The backyard of the Howard Bros. Circus Model, a circus in miniature covering 38,000 square feet in Sarasota Florida

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The backyard of the Howard Bros. Circus Model, a complete circus in miniature at the Circus Museum of the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota Florida. The circus model includes thousands of figures and was built over a period of 50-years by model maker Howard Tibbals. The backyard was where all the behind the scenes activities of the circus took place. The model, by Howard Tibbals, covers 38,000 square feet at a scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foor. Each figure is individually made.

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Size: 4608px × 3072px
Location: Circus Museum, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota Florida
Photo credit: © Ferne Arfin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, backyard, circus, howard, lot, miniature, model, museum, ringling, scenes, tibbals