About Us
Project History
Welcome to all hospital staff, Volunteer Coordinators and Child Life Professionals, who are responsible for providing entertainment to your patients.
During the Covid Pandemic many hospitals closed to live performers. Seeing this the Society of American Magicians created this site for all hospitals to download and use our videos for free . Videos you can use to entertain our audience of one… each patient at your hospital. This site offers videos performed by magicians, jugglers, and ventriloquists. It is presented for your free use as part of the Society of American Magicians Magic in Hospitals Program.
To use this site:
Register, then sign in to review the library of downloadable videos. Use them for free. We are a resource of wholesome entertainment you can use.
We also offer a course of instruction for volunteer magicians and hospital staff in the art of magic at www.hospitalmagic.org.
History of S.A.M.
The Society of American Magicians, founded on May 10, 1902, in Martinka’s famous magic shop in New York City, New York, is the oldest and most prestigious magical society in the world. For over a century it has promoted the ideals shared by Kellar, Houdini, Thurston and more than 50,000 others world-wide who have held membership in the society. Those ideals include the elevation of the Art of Magic, the promotion of harmony among magicians, and the opposition of the unnecessary public exposure of magical effects.
The S.A.M. offers the opportunity to unite and associate with leaders in the World of Magic – not only professionals, but amateurs, manufacturers, magic dealers, book authors and magic collectors. Through its monthly publications, annual conventions, and with almost 300 Assemblies throughout the world, the S.A.M. provides the necessary forum for the advancement of magic through discussions, lectures, research, performances, and exchange of magic secrets within the magic community. To promote those endeavors the S.A.M. presents awards and fellowships in recognition of outstanding achievement in the Art of Magic.
If you have a serious interest in the Art of Magic then you, too, can follow in the footsteps of Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Jr., Siegfried & Roy, Lance Burton and David Copperfield by joining the most prestigious magical organization in the world – The Society of American Magicians.
To learn more about the Society of American Magicians visit our website www.magicsam.com