Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly 20 years, The Ringling’s Circus Museum has been a highlight for visitors with its displays of old show posters, ...

The Circus Museum was established in 1948 by The Ringling's first director, Arthur Austin Jr. Not only does it honor John Ringling, but it was also the first museum in the U.S. that documented the ...

Alexander Calder, Calder's Circus, detail of ringmaster (1926–31); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (© 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photograph Ron ...

Central Florida has more to offer than just theme parks and beaches. Sure, those are the attractions that bring the tourists in, but the area is pretty diverse with cultural locations. Recently, we ...

Circus magnate John Ringling and his wife completed Ca' d'Zan in Sarasota, Florida, in 1926. It cost $27 million in today's ...

Before the circus of contemporary art begins next week, visit a circus at the Met. Those entertainers, the bait for those circuses, were calledsaltimbanques. The term comes from Italian, combining the ...

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Ogden Pleissner (1905-1983) Circus Comes to Rawlins, Wyoming, 1939. Oil on canvas. Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1945 (Arkell Museum) The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, NY is presenting the exhibition ...

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Not long ago, the Circus World Museum seemed to be falling like a trapeze artist with no net. Tourists were abandoning Baraboo, where Ringling Brothers got its start, largely because of the end of the ...