Ringling Circus Museum

January 22, 2011, Ringling Circus Museum. If you have read the previous blogs you already know that this is the fourth of four blogs on the John and Mable Ringling estate. After touring the estate, I decided that there was to much to show you in a single blog. The Ringling Museum of the American Circus was established in 1948 and was the first museum of its kind to document the rich history of the circus. The Ringling Museum has a fine collection including rare handbills, posters, and art prints, circus paper, business ecords, wardrobe, performing props, as well as all types of circus equipment, including beautifully carved parade wagons.

This completes our stay in Bradenton, we will move to Venice, Florida tomorrow on our trip as we continue South to Key West.