A traditional altar sits in its center ... A leading figure of the Wicca movement in the United States, particularly Gardnerian Wicca, he founded the museum in 1966 in his New York home.

Gardner wrote several books on modern witchcraft, or Wicca, and sparked a revival of "the old religion" which became known as Gardnerian Wicca. As interest in witchcraft grew during the early 60s ...