Barnum's Great Traveling Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink

Proprietor / Lessee:
Phineas Taylor Barnum

Price: $.50; children under ten, half price

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Nov 1871, 2:00 PM
13 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Nov 1871, 2:00 PM
14 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
15 Nov 1871, 2:00 PM
15 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
16 Nov 1871, 2:00 PM
16 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Nov 1871, 2:00 PM
17 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Nov 1871, 2:00 PM
18 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Open daily 11 am-10 pm, Hippodrome performances at 2 and 8 pm.

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 09 November 1871, 3.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 10 November 1871, 4.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 November 1871, 7.

Hippodrome performances: 2 and 8 pm.

4)
Announcement: New York Sun, 13 November 1871, 2.

Excitement among New York managers over Barnum’s colossal exhibitions.

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 November 1871, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 November 1871, 262.
7)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 November 1871, 270.

“The band is stationed directly opposite the main entrance in a compartment elevated some thirty feet from the earth.”