Jim biggs. [applause] its always special to have them. Welcome, everyone, to the barnum museum. I know many of you have been here before, but is this anybodys first time here . Oh, well, welcome. Welcome to the barnum family. Were delighted to have you on this Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport, connecticut. This is the barnum museum. It is, in fact, p. T. Barnums last museum. As we all know, he started his museum inn 1842, and this was hs last gift not just to city of bridgeport, but really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with thewe museum. In 2010 we were hit by a tornado because thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. And then the year after that it was hurricane irene, and then the year after that it was superstorm sandy. Want to also give a huge shoutout to state of connecticut and our delegation who supported a 7 million bonding because we are just about to embark on a historic recap of thatde gorgeous barnum building from 1893. So t
This Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport connecticut. It is in fact, barnum news last museum. As we all know he started museum in 1942, this was his last gift not just to the city of bridgeport, really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with the museum in 2010, we were at a tornado. Thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. The year after that it was hurricane i also want to give a huge shadow to the state of connecticut in the delegation who really supported 72 million bonding appropriation because were just about to embark on a major reese doric rehab of that gorgeous Barnum Bailey building from 1993. Thank you. [applause] are congressman has also really been working very hard with us to get to the barn building in the National Register of historic places. I feel like im on the register this. But we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark and that, theres only about 2500 in this country that is a significant
To add to that also the congressman has been working very hard with us to get the building on the National Register of. We have been working on that for a long time and the reasons for why we are here today because we are still talking about pt barnum relevant in our lives today. Robert wilson is here to talk about the fact you can contextualize him in a modern way and its something to be looked at and examine and reexamine and brought into modern culture. He is the father of the Entertainment Industry that he was a philanthropist. The doer of good eats many tim times. But enough about me. Thank you for coming to the museum. Please support us. We do programming all year the museum is open during the week the couple of days even during the big historic construction project thats going to be happening soon but with no further ado let me introduce you to bob wills. The editor since 2004 that won the National Award for the best feature in may of 2006 and Digital National magazine for comme
I dont like to always shut people out at the very beginning that walking in right now is the great, great granddaughter eleanor and her husband. [applause] its special to have them but welcome everyone to the museum. I know many of you have been here before but is this everybodys first time . We are delighted to have you on this Beautiful Day in downtown connecticut. It is in fact the last museum for the community that we serve many are familiar in 2010 we were hit by a tornado because that is the kind of stuff that happens and then the year after that was hurricane irene and super storm sandy so thank you to the delegation who support the bonding appropriation because we are just about to embark on a major historic rehab of that building from 1893. To add to that also the congressman has been working very hard with us to get the building on the National Register of. We have been working on that for a long time and the reasons for why we are here today because we are still talking abou
Good afternoon, everyone. I dont like to always shout people out at the very beginning that in walking right now is the great, great grandfather, eleanor and her husband. [applause] , it is always special to have them. Welcome, everyone to the Barnum Museum. I know many of you have been here before. Is this anybodys first time . Welcome. We are delighted to have you on this Beautiful Day in downtown connecticut. This is the Barnum Museum. It is in fact the last museum and as we all know he started the enterprise in 1842 and this is the last gift of just the city of bridgeport to the Global Community that we served. Many of you are very familiar with the museum. In 2010, we were hit by a tornado because that is the kind of stuff that happened to barnum. And then a year after that it was hurricane irena and then super storm cindy. I want to also give a shout out to the state of connecticut indoor delegation who really supported the 7 milliondollar bond reappropriation because we are just