The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...

PLOVER – The Portage County Historical Society will welcome the Engford family circus performers again this year for Heritage Days at Heritage Park in Plover. Ruth Engford Clark, her husband, Frank ...

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Among the first circuses to visit Lancaster was the June & Turner’s Circus, and Spalding’s North American Circus in 1845. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Exhibition arrived in 1848 with a “splendid pavilion, ...

When circuses starting making their way to Dayton in the 1800s, they quickly became a major spectacle. We went back into the archives to see what the circuses were like throughout history and the ...

With a new gallery in the circus museum and a photography exhibition exploring the backstage life of the traveling carnival and circus, The Ringling offers even more immersion into circus history. On ...

James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Trained and created for UniverSoul Circus in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Pizza Posse marries acrobatics to ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...