Barnum Museum
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Barnum Museum is a museum in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Barn Hill stands 200 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is McLevy Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
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. The building in which it is housed was built with funding from Barnum, and initially housed the Barnum Institute of Science and History. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, and was designated a National Historic Landmark for its association with Barnum. 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.
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Dates from 1893.
Wikidata Q4862010, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1893
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McLevy Green: 0.1 mi
- Baldwin Plaza: 0.2 mi
- City Hall Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoreline Star Greyhound Park and Entertainment Complex: 0.5 mi
- Eastside Park: 0.8 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Catharine B Mitchell Museum: 3.2 mi
- National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.3 mi
- Connecticut Air & Space Center: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: 3.6 mi
- Perry Memorial Archway: 0.9 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Goosetown Park: 1.4 mi
- Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 1.5 mi
- Ye Olde King's Highway: 1.6 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.1 mi
- Success Hill: 2.1 mi
- Tunxis Hill: 2.6 mi
- Academy Hill: 3.2 mi
- Second Hill: 3.6 mi
- Seaside Beach: 1.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 1.5 mi
- Long Beach: 2.7 mi
- Money Beach: 2.9 mi
- Jennings Beach: 3.4 mi
- Gypsy Springs Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Woodside Circle Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Horse Tavern Brook Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Drew Park: 2.8 mi
- New England Avenue Playground: 2.9 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 0.9 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.0 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 7.3 mi
- Cascades: 7.9 mi
- Cascade: 8.6 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 9.5 mi
- Cascade: 9.6 mi
- Heron: 4.7 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.8 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 11.8 mi
- Burr Homestead: 4.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.0 mi
- Earthplace: 10.2 mi
- 3-town marker: 11.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 9.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 20.3 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 20.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 20.9 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 0.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 4.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 4.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 4.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 1.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Barnum Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barn Hill | N 1° | 200 m | 11.6 mi |
| Moose Hill | N 355° | 198 m | 10.9 mi |
| Israel Hill | N 2° | 192 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bugg Hill | N 351° | 189 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNW 331° | 179 m | 6.7 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | N 6° | 171 m | 9.1 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 317° | 170 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNW 335° | 167 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72001300OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Barnum Museum, reference 72001300, listed 11/07/72.
OpenStreetMap element way/206485500
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 20 mi
- Bayville · 27 mi
- Oyster Bay · 28 mi
- Port Chester · 28 mi
- Rye Brook · 28 mi
- Purchase · 29 mi
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