The Ringling Museum in Sarasota is built around the home of John Ringling, one of the owners of the Ringling Brothers/Barnum and Bailey Circus. Before there was TV, before there were movies, before there was vaudeville, there was the circus.
The site contains a museum of circus history, a collection of art, and a tour of the Ringling’s shoreside mansion.
Here are some photos from a visit.