Don Oswalt clearly remembers the day he first discovered the circus. He was 10 years old and his younger sister ran into the living room yelling, “Mommy, come look.” Following his mother and sister, ...

A miniature model will help Circus World Museum visitors appreciate the grand scale of the old Ringling Bros. circus train. Model train builder and circus fan Joe Kaspar has donated to Circus World a ...

Think model trains, but instead of railroads, this convention features tiny big tops, model circus wagons and yes, some model train cars, too. “It’s a three-dimensional preservation of circus history, ...

The Howard Bros. Circus model opened at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art on Jan. 14, 2006. Since that time over 2.9 million ladies, gentlemen and children of all ages have been captivated by ...

In America at the turn of the 20th century, circuses traveled by train. They stopped in small towns, unloaded the cars, and set up tents. Inside, humans and animals were dispatched to delight and ...

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Step right up and see the greatest little show in town! Wee dancing elephants, 2-inch tall acrobats and tiny trained horses are some of the performers in a miniature, late 1930s ...

The Lilliputian footrests on the horse-drawn wagons are hinged so they can be dropped flat or propped up for the tiny feet of the drivers. The elaborately decorated animal wagons also have precisely ...

The colors jump out and catch the driver’s eye first. Only after the colors — bright red, white, blue and orange — catch one’s attention do the objects connect with the colors. The circus wagons and ...