Museum officials say she may have her own room. MORE: Barnum Museum learns true identity of 4,000-year-old mummy ...

The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport is in the running for two Regional Emmys for a series that showcases the life of the museum's namesake, the legendary Connecticut showman. "Barnum Museum's Showman ...

BRIDGEPORT — A new exhibition, “Barnum’s World of Wonders!” is being prepared in the museum’s gallery, thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation, it was ...

One of Barnum Museum’s popular artifacts was always believed to be the story of an Egyptian priest. But in recent years, the museum found out that wasn’t the case. Abby Del Vecchio and ...

Connecticut has a connection to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. P.T. Barnum was born in Bethel and later lived in Bridgeport. Despite the end of the show, the museum is expanding.

The museum will become “home to an extraordinary story demonstrating the enduring power of the American Dream” with Barnum’s many failures and triumphs explored, “as well as a magnet for ...

A Bridgeport museum celebrating the showman P.T Barnum needs $17 million to repair damage caused by a tornado last June. Winds up to 80 miles per hour blew out two windows on June 24, allowing ...

Though it's only a fraction of the money needed to completely restore the tornado-ravaged Barnum Museum to its former glory, museum Executive Director Kathleen Maher cheered the approval of ...

The initial $2.4 million estimate of the Barnum Museum’s structural damage from the June 24, 2010 tornado is now at over $6 million. Timbers that hold up the Barnum Museum’s dome, were ...

The museum, designed by Barnum, was opened to the public in 1893. Maher acknowledges that the historical status is both an advantage and a stumbling block.

Museum officials say she may have her own room. MORE: Barnum Museum learns true identity of 4,000-year-old mummy ...

The items at the museum have been carefully preserved so they will tell the stories of Barnum for years to come. That’s something Maher says is especially important now, since the circus will be ...