• Stairs only, no lift: the cellars are reached by a single staircase, so there is no wheelchair access and strollers are best parked inside the entrance
• Show every half hour, about 20 minutes and included in the ticket, so you can start with the show or the rooms depending on when you arrive
• About 90 minutes for the rooms and the show; booking online is recommended, though you can also pay at the desk

Musée de la Magie fills 16th-century vaulted cellars in the Marais with the history of conjuring: animated automata, optical illusions, hand-cranked mutoscopes, posters and the props of famous magicians.

Guides lead most rooms and tell the stories behind the pieces; the automata room is self-guided. Entry includes a live close-up magic show, and the shop at the center sells books and beginner tricks.