(Bridgeport
CT - July 16, 2010)- The Barnum Museum announced today that they have been awarded
a $1,500 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation's Financial Management
Assistance Fund to assist with the financial and operational management at the
museum.
The
city's oldest celebrity has a few more stories to tell, even after 4,000 years.
Pa-Ib,
the mummy that has both frightened and fascinated patrons of the Barnum Museum
for decades, underwent her most extensive diagnostic examination to date at Quinnipiac
University in January, and the complete results of that research will
be presented at the museum Thursday evening...Full
Article and Photos.
Quinnipiac
Mummy Experts Explore The Barnum Museum's 4000 Year Old Mummy
The Fairfield County
Community Foundation (FCCF) announced today an award of $20,000 to The Barnum
Museum. The grant will be used to support the museum's general operating budget
and comes right when it is needed the most to continue programming, maintain the
landmark building and help support administrative and marketing expenses.
The
Fairfield County Community Foundation promotes the growth of community and regional
philanthropy to improve the quality of life throughout Fairfield County. Individuals,
families, corporations and organizations can establish charitable funds and contribute
to existing funds. The Foundation also provides philanthropic advisory services,
and develops and leads initiatives to tackle critical community issues. For more
information, visit www.fccfoundation.org
or click
here for our press release.
The
last remains of Barnum's mansions By Tony Spinelli Staff
writer Posted: 03/02/2009 03:05:33 PM EST
CT Post -A
drive along Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport reveals dozens of fine, large, old homes
that in the 1800s were the not-so-humble abodes of some wealthy and substantial
people.
And the most splendid "show homes" of all
those in the West End neighborhood were those owned by Bridgeport's most famous
resident, Phineas Taylor Barnum.
As one of the country's first
19th century self-made millionaires, P.T. Barnum built himself four magnificent
homes in the city.
If
you add up the attendance for every major-league baseball, basketball, football
and hockey game this year, the combined total will come to about 140 million people.
That's a big number, but it's barely a fraction of the number of people who will
visit American museums this year.
Museums
are big business, attracting billions of tourist dollars, advancing science, and
educating and amusing more than 850 million people annually.
"Museums
are often thought of as nice amenities," says Ford Bell, head of the American
Association of Museums. "People don't think about museums as being a critical
piece in our educational infrastructure in this country." More
on npr.org...
Published in The Bridgeport
News - Thursday, October 02, 2008
Hampton Hotels’ Save-A-Landmark
program has begun an initiative to help physically improve the Barnum Museum. The
company donated $40,000 to the museum and organized a group of local hotel employees
to join a one-day volunteer restoration effort at the downtown cultural landmark.
More
than 30 volunteers from local Hampton Hotels spent about 150 hours at the museum...more
Barnum
put his stamp on Bridgeport: Connecticut Post - Hardly a day goes by without
a reminder or two of Bridgeport's long association with circus impresario and
showman P.T. Barnum...Full
Article.
From
The Boston Globe: Nestled between the intellectual pretensions of New Haven
and the hedge-fund haughtiness of the Gold Coast, Bridgeport is a down-to-earth,
ethnically rich community that also happens to be the biggest city in Connecticut...more
From
The New York Times - Arts Section By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH - Published:
11/09/07
Weekend Explorer: When Barnum Took Manhattan
Today New Yorkers may think of Phineas Taylor Barnum only
when the circus comes to town. But for almost 60 years he was one of the most
celebrated figures in the city. He entertained and amused tens of millions here.
When he died in 1891, The Washington Post called him “the most widely known
American that ever lived.”... Link
to Full Article
The
Barnum Museum | 820 Main Street | Bridgeport, CT 06604 phone: 203-331-1104
| fax: 203-331-0079 Executive Director/Curator:Kathleen
Maher
Celebrating
the 200th birthday of Phineas Taylor Barnum, born July 5, 1810 in Bethel CT, during
2010 The Barnum Museum will chronicle the life and times of this extraordinary
showman and the history of Bridgeport where Barnum served as Mayor. For a complete
listing of anniversary year events celebrating this amazing - and sometimes outrageous
- showman, civic leader and politician, visit our Calendar
page. The original museum building, owned by the City of Bridgeport is listed
in the National Register of Historic Places.
