Bridgeport Baseball! The Great American Pastime in the Land of Orator O’Rourke. Free admission. Donations welcome in support of the Barnum Museum. Before baseball became America’s national pastime, it was a local game shaped in fields, parks, and neighborhoods—including right here in Bridgeport! Join baseball historian and poet Michael Bielawa for a journey through the […]
Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity Barnum Museum, 820 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604 Free admission (donations welcome in support of the Barnum Museum) The remarkable rise of the world’s first global celebrity. Join award-winning author Eric Lehman for a look at this extraordinary partnership. Long before film, […]
Every legend has an origin story. As part of Connecticut's America 250 celebration, this program explores the childhood influences that helped transform a curious Connecticut boy into one of America's most recognizable figures. Born in Bethel, Connecticut, on July 5, 1810, Phineas Taylor Barnum spent his formative years in the small farming community that would […]
