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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, [2] located in Sarasota, Florida. [3] It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida.
Cà d'Zan was part of John Ringling's bequest to the state of Florida, along with The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, which were meant to be a memorial to and the philanthropic legacy of the lives of Mable and John. The estate was in limbo for ten years, however, as it took much time to settle debts, claims by heirs, and taxes before the ...
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor have run shows from 1871, with a hiatus from 2017 to 2023.
John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus.
The Ringling International Arts Festival is an annual festival at the Ringling Museum of Art. The first three years the festival was a collaboration with the Baryshnikov Arts Center , but currently is curated solely by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Aaron Herbert De Groft (December 2, 1965 – January 18, 2025) was an American museum director, author, and art curator. He was a deputy director and chief curator at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and a director for the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary before he joined the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida in 2021.
Historic homes of Edith Ringling and Hester Ringling Sanford are connected by an arcade. The Caples'–Ringlings' Estates Historic District comprises the John Ringling Estate, the Edith and Charles Ringling and Hester Ringling Lancaster Sanford Estates, and the Ellen and Ralph Caples Estate as a U.S. historic district located in Sarasota, Florida.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919–2017), an American traveling circus company; Ringling College of Art and Design, a private college focused on art and design; Ringling Museum of Art; Ringling International Arts Festival, an annual festival at the Ringling Museum of Art