Last updated: 6/28/2012
3076 East Circus LanePeru, IN 46970
Our museum and grounds are now open from 12-4 Monday thru Friday and then by appointment on the weekends. Our Circus Big Top Show will be the week of July 14th-22nd opening at noon with different attractions and then the Big Top Show is at 3:30 This year we will feature the GREAT WALLENDAS!
Monday - Friday
12 PM - 4 PM
If you can't come see the show during our Circus Week we will be at the Indiana State Fair on August 6th and 7th with 2 shows daily. Come see what alot of people have forgotten about and that is the Circus
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Jack Rhinaman
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Doyne Snider
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Today visitors to the old Winter Quarters become a part of its "past and present" as they journey through the Magical World of Circus.
First stop - Big Top Circus. Relax in the intimate surroundings of a 500 seat Big Top, where every seat is the best seat in the house. Make plans for a Circus adventure of a lifetime - the memories will stay with you long after the sawdust settles!
The Journey continues as the Young and Young at Heart tour the amazing Circus Hall of Fame guided by "Circus Greats." These are the performers, owners and working men and women who have shaped the American Circus with their talent and skills, their laughter and tears.
The Journey would not be complete without seeing the Museum and the Menagerie. The Museum is filled with exciting and educational exhibits, colorful circus wagons, posters and costume, a fantastic miniature circus with an old fashion street parade. Visit the Menagerie which houses elephants, other exotic animals, horses and ponies. Be assured there is nothing "dusty or dull" on the Journey through the Magical World of Circus at the Circus Hall of Fame.
The journey begins at the Circus Winter Quarters, in Peru, Indiana home to the Circus Hall of Fame established by Ben Wallace in 1892. Circus wagons were repaired, painted and cravings gold leafed. A thousand horses roamed the fields and hundreds of exotic animals were housed and trained in numerous barns. The old timers tell that it was not unusual to see zebras and camels grazing on snow covered ground. Visitors passed by daily just to see what was going on.
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