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"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 British Ministry of Magic. Members of this Department were the custodians of the Ministry.

Functions[]

Hermione Granger: "And what about that funny old witch and that little wizard in the navy robes?"
Ron Weasley: "Oh yeah, the bloke from Magical Maintenance."
Hermione Granger: "How do you know he works for Magical Maintenance?"
Ron Weasley: "Dad said everyone from Magical Maintenance wears navy blue robes."
— Ron and Hermione discuss Magical Maintenance robes[src]

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.[1]

Magical Maintenance was presumably in charge of maintaining the lifts and ensuring that the Atrium fireplaces were supplied with Floo Powder, in addition to less magical forms of maintenance such as tidying up.[2] The personnel working in the Magical Maintenance Department wore navy blue robes.[3]

History[]

Enchanted windows

The windows in the All-Purpose Room.

At some point after the Ministry's inception in 1707,[4] the All-Purpose Room was created as a multi-functional area to service various Ministry officials in a wide variety of capacities. At some point after this, the Magical Maintenance Department installed a set of enchanted windows in the room, which they bewitched so that when the Department changed the weather in it, all the other enchanted windows on the premises would change accordingly.[5]

Employees of the Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division (ROCC) claimed to work for this department as cover.[6] Callum McClintock was an example.[7]

Known members[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • While Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows specifies that Magical Maintenance personnel wears navy blue robes, the film adaptation shows them wearing a thin overcoat of greyish-purple colour.
  • Employees of this department seems to be the lowest ranking in the social ladder, as Dolores Umbridge was ashamed of her father Orford for being a member of this sector, mostly mopping floors within the Ministry. The pay also seems rather low, as Orford accepted a small monthly allowance from Dolores in exchange for an early retirement over staying with the paying job.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7 (The Ministry of Magic)
  2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 12 (Magic is Might)
  4. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Wizarding World
  5. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 6 (A Window of Opportunity)
  6. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Beyond Hogwarts, Volume 1, Chapter 2 (ROCC N' Rubbish)
  7. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 49 (Revelations)
  8. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Dolores Umbridge" at Wizarding World
  9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
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
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