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:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 January 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1864, All Day
09 Feb 1864, All Day
10 Feb 1864, All Day
11 Feb 1864, All Day
12 Feb 1864, All Day
13 Feb 1864, All Day

Program Details

Performances every afternoon at 3pm and every evening at 7:30pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William B. [comic singer] Harrison;   Ned the Learned Musical Seal;   Tyrolean Whistler, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 February 1864.

“HARRISON, COMIC IMPROMPTU SINGER, will appear in his inimitable comic and extemporaneous songs at each performance. . . . EDUCATED SEAL, which plays a MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 February 1864, 7.