Barnum Museum
About Barnum Museum
The Barnum Museum is a museum at 820 Main Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. It has an extensive collection related to P. T. Barnum and the history of Bridgeport. The building in which it is housed was built with funding from Barnum, and initially housed the Barnum Institute of Science and History. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, and was designated a National Historic Landmark for its association with Barnum.
The building and its exhibits are connected to a portion of Bridgeport Center, a complex of buildings completed in 1989 on the same grounds as the Barnum Museum.
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- Founded
- 1893
- Architect
- George W. Longstaff
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 2.8 miles of Barnum Museum; the closest, Housatonic Museum of Art, is practically next door.
