Barnum Museum

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The Barnum Museum
General information
Architectural style	Byzantine, Islamic, Gothic and Romanesque influences
Town or city	820 Main Street Bridgeport, Connecticut
Country	United States
Completed	1893
Client	P. T. Barnum
Technical details
Structural system	Stone and terra cotta
Size
Barnum Museum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	820 Main St., Bridgeport, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°10′31″N 73°11′19″W / 41.17528°N 73.18861°W / 41.17528; -73.18861
Part of	Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District (ID87001402)
NRHP reference No.	72001300[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1972
Designated NHL	December 11, 2023
Designated CP	September 3, 1987
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Longstaff & Hurd
Engineer	Longstaff & Hurd

The Barnum Museum is a museum at 820 Main Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. It has an extensive collection related to P. T. Barnum and the history of Bridgeport, and is housed in a historic building on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

The building and its exhibits are connected to a portion of Bridgeport Center, a complex of buildings completed in 1989 on the same grounds as the Barnum Museum.