Are you a Harry Potter fan? If so, be sure to check out the “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” exhibit at Christiansburg Library until July 25th, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine until August 8th, and Blacksburg Library until August 21st. The exhibit explores historical scientific theories that influenced J. K. Rowling’s writing of the Harry Potter books.
Along with the libraries, a number of the museums in the New River Valley are participating in a Harry Potter’s World Passport, where visitors to their Harry Potter-related exhibits and programs will receive a passport stamp
and a removable tattoo. Those who receive 6 or more stamps will be eligible to win prizes at the exhibit’s closing event at Blacksburg Library on August 21st.Giles County Historical Society is participating in the Harry Potter’s World Passport program. A tour of the Doctor’s Office earns a passport stamp and tattoo. In the 19th century Doctor’s Office visitors learn about Drs. Harvey Green Johnston I and II who practiced in the office for nearly a century from the 1850s to the 1940s and how the practice of medicine differs from today.
Stop by the Historical Society for your tour and Harry Potter’s World Passport. Visit Montgomery Floyd Regional Library for more information about the exhibit in the New River Valley or the National Library of Medicine for more information about the exhibit.
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