Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly 20 years, The Ringling’s Circus Museum has been a highlight for visitors with its displays of old show posters, ...

On July 13, 1865, the curtains went up on a spectacular show that was filled with all the strange sights and odd wonders for which the great entertainer P.T. Barnum had become known. This time, ...

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SARASOTA – Howard C. Tibbals, a philanthropist whose love for the circus led him to create the Howard Bros. Circus Model — now a centerpiece of Tibbals Learning Center at The John and Mable Ringling ...

While peanuts and crackerjacks aren’t hard to come by, reliving the early circus of the 1900s is not an easy feat. Next month, the PBS documentary The Circus will give a long overdue look at what was ...

It’s difficult to contemplate in today’s world how much of an impact the American circus had on towns across America during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Schools closed. Factories gave workers ...

Not long ago, the Circus World Museum seemed to be falling like a trapeze artist with no net. Tourists were abandoning Baraboo, where Ringling Brothers got its start, largely because of the end of the ...

Ogden Pleissner (1905-1983) Circus Comes to Rawlins, Wyoming, 1939. Oil on canvas. Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1945 (Arkell Museum) The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, NY is presenting the exhibition ...

The Montmartre Museum presents a selection of 20th‑century works tied to this vibrant world, in the exhibition "The Circus, a Factory of Modern Art," on view from October 16, 2026 to February 14, 2027 ...

BARABOO, Wis. – Not long ago, the Circus World Museum seemed to be falling like a trapeze artist without a net. Tourists were abandoning this small town, where Ringling Brothers got its start, largely ...

For nearly 20 years, The Ringling’s Circus Museum has been a highlight for visitors with its displays of old show posters, memorabilia and a massive scale model replica of all the equipment, animals ...