the Ringling Brothers Circus, a National Historic Landmark. Buildings in Ringlingville include the Ring Barn, Elephant House, Animal House, Baggage Horse Barn, Winter Quarters Office, and Wardrobe Department. Tours of Ringlingville present information on the history of the Ringling Brothers Circus, as well as offering behind the scenes glimpses into the efforts taken by the circus while preparing for shows. The Irvin Feld Exhibit Hall is the museum's largest building, and houses exhibits on the history of the Ringling Brothers Circus, as well as other exhibits relating to general aspects of circuses and circus history. The Hippodrome is a permanent big-top which houses the museum's daily circus and magic show performances. The W.W. Deppe Wagon Pavilion houses a collection of fifty restored antique circus wagons. The C.P. Fox Wagon Restoration Center is used by the museum to refurbish Circus Wagons, and visitors to the building can view in wagon restorations that are in progress. The Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center is a research facility holding collections of circus-related books, photographs, archives, and periodicals. The library is open to the public at no charge while staff are present. Transportation Due to the long distance between Baraboo and Milwaukee, the Circus World Museum's parade was annually hauled by rail over Chicago and Northwestern, Wisconsin and Southern, and Wisconsin Central trackage, and this lasted until 2003. When traveling by rail, the Museum's Circus train was mostly pulled by diesel locomotives, but occasionally, it would be pulled by a steam locomotive, such as Chicago Burlington and Quincy 2-8-2 No. 4960 in 1965 and 1966, Grand Trunk Western 4-6-2 No. 5629 in 1967 and 1968, Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 in 1973, and Chicago and Northwestern 4-6-0 No. 1385 in 1985, 1986, and 1987. Great Circus Parade The Great Circus Parade, which featured historic circus wagons from the Circus World Museum, was held in Milwaukee in 1963, and in various cities between 1985 and 2005, primarily Milwaukee (1985–2003) and Baraboo, Wisconsin (2004–2005), and Chicago, Illinois. When held in Milwaukee, the parade entailed a two-day journey by train across Wisconsin, from Baraboo to Milwaukee, making brief stops at cities along the way. An encampment on Milwaukee's lake front allowed visitors to view the circus wagons up close, take elephant, camel, and zebra rides, and view historical circus artifacts. The parade itself took a three-mile route through downtown Milwaukee. It was on hiatus during the