Fort Lauderdale Historical Society’s Harry Potter Book Night Fantastic Beasts
Thursday, 02/01/2018 – 05:30 pm – 08:30 pm
New River Inn at Fort Lauderdale Historical Society
231 SW 2nd Avenue,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Cost: $10 – $100 (not including service fees); Children under 6 are free
Calling all muggles, witches and wizards-in- training! You are hereby summoned to attend the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society’s “Harry Potter Book Night: Fantastic Beasts” on Thursday, February 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.! Join thousands of Harry Potter fans from all around the world in this fourth annual celebration of the global paperback edition release of the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury Children’s Books).
The fun begins at the 1905 New River Inn housing the History Museum of Fort Lauderdale (231 SW Second Avenue) where guests will sign-in and gather to visit the Sorting Hat and discover to which Hogwarts house they owe allegiance – Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin.
Visitors will enjoy scrumptious themed refreshments and snacks including a butterbeer mixology introduction and then take part in a scavenger hunt for fantastic beasts guaranteed to make every visitor a certified Magizoologist.
Small groups will embark on an exclusive tour of the enchantingly bedecked historical attraction featuring the Potter-esque 1907 King Cromartie House Museum with its fully furnished turn-of-the-century charm, period children’s toys and even the “room under the stairs.” In the 1899 Replica Ivy Cromartie Schoolhouse, children will reside at period wooden desks while they view an entrancing demonstration of Severus Snape’s potion creation class. A Quidditch match will also take place on the lawn.
“Harry Potter Book Night: Fantastic Beasts” is sponsored by Barnes & Noble Booksellers and the Broward County Cultural Division with support from the local Harry Potter Alumni Club.
Tickets for “Harry Potter Book Night: Fantastic Beasts” (which includes Fort Lauderdale Historical Society museum admission) are Hogwarts students (children ages six and up) $10; Hogwarts (and museum) members $20; Hogwarts aficionados (adult non-members) $25 and Grand Sorcerers (adults) $100 which includes a VIP package with a Barnes & Noble voucher for a complimentary reserved copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury Children’s Books), the Hogwarts Library Book Stunning new paperback edition of this essential companion to the Harry Potter novels, with the fully updated 2017 text, featuring a gorgeous foil effect jacket. Children under age six are free. (Prices do not include online handling fees). Tickets may be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harry-potter-20th-anniversary-and-book-night-tickets-41537887941.
For more information about the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society’s “Harry Potter Book Night: Fantastic Beasts,” please call (954) 463-4431 or visit us online at www.fortlauderdalehistoricalsociety.org and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/ftlhistory on Instagram @ftlhistory and on Twitter @FLLhistory.
