The Edinburgh Museum of Magic & Witchcraft

13/10/2026

OUIJA OF THE MONTH- The Exorcist Edition

Starting off the season of ghosts with Hallowen just around the corner I thought it would be fitting have the Exorcist board on display thus month. The film that started the fear of Ouija which led to the film being banned in the UK and Ouija boards taken off shop selves. It remained that way for some time but still to this day it's hard to get your hands on a Ouija in the UK but we sell quite a range of boards in our gift shop.

10/10/2026

We had an interesting email from Paloma, a fourth-year Illustration student at the University of Edinburgh.
As part of their university projects, they had to design a poster for a museum in Edinburgh, and they chose our museum. We think it is absolutely amazing and captures the magic of the museum perfectly 🙂

07/10/2026

07/10/2026

The legendary pagan band Inkubus Sukkubus is coming to Edinburgh soon. Grab yourself a ticket before there all gone

05/10/2026

Sign the peition to get UK government to give a royal pardon for all those accused as witches. Let bring their souls to rest.

https://www.change.org/JusticeForWitchesRoyalPardon

13,157 of you signed our previous petition to the UK Government — and you made a difference.

Because of your support, we got the UK Government to officially acknowledge that the Witchcraft Acts were repealed in 1735 because witchcraft had come to be recognised as an impossible crime.

That matters.

Because this is the official view of the govt., how can it be fair or just to continue regarding those convicted under those former unjust laws as criminals?

It’s time to put this historic injustice right.

JfW will continue to push for real justice for the 3,000 convicted Brits.

If you want justice for "witches", please show your support by taking a few minutes to sign our new petition calling for a Royal Pardon. This particular pardon will be comparable to exoneration.

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03/10/2026

The museum and the Director as appeared again in a video from a couple of young influencers from German. Link on the link below to see the full video 👇

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03/10/2026

We at the museum would like to announce that after long consideration, we are changing our name to better reflect the museum and its collections. The museum will now be known as The Edinburgh Museum of Magic & Witchcraft.

The reason for the name change is for two reasons. One, many companies that provide services for business have regulations against “fortune-telling” and the beginning of this year our previous terminal software company cancelled our account with them because their AI-generated service picked up on the word Fortune-telling in the name of the museum. We don’t really want to see this happening again with the terminal software we are currently using now and the only way to combat this is to change the name of the museum.

Secondly, the team at the museum collectively came together and felt that although the term “fortune-telling” is acceptable in academia, its negative connotations does not reflect the items in the museum associated with divination and similar spiritual practices. There seems to be a bit of a witch hunt resurfacing regarding divination practices provided as a service, and governmental officials and companies seem to be following suit in this. I have seen esoteric shops being targeted in countries where old laws against “fortune-telling” and we want to stand in solidarity with other business that provide divination services and bring an awareness that these are a spiritual practice NOT Fortune-telling, and have been provided as a service to the community for hundreds of years. 

We have also updated our logo and now have tote bags you can purchase in our gift shop. Soon will be available to purchase on our website 😊

25/09/2026

WITCH? Women on Trial performance is back!

Every 1st & 3rd Friday of the month
Starting this October!

Back after a sell-out Fringe run in 2025 & 2026! No pointy hats. No broomsticks. Just the brutal truth of the witch hunts in Scotland, performed with humour and empathy. 85% of those executed for witchcraft were women. Why? Be prepared to laugh and cry as you gain a shocking insight into the untold stories of ordinary women caught up in a whirlwind of politics, religion and magic.

You can purchase tickets via our website:

www.museummfw.com/events