Barnum’s American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Phineas Taylor Barnum

Price: $.25; $.15 children under 10

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 April 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Mar 1864, All Day
08 Mar 1864, All Day
09 Mar 1864, All Day
10 Mar 1864, All Day
11 Mar 1864, All Day
12 Mar 1864, All Day

Program Details

Every evening 3 pm and 7:30 pm

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Barnum's American Museum, corps de ballet;  William B. [comic singer] Harrison;   Ned the Learned Musical Seal;   Tyrolean Whistler, The
2)
Aphrosia; or, the spirit of beauty
aka Aphrosa; or, The Spirit of Beauty
Text Author: Unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 March 1864, 7.
“APHROSIA . . . New Scenery, Elegant Costumes, Appropriate Music.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 March 1864, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 07 March 1864.