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Community Gallery Applications are Open!

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Community Gallery is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 season. Applications may be submitted until Dec. 31, 2024.

Records from the Archives: Costume Designs

The Ringling Archives collects the history of circus, Wild West Shows and allied arts. One of the most fascinating and unique records of this entertainment world READ MORE

Giuseppe Mitelli and the Visual Representation of Proverbs

The Ringling Art Library has an impressive and growing collection of emblem books, a popular genre in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that was particularly prevalent READ MORE

Celebrating Howard Tibbals, Creator of the Howard Bros. Circus Model

Howard Tibbals longtime philanthropist and creator of the Howard Bros. Circus Model, was born on August 10, in 1936. In honor of Howard’s amazing legacy of READ MORE

John Ringling’s Development of Sarasota, Florida

A Case Study Examination Through Historical Methods of Topographical & Geodetic Surveying By Kyla Baal- Archives Intern, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art READ MORE

Call for Proposals! WONDER: Human Experience and the Arts

One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, 'What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I READ MORE

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