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Wisconsin Life

America's circus history lives on

Angela visits Baraboo's Circus World Museum.

Aired 10/24/2024

Wisconsin Life

America's circus history lives on

Clip: Season 11 Episode 3 | 2m 18sVideo has Closed Captions

Angela visits Baraboo's Circus World Museum.

Angela discovers why Circus World made Wisconsin a nationally renowned historic site and where the Ringling Brothers began in 1884. The museum features daily performances under the billowing big top — with aerialists, acrobats, clowns, and animal acts — as well as the world's largest collection of circus artifacts.

Aired 10/24/2024

Wisconsin Life is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...

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Wisconsin Life is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...

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