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The Barnum Museum
First edition
Author Steven Millhauser
Cover artist Paul Cozzolino
LanguageEnglish
Genre Short stories
Publisher Poseidon Press
Publication date
June 1990
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages237 pp
ISBN 978-0-671-68640-6
OCLC 21154589
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3563.I422 B37 1990

The Barnum Museum is a 1990 collection of fantasy themed short stories by Steven Millhauser. Its closing story is 'Eisenheim the Illusionist', which was filmed in 2006 as The Illusionist.

Short stories

  • A Game of Clue
  • Behind the Blue Curtain
  • The Barnum Museum
  • The Sepia Postcard
  • The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad
  • Klassik Komix #1
  • Rain
  • Alice, Falling
  • The Invention of Robert Herendeen
  • Eisenheim the Illusionist