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    Tag: From The Director

    Director’s Update: State Bonding!

    July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

    I am writing with an off-cycle update because there is some wonderful news to share: acting on a request from the Bridgeport legislative delegation, last week the Connecticut State Bond Commission approved a $6.9 million grant-in-aid for the Barnum Museum.

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged Barnum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Construction, From The Director, Fundraising

    From the Director: Summer 2018

    June 28, 2018

    From the Director’s Desk: Celebrating Barnum at the heart of Connecticut!

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged Barnum, Construction, From The Director

    From the Director: Spring 2018

    March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

    It’s pretty clear around these parts that the first part of 2018 has been the story of The Greatest Showman.

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged Construction, From The Director, Pecha Kucha, The Greatest Showman

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    January 16, 2017March 19, 2018

    Our hearts go out to Feld Entertainment, particularly the Greatest Show On Earth family, with this weekend’s announcement that the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus will close its tent doors in May 2017.

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged Circus, Feld Entertainment, From The Director

    A Book for Barnum’s Library

    July 22, 2016March 19, 2018

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    This past weekend I found an amazing book at the Westport Library Book Sale that I would have given to P.T. Barnum as a gift if he did not already have it in his library.

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged From The Director, Temperance

    P.T. Barnum and the Irish

    March 17, 2016March 19, 2018

     

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    Barnum has an extraordinary history of supporting the Irish – from employing Irish men and women in his American Museum in New York City during the 1840s, to actively supporting Irish Home Rule.

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged From The Director, Philanthropy, Politics

    All Things Barnum By Kathy Maher

    January 12, 2016March 19, 2018

    I want to welcome you to the first edition of my new blog, “All Things Barnum”.

    Thank you for inviting me into your lives.

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    Posted in UncategorizedTagged From The Director

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