Barnum's father died when he was 15 and he was determined to rise up from his poor living. He first bought a museum and made it into a live performance with animals. He would then partner with ...

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman ... whether it be promoting his museum or characters like the midget General Tom Thumb.

Barnum's New Museum's current show is Little Dew Drop, or, the Fairies' Home in the Palace of Neptune which began performances on 12/23/1867. What when was Barnum's New Museum built? Barnum's New ...

"Showman, charlatan or both?" That is the "gist" of Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart's "zesty" 1980 musical about the famed 19th-century American showman, P.T. Barnum. More than four decades since ...