The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
John Ringling left his circus fortune to Florida in the form of this complex: the state's official art museum since 1927, his 56-room Venetian Gothic mansion Ca' d'Zan on Sarasota Bay, and the Circus Museum with its 44,000-piece Howard Bros. Circus Model.
John Ringling's 66-acre bayfront estate: a serious art museum, the Ca' d'Zan mansion, and the circus museum with the world's largest miniature circus.
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Go Monday, when general admission is free.
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