The Barnum Museum has continued efforts to keep the major historic restoration and rehabilitation on track. The Barnum Museum is the leading authority on P.T. Barnum’s life and work and contains more than 60,000 artifacts relating to Barnum, Bridgeport, and 19th-century America. The Museum is a great American national treasure and a unique physical testament to P.T. Barnum’s life. In cooperation with its community, fans, donors, and the creative wizards at transformational agency BRC Imagination Arts, the Barnum Museum looks ahead to a re-envisioned future as a true 21st-century museum and a fitting tribute to its founder. P.T. Barnum was an energetic, optimistic entrepreneur who changed the entertainment world forever.

Bridgeport City Hall is a historic municipal building at 202 State Street in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was built in 1854 to house both the City Hall and the Fairfield County Courthouse and served as Bridgeport City Hall into the 1930s. The mayor’s, economic development, legal, budget, public facilities, and other key offices are splitting their time at Lyon Terrace. You can arrange any events functions their staffs were very kind and helpful. The Council adopts or modifies the budget proposed by the Mayor and provides the necessary funds, equipment, and supplies for the budgetary departments. Handicapped parking and building entry access are available from Broad Street.

Elias Howe statue is the first statue erected in Bridgeport’s Seaside Park honors local industrialist and Civil War hero Elias Howe, Jr. Howe was known in Bridgeport for his patriotism during the Civil War. He enlisted as a private in the 17th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry and donated money to help equip the unit. The monument was dedicated in 1884 to honor Howe, who invented the first practical sewing machine and built a Bridgeport factory to build the machines. The Howe statue faces southeast, toward the western end of the park (the Perry Memorial Arch is visible in the background of the first image in this post). Howe is depicted with a cane in one hand and a hat in the other.