Additional Big Top Resources

Additional Resources

Circus Museums

• The Barnum Museum
• Circus World Museum
• Ringling Circus Museum

Circus Organizations

• Circus Historical Society
• Circuses & Circus Culture Subject Area – Popular Culture Association

Select Circus Collections / Archives

• American Circus Collection – The Newberry Library
• Circus & Allied Arts Collection – Illinois State University Milner Library
• Circus, Carnival and Rodeo Poster Collection – Library of Congress
• Circus Collection – Dover Public Library
• Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show Collection – University of Southern Mississippi Library
• Circus World Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center
• Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus Collection – USC Libraries
• Sayre Circus Collection – Florida State University
• Showmen’s Museum Photograph Collection – University of South Florida
• Showmen’s Oral Histories – University of South Florida
• Tegge Circus Archives
• Performing Arts Collection: Circus and Magic Collections – UC Santa Barbara Library

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