
Museum
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Sunday: 12:00
Noon - 4:30 PM
Last admission to the Museum
is at 3:45 PM


Barnum
Birthday Bash Sunday, July 5 12:00 noon to 3:00pm Get
ready for balloons, and birthday cake! Our Annual Birthday bash returns to celebrate
P.T. Barnum's 199th Birthday!
The
Barnum Museum wants everyone to enjoy the annual Birthday Bash for P.T. Barnum,
famed showman, philanthropist, and one of Bridgeport's best-known citizens. The
199th party is being held on Barnum's birthday, Sunday, July 5 from noon to 3:00
p.m. at the museum, 820 Main Street in downtown Bridgeport, CT. Admission is $3
for adults and $2 for children. The party
will feature on-going activities and crafts with balloon animals by Joe Barney
from noon to 1:00 p.m. The popular and hilarious Amazing Andy will begin his magic
stage show at 1:00 p.m. A delicious birthday cake donated by Luigi's Italian Pastry
shop will be served after the performance. Children may immerse themselves in
art projects while their parents register to win tickets to one of the October
2009 performances of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Over the Top
at Arena at Harbor Yard. Bridgeport Free
Shakespeare 2009 will be at the party starting at 2:00 p.m. rehearsing some scenes
and talking about their open rehearsals through July 11 for A Midsummer Night's
Dream which opens at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo on July 17. For more information
on these performances contact Ellen Lieberman at ellen@ctfreeshakespeare.org
or 203-232-8805. 
Now
You See It, Now You Don't - For Kids Thursday, July 9 1:30pm-2:30pm
Learn
some of the mystifying magic that you can amaze your family and friends with.
This will be a make and take workshop and is suitable for ages six and up. Join
award winning comedy magician Joe Barney for plenty of 'oohs' and 'ahhs' and,
how did he do that? This is a drop off program.

Be
a Clown, Be a Clown! - For Kids Thursday, July 16 1:30pm-2:30pm
Ever
wanted to try on a giant pair of shoes, a red nose and crazy hair? Well, now's
your chance, learn how to be a clown from a real Red Nosed Funster. Join Joe Barney,
a professional clown and artist in residence of Clowns of America as he slaps
on the grease paint and gives you some pointers about being a clown in the Center
Ring. This is a drop off program. 
Connecticut
Free Shakespeare Open Rehearsals Tuesday, June 30- Thursday July 9 Museum
hours
Connecticut Free Shakespeare (a professional theater company under
contract with the Actor's Equity Association) will conduct their rehearsals for
a forth year in the Museum's People's Bank Gallery. As part of our commitment
to community outreach, the rehearsals will be open to the public. |