s stone, Harry Potter fans can explore the subjects studied at Hogwarts and see original drafts and drawings by J.K. Rowling as well as Harry Potter illustrator Jim Kay.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, also on display is illustrator Brian Selznick’s artwork that will appear on the covers of the Harry Potter series to be published by Scholastic later this year.

Also on view to the public for the first time will be Mary GrandPré’s illustrations created for Scholastic’s original editions of the novels.

Costumes and set models from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opens on Broadway in April, will be showcased in the exhibition.

The exhibit features numerous interactive activities designed to delight Harry Potter fans of all ages.

Tickets for monthly fun trivia nights, which will put fans’ knowledge of the Wizarding World to the test, also go on sale on April 26 as well.

Additional family and adult programs will be unveiled in the coming months.

Reserve your tickets here.  The last entry will be 45 minutes before closing.

September 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Scholastic kicked off its year-long celebration in January 2018. The Wizarding World will have one of its busiest years ever in the U.S., with the opening of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway in April; the British Library’s exhibition Harry Potter: A History of Magic, opening at the New York Historical Society in October; and the second Fantastic Beasts movie, The Crimes of Grindelwald, opening in cinemas in November.

The Harry Potter books have sold more than 160 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 500 million copies worldwide. The books are published in more than 200 territories in 80 languages.

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Related

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 12, 2018 | Updated April 13, 2018 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Family Fun · NYC for Visitors · NYC Museums · NYC Theater Tagged With: Harry Potter· New York Historical Society

Reader Interactions

What do you think about this? We welcome your comments. Cancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Get Free Email Updates

Be the first to know about NYC free and cheap events, discounts and deals by signing up for our FREE enewsletter.

Latest News Trending Now

  • McDonald's Throwback Thursdays: 15-35 Cent Items
    McDonald's Throwback Thursdays: 15-35 Cent Items
  • Fast Food Deals & Discounts for Mid-January
    Fast Food Deals & Discounts for Mid-January
  • Where to Get a FREE Covid Vaccination in NYC
    Where to Get a FREE Covid Vaccination in NYC
  • Jewish Film Festival 2021 at Lincoln Center is Virtual
    Jewish Film Festival 2021 at Lincoln Center is Virtual
  • 51 Free, Cheap & Virtual Things to Do This Weekend
    51 Free, Cheap & Virtual Things to Do This Weekend
  • Cheap Eats: Best NYC Ramen Shops
    Cheap Eats: Best NYC Ramen Shops
  • Frugal Over Fifty: Senior Deals & Discounts
    Frugal Over Fifty: Senior Deals & Discounts
  • NYC Free Parking Calendar 2020
    NYC Free Parking Calendar 2020
  • NYC Update: What's Open, Cancelled, Postponed
    NYC Update: What's Open, Cancelled, Postponed
  • Free and Cheap Events Calendar
    Free and Cheap Events Calendar

Search by Category

Footer

About NYC on the Cheap

NYC does not have to be expensive when you know where the deals and freebies are.

We’re here to help you save money on NYC restaurants, theater, museums, shopping, events and more, as we have been doing since 2010.

Get more NYC for less money with NYCOTC. That’s our motto and we’re sticking to it.

Contact us: info@nyconthecheap.com

Who We Are

Your chief guide is Evelyn Kanter, a lifelong New Yorker and award-winning professional journalist.

Evelyn Kanter is a former consumer reporter for WABC-TV Eyewitness News and WCBS Radio Newsradio 88, the author of several NYC travel guidebooks and mobile apps, and zillions of newspaper and magazine articles, including for the NY Times, NY Post, NY Daily News and New York Magazine. Nobody  can match those NYC credentials.

Disclosure

NYC on the Cheap has an affiliate relationship with several companies which offer discounts and deals on this site.  When you purchase from one of these advertiser links, we earn a small commission.

If you’d like to help keep NYCOTC in the business of helping you save money, this is a great way to do it. It’s a win-win because the direct links save you both time searching for great deals and money.

Best Seller: NYC Guidebook by Evelyn Kanter

100 Things to do in NYC Before You Die

© 2021 NYC on the Cheap. Living On The Cheap® and On the Cheap® are registered trademarks owned by Living On The Cheap Inc. Site design by Five J's Design.
All the stories on our site are protected by copyright and any unauthorized copying is strictly prohibited. Plus, it is just not nice.

Email subscription form header
Subscribe for free to NYC on the Cheap and never miss a free event or discount deal.
Our daily newsletter is the FREE. fast. and easy way to find out about New York City deals, discounts, free events, and more.
Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.