When I was on tour with circuses, I met a lot of people passionately fond of circus. Most of them owned a few documents about circus lying about in some cardboard case or getting wet in some cellar. What a pity, thought I. That's the reason why I decided to create a Record and Documentation Center about the circus.
Our goal is to gather on a same site a copy of every single document coming from a circus, as programs, posters, handbills, sale coupons, entrance tickets… But also other elements, as press releases, magazines, books, stamps, postcards, telephone cards, toys (or toys catalogs)… We use to gather whatever is related to circus and to fun fairs.
We also want to provide this information to every person who may need to be inquired about circus. On this web site, you will find the list of every program that we own, the address of several magazines and circus clubs, the most recent releases (new books, new toys…). Of course, we just can disclose these news if we get them.
Since the circus is a rather universal field, we can't carry out this center without help. You may also have some document lying about at your place that you can send us. We also hope that journalists, circus directors and artists would accept to give us some help, as others already do. Since this center has no money-making purpose, neither subsidies or sponsors, every document, or anything likely to interest us is of course welcome.
I hope that you'll be numerous to have interest in this web site and that you'll be able to help us to make this center a success. So, at last, circus could maybe earn the spot he deserves but never got yet in the culture field.
 | The biography of Roland Van Halst, founder of the Circus Record and Documentation Center.
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 | Our plans of an International Circus center, a step forward compared to today's Record and Documentation Center.
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 | The Record Center : find here the part of the collection we already had time to put online : programs, posters, leaflets, etc.
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 | Tour dates of all circuses that have send their route to us, and dates of the main festivals, events and fun fairs we are informed about.
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 | Topical documents : last pieces of our collection that are related to a circus or fun fair event occurring now or in the near future.
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 | Links, more links, still more links : if you search a circus related website, it's probably there.
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 | Useful addresses (clubs, magazines…) to get in touch with the circus world.
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 | The pages we wrote about several circuses, performers and others establishments who provided us documentation.
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 | For everyone looking for something or who wants to help other people searching information in the circus and fun fair field, our free ad section.
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 | Did you enjoy ou site ? Please leave a message with your impressions by signing our Guest Book.
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 | Find on this page all answers to your questions and our e-mail adress if you want to send us any remarks, suggestions or documents likely to interest us.
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