The Barnum Museum

Amazing tour

Visited summer 2019. We arrived just as it opened and were immediately welcomed onto a tour. The woman who said she’d been there 20+ years gave such an interesting talk about the exhibits. She really ...

Amazing tour

Visited summer 2019. We arrived just as it opened and were immediately welcomed onto a tour. The woman who said she’d been there 20+ years gave such an interesting talk about the exhibits. She really ...

Historic building in Bridgeport, CT

We stopped to see this beautiful building completed in 1893 by Barnum, called The Barnum Museum Institute of Science and History. It was closed for renovations after storm damage in 2010-2012 but we ...

Historic building in Bridgeport, CT

We stopped to see this beautiful building completed in 1893 by Barnum, called The Barnum Museum Institute of Science and History. It was closed for renovations after storm damage in 2010-2012 but we ...

Limited displays in temporary exhibit space

The actual museum building is awaiting a very expensive reconstruction to repair tornado damage and the staff estimated that it will be 5-7 years before the museum will reopen in its own building. For...