January 21 - The Ringling Museum

We visited Bill’s cousin Artie and Barb Polk. They treated us to the Ringling Museum which was so fascinating and beautiful. John Ringling and his wife had no children but lots of money to buy anything including land, a yacht, antiques, Long Key, and this amazing home that they built. Unfortunately, he lost it all and, in fact, he died 3 days before he was to go bankrupt. The miniature circus display had over 50,000 pieces including the Big Top itself and all that goes with it, as though you were there when the circus came to town.