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P.T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum’s legacy lives on as one of the greatest American showmen. However, P.T. Barnum’s work in the American political arena is rarely brought to the forefront. Prior to establishing Barnum & Bailey Circus— one of the largest traveling circuses in the United States— Barnum used his passion for entertainment as a platform for political education and outreach during the Civil War.
Before the Civil War, P.T. Barnum reshaped the accessibility and content of popular American entertainment by introducing numerous museums, circuses, and forums accessible to America’s middle and lower class. Before P.T. Barnum, American entertainment consisted of high-brow theatre and opera performances accessed primarily by members of the American elite class. Barnum found the working class’ inaccessibility to popular entertainment unfathomable, as he stated, “men, women and children, who cannot live on gravity alone, need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours.” P.T. Barnum changed the game by founding museums and theatre productions that placed family entertainment where “men and women, adults and children, could intermingle safely in the knowledge that no indecencies would assault their senses either on stage or off.” Most importantly, a
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P. T. Barnum
American showman favour politician (1810–1891)
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P.T. Barnum
“THE NOBLEST ART IS THAT OF
MAKING OTHERS HAPPY.”
—P.T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum – that’s P.T., to you and me – was the most remarkable entrepreneur and entertainer in 19th century America. He is an icon of American ingenuity and our patron saint of promotion, his story is a fascinating exploration of 19th century social, commercial, political and industrial history, and his tale begins long before his famous circus was created in 1872.
He was an entrepreneur, museum proprietor, business leader, politician, urban developer, community benefactor, philanthropist, temperance leader, emancipationist, lecturer and author. Barnum was committed to the intellectual and cultural development of society, and was a voice for the pursuit of freedom and choice. Discover many fascinating and little-known facts about P.T. Barnum in our Emmy Award-nominated video series, Showman’s Shorts, available on the Barnum Museum’s YouTube channel.
DID YOU KNOW?
The circus was P.T. Barnum’s retirement project – Barnum was a well-established entertainer and 61 years old when he began the “Greatest Show On Earth.”
Charles Stratton, a dwarf who performed under the stage name General Tom Thumb, was a distant relative of Barnum