The museum has been closed to visitors since 2013, after it was damaged by a tornado just days before what would have been Barnum's 200th birthday. This is a developing story and will be updated ...

Barnum in 1883, as the Barnum Museum of Natural History at Tufts, according to Andrew McClellan s 2011 article from the Journal of the History of Collections, P.T. Barnum, Jumbo the Elephant and the ...

In 1857, P.T. Barnum officially retired from show business and returned to his first enterprise, the American Museum. This time around, though, running this institution wouldn’t be easy.

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.

The Watermill Theatre's new show Barnum, which is based on the life of circus promoter PT Barnum, opens on Tuesday. Barnum was played by Hugh Jackman in the hit film The Greatest Showman.

How 21 elephants solved panic on Brooklyn Bridge 139 years ago thanks to PT Barnum ...