Krisztina Fenyo and Krisztina Than

100 Years Later, Houdini Gets Museum in Hungary He Escaped

Even a century after his death, the name Harry Houdini is synonymous with escapology, but less is known about his first great escape – how he left his Hungarian home as a child. The House of Houdini, a museum in Budapest’s historic Castle district, seeks to shed light on the illusionist’s roots with a display…