This Saturday, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art opens The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithography Company, 1879-1939. The exhibit, which showcases the circus’ influence on ...

From lion tamers to pink elephants, a fine new anthology chronicles the golden age of the circus. It wasn’t always about fights over animal rights and Cirque du Something or Other. The American circus ...

The Ringling Museum of Art is turning into a three-ring circus -- and visitors can step right up and be a part of it. If you want to get a sense of what it's like to walk on a high wire, or squeeze ...

Crystal Palace Grand Imperial Circus and Hippodrome: Nora, the Only Performing Hippopotamus in the World, c. 1932, Maycock Cadle & Graham Ltd. Howard Tibbals Collection. Les 4 Freres Bouglione ...

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 ...

Although circus may seem like an idea of merriment of a bygone era, its large posters with vivid colours continues to enamour a collector. VADODARA: Although circus may seem like an idea of merriment ...

PROVIDENCE — Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, step right up! For your viewing pleasure: wonderments and freaks, feats of artistic bravado, and disturbing evidence of colonialist bigotry! “Circus” ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The Communist Party limited most ...

All Ron Berger wanted was to install a door between two buildings. Instead, much to his astonishment, he opened a window into the early history of Durand, Wisconsin, on Labor Day weekend 2015 when he ...