Barnum Museum

805 Main St., Bridgeport, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 07, 1972. NRIS 72001300.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Barnum Institute of Science and History

From Wikipedia:

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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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353720

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