Houdini Escaping from Straitjacket

One of the photos taken of Houdini while escaping from a straitjacket. This feat brought him tons of NEWS and, of course, tickets sales for his theatre shows. He typically performed this stunt right outside the theatre his was performing at.

Houdini’s Straitjacket

At the Skirball Museum is Houdini's straitjacket that he used in his shows and escaped from hundreds of times.

Houdini: Art & Magic

Houdini's Memorabilia: The Skirball Museum in Los Angeles (April 28 through September 4, 2011)

Magician, escape artist, and showman extraordinaire Harry Houdini (1874–1926) has remained an object of fascination for generations.

Combining biographical and historical artifacts with contemporary art inspired by his physical audacity and celebrity, Houdini: Art and Magic explores Houdini as an individual and an enduring cultural phenomenon, documenting the period in American history when the young Jewish immigrant helped shape the cultural landscape and became an acknowledged mass-market star.