Can parents visit Hogwarts?

It's not against the rules for Hogwarts parents to visit their child(ren). Arthur and Molly Weasley make quite a few appearances at Hogwarts (CoS, GoF, HBP). Various sets of parents show up to collect students after Dumbledore is killed, such as the Patil twins, Zacharias Smith, and Seamus Finnigan (HBP).
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Can Muggle borns parents visit Hogwarts?

It is unknown if Muggle parents were allowed to visit Hogwarts Hospital Wing or St Mungo's when serious illness befell their child. However, Muggle parents were allowed to see wizarding pictures of the school, as Muggle-born Colin Creevey was known to take numerous pictures and sent them home to his father.
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Did Hermione's parents visit Hogwarts?

Although it is never mentioned that Hermione's parents went to Hogwarts, it's not supposed to be impossible, Moaning Myrtle was a muggleborn, and it is know that her parents went to hogwarts after she was killed, as Tom riddle says to Hagrid in CoS, chapter 13: "Come on, Rubeus," said Riddle, moving yet closer.
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Can humans see Hogwarts?

Wizarding society is kept hidden from Muggle society through a vast and complex range of concealment charms. If a Muggle were to look at Hogwarts, for example, all they would see is a ruin with signs telling them to keep out.
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Are Muggles parents allowed in Diagon Alley?

Diagon Alley is a high street located in London. It is accessible to the wizarding world, to which it is something of an economic hub, but hidden from Muggles (non-magical people). However, Muggles are allowed access to it if they need to accompany their Muggle-born magical children.
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How can 2 Muggles have a wizard child?

It's not depended on any criteria, it mainly depends on gene A wizard have to born with the magic gene regardless of their parents. Those born to Muggle families but who are skilled with and have the magic gene are referred to as Muggle-borns. A child born with magic to two Muggle parents is considered a Muggle-born.
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How do Muggle-borns pay for Hogwarts?

In the real-life version of Gringotts Bank at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, muggles can pay real-life money for Gringotts bank notes, which can be used to pay for things around the park, or kept for souveniers.
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How do parents get to Hogwarts?

Questions about Muggle parents getting onto Platform 9¾ are addressed Who gets Muggleborn students onto Platform 9¾, where it's verified that Muggle parents and siblings can indeed get onto the platform, so are able to cross that magical barrier (DH).
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Is Hogwarts free to attend?

J.K. Rowling Says Hogwarts is Free

J.K. Rowling tweeted Friday that Hogwarts is tuition-free because the Ministry of Magic pays for all magical education expenses.
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Can Muggles parents go through Platform 9 3 4?

Lily and Petunia's parents are also mentioned later. So yes, it is possible, but I think you may have to go through with a witch or wizard if you are a Muggle. There must be some restrictions, otherwise muggles would have discovered the Platform by now!
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Can Muggles see Diagon Alley?

Diagon Alley, the wizarding high street located in London, is only accessible to wizards, hidden from Muggles. The only Muggles given access are those accompanying their Muggle-born children.
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Can Muggles see Hogwarts Express?

It's quite possible it's visible, since Hermione's parents dropped her off to the train and there was no mention of them NOT seeing it.
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How is Hermione allowed to go to Hogwarts?

How come her parents didn't wonder about her school? They wilfully admitted Hermione into Hogwarts after they were intimated of it. Nowhere in the books or in the films, its shown that they had some kind of issues with Hogwarts or that they didn't know about Hogwarts.
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Can a Muggle-born be in Slytherin?

It is not impossible if a muggleborn witch/wizard have the traits and values of Sytherin, and Slytherin doesn't mean they only accept purebloods but also halfbloods and that halfbloods are really talented and great like Snape he is a potion master and Umbridge also she was a Slytherin.
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How can Hermione's parents go to Diagon Alley?

And how did they even get into Diagon Alley? After all, both her parents are muggles so they wouldn't have had wizard currency and they wouldn't have known that Diagon Alley could be accessed via the Leaky Cauldron.
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How did JK Rowling come up with Muggle?

Rowling has created the word "Muggle" from "mug", an English term for someone who is easily fooled. She added the "-gle" to make it sound less demeaning and more "cuddly".
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Does Hogwarts have showers?

Seeing as students weren't allowed out of their common rooms at night, there were most likely bathrooms accessible from the common rooms or dormitories, and the shower or bathing facilities would be located there.
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How much does it cost to send your kid to Hogwarts?

Exactly how much money would it cost to attend Hogwarts in American dollars? Thanks to J.K. Rowling, Pottermore and the Internet at large, we can figure out how much Muggle money you'll be spending on your first year learning how to cast spells and look cute in a wizard's hat. The answer: about $43,301 USD per year.
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How much are Hogwarts fees?

Education in Hogwarts is free. Three years ago, Harry Potter author, J K Rowling, had tweeted that Ministry of Magic covers all magical education. Another reason to love Hogwarts, perhaps! Coming to the breakdown, note that the castle structure is 414,000sqft tall and that alone would cost $169,740,00 (Rs.
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Can you actually apply to Hogwarts?

There's no hassel at all to gain admission (unlike actual college sites), you just put in your contact details, and of course get placed in a house of your choice. Sadly, there is no Sorting Hat. But you do get a letter of acceptance, signed by Minerva McGonagall.
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How can I get a real Hogwarts letter?

Just a thought. To get your Hogwarts letter, you must correctly answer seven questions about the main Harry Potter installments. Don't worry; you can guess again if you miss one.
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How do Mudbloods get magic?

Mudbloods: Wizards can be born from non-magical parents because these mutations can pop up out of nowhere. There's a better chance of you being magical if your parents are on the high side of the normal range. Squibs: Would be the offspring that are born to magical parents but don't inherit the dominant wizarding gene.
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How many galleons Hermione have?

There's no way her dentist parents are so rich they can afford to give her 10 galleons as spending money, unless the wizard gold/muggle money exchange rate is much better than the exchange rate in our muggle market.
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How do Muggle-borns get their letter?

When Muggle-born witches and wizards reached the age of eleven in the British wizarding community, their Hogwarts acceptance letters were delivered in person by a member of the staff, instead of by owl post (the usual postal system for wizards and witches).
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How do Muggle-borns become wizards?

Origin of magical abilities

Muggle-borns inherit magic from a distant ancestor; they are descended from Squibs who have married Muggles and whose families had lost the knowledge of their wizarding legacy. The magic resurfaces unexpectedly many generations later.
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