Valerie Metzger, curator of arts and artifacts at Museum, will discuss the city's circus personalities at a Brown Bag Lunch ...

Peru, Indiana, is known as the "Circus Capital of the World" and has a circus history that dates back over 100 years. In the ...

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.

Baraboo applauds the proposed general purpose revenue funding in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget for Circus World and we look forward to a sustainable future for our state historic site within our ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This the first in a three-part series on the history of the circus in North Dakota. For 140 years, the circus has provided entertainment for residents of North Dakota. During the early ...

Indiana's circus back story is front and center at "The Circus City" exhibit through June 8, 2024, at the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. "Resiliency" powers this new exhibit culled ...

Angela discovers why Circus World made Wisconsin a nationally renowned historic site and where the Ringling Brothers began in 1884. The museum features daily performances under the billowing big top — ...

The International Circus Hall of Fame is making history this weekend with their Circus Calliope and Mechanical Music Festival happening on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18. John Wright, president ...

This 1922 image of the Sells-Floto Circus shows an elephant pulling a canvas-covered cage wagon into position. An octagon cage wagon is on the right. The circus, formed in the early 1900s, toured the ...