As the U.S. entered WWI, the Ringling show employed about a thousand people—but forces that would reshape the circus industry ...

PROVIDENCE – The circus is coming to town. After a six-year hiatus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is bringing its traveling show back to Providence’s Amica Mutual Pavilion this weekend. The last ...

Angela discovers why Circus World made Wisconsin a nationally renowned historic site and where the Ringling Brothers began in 1884. The museum features daily performances under the billowing big top — ...

With a new gallery in the circus museum and a photography exhibition exploring the backstage life of the traveling carnival and circus, The Ringling offers even more immersion into circus history. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peru, Indiana, is known as the "Circus Capital of the World" and has a circus history that dates back over 100 years. In the ...

James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Trained and created for UniverSoul Circus in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Pizza Posse marries acrobatics to ...

Among the first circuses to visit Lancaster was the June & Turner’s Circus, and Spalding’s North American Circus in 1845. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Exhibition arrived in 1848 with a “splendid pavilion, ...

When circuses starting making their way to Dayton in the 1800s, they quickly became a major spectacle. We went back into the archives to see what the circuses were like throughout history and the ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is making a comeback after closing its curtains in 2017. The world-renowned circus is set to return in the fall of 2023, according to its parent company – Feld ...

Though she knew little about the circus when she joined The Ringling staff 27 years ago, Deborah Walk is now considered one of the top circus historians in the country, and she credits millions of ...

Sailor Circus “Celebrate 70” spring show: Thursdays through Saturdays, April 18-20, April 25-27; 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays; $15 to $28; Sailor Circus Arena, 2075 Bahia Vista ...