BRIDGEPORT — For more than a century, visitors have been able to get a glimpse of ancient people with the mummy and its coffin at the Barnum Museum. The coffin tells the story of a male priest named ...

"Barnum Museum's Showman's Shorts" won a Regional Emmy for the Historical/Cultural - Short Form Content category, the Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

It's a case of mistaken identity. One of Barnum Museum’s popular artifacts was always believed to be the story of an Egyptian priest. But in recent years, the museum found out that wasn’t the case.

BRIDGEPORT — If you’ve ever visited the P.T. Barnum Museum, you’ll likely remember the mysterious Egyptian Mummy and coffin. But if you haven’t visited the museum in a while — and it’s been closed due ...

For nearly two decades, the Barnum Museum has been working to learn more about its oldest artifacts once curators learned she wasn't who they thought she was. The mummy, who has been named Ipy, was ...

Fifteen years after a tornado damaged Bridgeport's Barnum Museum, the restoration of the building has entered a new phase. In June 2010, a EF-1 tornado heavily damaged the museum, specifically its ...

The Barnum Museum of Bridgeport is undergoing the largest restoration project in its 131 year history. Repairs are finally underway following damage from a 2010 tornado, Hurricane Irene, Superstorm ...