print email comment close Circus World Museum URL: http://circusworld.wisconsinhistory.org/ Description: Use the site map to navigate this collection of circus artifacts in Baraboo, Wisconsin. See photographs and brief histories of restored circus wagons, and read a short essay on the history of music and the circus. The Great Circus Parade , an annual event held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shows "over 50 historic circus wagons, 700 horses, 30 bands, 2,000 costumed participants, clowns, and wild animals." Visitors to the museum in summer can see and participate in circus acts. Students of circus history can contact the Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center , which has an extensive collection of memorabilia. Publisher: Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Circus -- Museums Museums -- Wisconsin -- Baraboo LII Database Information: Record 2278 created by Marcia Coudyser on 12/02/2000 Last modification on 07/29/2009 Published: 12/02/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2278