Barnum Museum of Natural History in United States


Barnum Museum of Natural History


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OwnerTufts University
Opened for public1883
Place Medford
StateMassachusetts
Country United States
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Barnum Museum of Natural History, in Medford, Massachusetts, United States , opened for public in 1883.


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The Barnum Museum of Natural History was a natural history museum on the grounds of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

The museum was established by P.T. Barnum and displayed valuable exotic dead animals from his circus.

His greatest prize was Jumbo the Elephant whose skin and bones were displayed, after they were mounted by famous taxidermist by Carl Akeley. The building now known as Barnum Hall was gutted when a fire destroyed the entire collection inside on April 14, 1975. The building has since been partially reconstructed.

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Koehl, Dan (2024). Barnum Museum of Natural History, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3042. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Barnum Museum of Natural History on elephant-news.com

Barnum Museum of Natural History is mentioned on Elephant News:

DateLinks which opens in new window
2008-03-02Jumbo: the greatest elephant in the world, by paul chambers. the eventful life of jumbo, the elephant whose fame was more than a match for his size - Elephant News
2007-09-07Travel: getting to know p. t. barnum - Elephant News


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