The Little Circus
There’s something magical about miniatures… well, at least for me anyway. I love looking in and just examining every detail. It’s amazing how someone can put so much work into something and then imagining that it has a life of its own.
Last year I came across one of my favorite displays, "The Howard Bros. Circus" at the Ringling Circus Museum in Sarasota, FL. It was build by Howard C. Tibbals and according to an article in Worthpoint Magazine, "The entire Howard Bros. Circus—complete with eight main tents, 152 wagons, 1,500 circus performers and workers, more than 700 animals and a 55-car train—has a permanent home at the Ringling Circus Museum." Supposedly it took this man over 50 years to complete!
If you’re ever in the Sarasota area, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is a great place to visit. It has an art museum, gardens, and a circus museum. Here are just a handful of pictures I took of the miniatures, I’ll also include a video I found on YouTube which allows you to see the whole miniature circus. I hope you enjoy!
