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David Ben on why it is historically appropriate that the collection aquired by the McCord Museum, now the Allan Slaight Collection, is now located in the city of Montreal.

The McCord Museum has acquired an outstanding collection of posters and documents related to magic, the only one of its size in Canada. It is considered one of the five most important private collections on the subject in the world.

The McCord Museum’s acquisition of one of the world’s foremost private collections of stone lithographs from magic’s Golden Age generated a huge amount of press.