Barnum Museum
Is housed in Barnum's last great architectural project, at 820 Main Street in downtown Bridgeport CT. The Museum features special exhibits about Barnum, as well as a comprehensive look at his life in and out of the circus. One of the most interesting exhibits is a miniature recreation of Barnum's circus. The model circus contains over 3000 figures and is over 50 years old.
Barnum, Phineas Taylor [1810-1891]: Self-proclaime
An extensive collection of links about Barnum by Rod Davis, a distant relative. Davis suggests a distant relationship with General Tom Thumb.
Barnumize your email!
Miraculously modemed via the grandly global silicon cyberspectacular known as www.Ringling.com, this particularly profuse program allows users to goose up their messages in a broadly Barnumific way.
Encyclopedia Britannica Article on Barnum
A brief biography of Barnum from theatrehistory.com. This article was originally published in Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, Volume III. Anonymous. Cambridge: University Press, 1910. p. 417.
Meet P.T. Barnum-- The Shakespeare of Advertising
This website explores the life of America's greatest showman, Phineas Taylor Barnum. Learn more about the larger-than-life impresario, and find out about a new show that brings Barnum to life, as portrayed by noted clown and actor Adam G. Gertsacov.
N.Y. Times Obituary of Barnum (April 7, 1891)
Read the obituary of P.T. Barnum as printed in the New York Times, April 7, 1891 (registration may be required)
P. T. Barnum - People of Connecticut
Vintage photo, vital statistics and biographical information.
Phineas T. Barnum
Biographical sketch, portrait, tomb photographs from Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut from Find A Grave. Includes map and interactive visitor comments.
Ringling.com: The early history of our circus
Ringling.com's brief biography of Barnum, with an emphasis on the beginnings of the circus
Success Methods of P.T. Barnum
The Let's Talk Business Network (http://www.ltbn.com) has put Barnum in their Hall of Fame. This article goes over Barnum's entrepreneurial successes, and goes over 10 principles of Barnum's success
The University of Bridgeport and Barnum
An essay on the showman's impact on the University of Bridgeport.