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personal documents and performance paraphernalia, including a selection of his picks, locks, keys, and handcuffs. The museum also holds a collection of artifacts from the life of
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as "Masonic Temple". Appleton's Waverly Masonic Lodge sold the building to the OCHS in 1985.
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houses Houdini ephemera and a large collection of Houdini letters and manuscripts.
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Outagamie County, Wisconsin
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The building in which the museum is housed was formerly a
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International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts
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The front entrance to the History Museum at the Castle
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The museum's collections focus on the history of the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Appleton
Wisconsin
Bus interchange
Valley Transit
www.myhistorymuseum.org
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
44°15′44″N 88°24′5″W / 44.26222°N 88.40139°W / 44.26222; -88.40139
Tudor Revival
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Appleton, Wisconsin
Lawrence University
Outagamie County Historical Society
National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Masonic
National Register of Historic Places
Fox River Valley
Harry Houdini
Senator Joe McCarthy
Edna Ferber
American Museum of Magic
David Copperfield
International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts
Houdini Museum
The House of Houdini
Harry Ransom Center
University of Texas at Austin
Houdini Museum of New York
List of magic museums
"National Register Information System"

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