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{{Quote|Those are enchanted windows. Magical Maintenance decide what weather we'll get every day. We had two months of [[hurricane]]s last time they were angling for a pay rise.|[[Arthur Weasley]] to [[Harry Potter|Harry]] on the way to his trial for underage magic|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
{{Quote|Those are enchanted windows. Magical Maintenance decide what weather we'll get every day. We had two months of [[hurricane]]s last time they were angling for a pay rise.|[[Arthur Weasley]] to [[Harry Potter|Harry]] on the way to his trial for underage magic|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
   
The '''Magical Maintenance Office''' was a division of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], located on Level 8 of the Minsitry, the [[Atrium]]. Members of this office were the custodians of the Ministry. They were responsible for maintaining the upkeep of the Ministry, including deciding what weather to display through the Ministry's enchanted windows and repairing magic gone wrong within the premises of the Ministry, such as rain inside an office. The personnel working in the Magical Maintenance wore navy blue robes.
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'''Magical Maintenance''' was a division of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]. Members of this Department were the custodians of the Ministry. They were responsible for maintaining the upkeep of the Ministry, including deciding what weather to display through the Ministry's enchanted windows and repairing magic gone wrong within the premises of the Ministry, such as [[Water|rain]] inside an office.
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Magical Maintenance is presumably in charge of maintaining the lifts and ensuring that the [[Atrium]] fireplaces are supplied with [[Floo Powder]], in addition to less magical forms of maintenance such as tidying up. The personnel working in the Magical Maintenance wore navy blue robes.
   
 
==Known members==
 
==Known members==
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*[[Orford Umbridge]]
 
*[[Reginald Cattermole]]
 
*[[Reginald Cattermole]]
 
*[[Ministry of Magic lift attendant|Lift attendant]]
 
*[[Ministry of Magic lift attendant|Lift attendant]]
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==Behind the scenes==
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*While ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' specifies that Magical Maintenance personel wears navy blue robes, the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|film adaptation]] shows them wearing a thin overcoat of greyish-purple colour.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]'' {{Mention}}
   
 
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{{Ministry Departments unknown levels}}
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[[es:Departamento de Mantenimiento Mágico]]
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[[ru:Отдел магического хозяйства]]
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[[fr:Département de la maintenance magique]]
 
[[Category:Ministry of Magic]]
 
[[Category:Ministry of Magic]]

Revision as of 11:17, 30 March 2015

"Those are enchanted windows. Magical Maintenance decide what weather we'll get every day. We had two months of hurricanes last time they were angling for a pay rise."
Arthur Weasley to Harry on the way to his trial for underage magic[src]

Magical Maintenance was a division of the Ministry of Magic. Members of this Department were the custodians of the Ministry. They were responsible for maintaining the upkeep of the Ministry, including deciding what weather to display through the Ministry's enchanted windows and repairing magic gone wrong within the premises of the Ministry, such as rain inside an office.

Magical Maintenance is presumably in charge of maintaining the lifts and ensuring that the Atrium fireplaces are supplied with Floo Powder, in addition to less magical forms of maintenance such as tidying up. The personnel working in the Magical Maintenance wore navy blue robes.

Known members

Behind the scenes

Appearances

British Ministry of Magic Departments
Unknown levels
Administrative Services · Archives · Committee on Experimental Charms · Department of Magical Artefacts · Department of Magical Education · Exploding bonbons disposal unit · Gold reserves · Magical Maintenance · Public Information Services · Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division · Remittance Office · Research committee · Very Important Members of Section M.I. Trx. · Wizarding Examinations Authority
Committee on Experimental Charms personnel
Balfour Blane · Gilbert Wimple
Department of Magical Artefacts personnel
Sage Bragnam (Head Curator)
Magical Maintenance Department personnel
Reginald Cattermole · Orford Umbridge · Lift attendant · Man
Research committee personnel
Phoebus Penrose (Head)
Wizarding Examinations Authority personnel
Griselda Marchbanks · Tofty · Unidentified plump little witch examiner · Unidentified examiner with a wart on his nose