NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HOUDINI LETTER

WIRED Magazine recently took a peek of the NYPL's "Celebrating 100 Years" artifact and research collection exhibit.

Harry Houdini's letter to the New York Public Library accompanied his contributions to the institution's collection of books on "legerdemain, magic or hand-cuff tricks.

The curators at the New York Public Library have spent a century amassing the library's extensive research collection-everything from 4,300-year-old Sumerian cuneiforms to Malcolm X'S briefcase.

Now the library is putting a vast selection of that stash on display in Celebrating 100 Years. The exhibit opens Saturday at the NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, which is celebrating its 100th birthday.