Circus Exhibit

Art
Midcoast

Start: Jan 28 2012 - 11:00am

End: Jan 29 2012 - 4:00pm

With hundreds of miniature circus figures, the Bex Brothers Circus is the centerpiece of The Circus Comes to Town, a free exhibi

Contact Name:

Penobscot Marine Museum

Price:

Free

Phone:

207-548-2529

40 E. Main St.
Searsport, ME 04974

The centerpiece of the exhibit is the Bex Bros. Circus, with a display of hundreds of miniature circus figures ranging from elephants and sideshow hawkers to trapeze artists performing under the Big Top. Also on display will be circus memorabilia, historic photographs, and circus art by Maine artists Alan Fishman, Nancy Morgan-Barnes, and the late Waldo Peirce. T

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