- The most unique aspect of the American Museum was its aquarium, the first of its kind. PT Barnum paid at great expense to deliver two whales to the museum.
- Barnum Museum. Member Since: 2016. ... into our American heritage, and the story of his vast contributions are preserved in his Bridgeport, Connecticut, museum.
- mq52o.jpg She was given to the museum by Barnum’s second wife in 1896 and she lived in Egypt about 2500 years ago.
- Unfortunately, in the past few years since Hurricane Sandy, the Barnum Museum no longer allows admittance into the beautiful Victorian building.
- The Barnum Museum is the leading authority on P.T. Barnum’s life and work, and contains more than 60,000 artifacts relating to Barnum, Bridgeport and...
- The Barnum Museum, founded at the behest of P.T. Barnum himself, is housed in richly-detailed Romanesque style in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Donated to the museum by Barnum’s second wife in 1892, the unwrapped Pa-Ib was claimed to be the 2,500-year-old corpse of a pharoh.
- This particular museum has over 60,000 artifacts relating to Barnum, as well as Bridgeport and the 19th century America.
- One of the longest ongoing museums in the U.S., the Barnum Museum engaged BRC to create a vision plan for the museum’s future.
- It was after this that Barnum moved on to politics and the circus industry. Barnum's American Museum was one of the most popular attractions of its time.