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Community Engagement Message from the Executive Director
Who is Barnum to YOU? Today we are welcoming longtime Barnum Museum friend and champion, Bruce Hawley!
Tell Me Plainly What You Think
Once in a while I come across remarks in the letters in P. T. Barnum’s copybook that are quite disconcerting to read, sometimes heart-sinking.
My Mind is Occupied with Thoughts of Home
As the Christmas holiday is now upon us, it feels most fitting to highlight P. T. Barnum’s letters home to his wife, sister, and daughter.
Community Engagement Message from the Executive Director
Barnum Museum vs The Greatest Showman! Fiction vs Fact! The REAL Story Behind the REEL Story!
Community Engagement Message from the Executive Director
Merry Christmas and a Joyous Holiday to you and your Family
Community Engagement Message from the Executive Director
So many wondrous things… If you are already a subscriber to the Barnum Museum YouTube Channel, we’re so grateful to you for being the among the first pioneers to build this new community!
Trumpets, “Venus,” and a Young Man, Heading to America
This week we’ll follow up on the status of new attractions Barnum planned for his American Museum in New York, and learn about another of his “good turns” to help out a friend.
Community Engagement Message from the Executive Director
Curious People Wanted!! If you continued reading…my guess is that you are indeed a ‘curious person’! GREAT! And, welcome! Today, the Barnum Museum is launching a new YouTube program – you guessed it – Curious People Wanted!
Barnum and Catlin
In this week’s blog we’ll explore the connection between P. T. Barnum and a lawyer-turned-artist, author, and showman, a man quite famous in his own right, George Catlin.