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February 3rd 2012, 11:27Hunt dragons, design robots, cook on an open hearth. Sign up for Museum camps Sat. @kidsvt Camp Fair Hilton #BTV 10-2 http://t.co/UoIdHlR4
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February 2nd 2012, 11:32@juliapung Your friend could contact our curatorial department at curators@shelburnemuseum.org
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February 2nd 2012, 09:31And the weathervane stamps are now available as strips of 25 as well as rolls of 3,000 from @USPSstamps https://t.co/QJZ7ssyQ
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February 2nd 2012, 09:23.@WinterthurMuse This birdy in your coll. http://t.co/3rsA6LA1 looks very similar to one of ours, now on a USPS stamp http://t.co/jJIdcsGo
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February 2nd 2012, 09:19RT @WinterthurMuse: No groundshogs in our collection (whew!), but here are some weather-related items that live in the museum: http://t ...
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Circus Figures and Circus Posters
Among the most popular exhibitions at Shelburne are two hand-carved wood circuses: the Roy Arnold Circus Parade and the Kirk Bros. Circus.
The Arnold Circus Parade has nearly 4,000 figures. It was made between 1925-55 and forms a parade over 500 feet long. The one-inch-to-one-foot scale figures include a myriad of clowns, acrobats, animals, and circus wagons that evoke the heyday of the circus era.
The Kirk Bros. Circus is a miniature three-ring circus with audience comprised of over 3,500 pieces. Edgar Kirk (1891-1956) fashioned the figures over 40 years using only a treadle jigsaw and penknife.
Shelburne Museum has more than 500 circus posters dating from 1870 to 1940. The imaginative, bright-colored posters advertise Barnum and Bailey, Ringling Brothers, and other major shows. Although not on permanent display, the posters are featured in changing exhibitions.