The collection includes illustrations of basilisks, mandrakes, and bezoars.

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The Klencke Atlas is one of the biggest in the world.
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Guests search for fantastic beasts and Horcruxes in the museum's collections.
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Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales reveals some of the scenes that would have confronted escaped slaves as they journeyed north.