Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Location information
Location	Knockturn Alley, London, England
Owner(s)	Shopkeeper

"This is not a place for young boys. I can sell you nothing."

—The Shopkeeper.

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop was a shop in Knockturn Alley, London, where one could purchase curios related to the Dark Arts. It was located between Cobb & Webb's and Borgin and Burkes, and it was run by a bearded wizard, who refused to sell anything to "young boys".

Behind the scenes

File:Ye Olde Curiosity Shop Interior.png

The shop interior.

• This shop, which makes its only appearance in the GBC version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is never identified during the course of normal gameplay, being instead labeled as "a Knockturn Alley Shop" (along with Cobb & Webb's next door). On the map selection menu, however, which is part of the game's files, this shop is referred to as "Ye Olde Curiosity Shop".
• The name of this shop might be a reference to the 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens. It may be, alternatively, a reference to Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, a store on the Central Waterfront of Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1899.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)

Notes and references

Knockturn Alley