VAMPA
VAMPIRE & PARANORMAL MUSEUM
We know you have spent many years just hoping the Delaware Valley would get a vampire museum.
Well, your long wait is finally over. Doylestown, Philly's cultured neighbor to the north and already home to half a dozen truly outstanding museums, has recently added another - VAMPA Vampire & Paranormal Museum.
If you think VAMPA is just a playful romp with Count Chocula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and the Mummy, you are mistaken. VAMPA houses a vast collection of fascinating historical art, antiques, and artifacts, and invites visitors to explore folklore, myth, faith, and the supernatural through the ages, while pondering the real and ongoing spiritual battle between good and evil in our world.
Not everyone is into the "paranormal good vs. evil" vampire scene, and that is fine - VAMPA still has you covered. The heavy-duty stuff is housed inside the museum building, but the building itself is situated on beautiful 5-acre grounds and features a dinosaur park for children, a Zen garden, and live peacocks - all offered free of charge. In other words, a fun outing for the entire family.
Those daring enough to enter the building are in for many unusual sights - including but not limited to vampire-killing tools, an intact exorcism chair, antique Ouija boards, and a horse-drawn hearse.
VAMPA is the brainchild of Edmondo Crimi, a longtime antique collector and owner of Doylestown's Best of France Antiques. He is a devout Catholic and generous supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Edmondo underwent exorcism training in Rome and also happens to be skilled in martial arts. One way or another, demonic spirits would be well advised to steer clear of him.
For visitors in search of something truly unique, VAMPA presents a Cleansing Room Experience several nights a month. Following introductions around a bonfire and a full guided tour of his museum, Edmondo leads his guests down a flight of stairs into the museum building's Cleansing Room for a private lecture on the rituals used in cleansing objects of negative energy and spirits - rituals that the museum actually follows for all artifacts added to its collection.
VAMPA's website warns that guests may encounter paranormal activity during this time.
Director and Curator Edmondo Crimi