The Barnum Museum

{{Short description|Short story collection by Steven Millhauser}}

{{for|other articles with similar names|Barnum Museum (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = The Barnum Museum

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| image = File:TheBarnumMuseum.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Steven Millhauser

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| cover_artist = [http://www.paulcozz.com/ Paul Cozzolino]

| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Short stories

| publisher = Poseidon Press

| release_date = June 1990

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| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages = 237 pp

| isbn = 978-0-671-68640-6

| dewey= 813/.54 20

| congress= PS3563.I422 B37 1990

| oclc= 21154589

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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.