[4] The institution offers 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities and Asian, American, and contemporary art.

[5] Other artists represented include Benjamin West, Marcel Duchamp, Mark Kostabi, Diego Velázquez, Paolo Veronese, Rosa Bonheur, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Giuliano Finelli, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Frans Hals, Nicolas Poussin, Joseph Wright of Derby, Thomas Gainsborough, Eugène Boudin, and Benedetto Pagni.

[9] John Ringling willed his property and art collection, plus a $1.2 million endowment, to the people of State of Florida upon his death in 1936.

[4] As part of the reorganization it created a board of trustees consisting of no more than 31 members, of which at least one-third must be residents of either Manatee or Sarasota counties.

[15] In September and October of 2024, Hurricanes Helene and Milton tore through Florida's west coast, leaving Sarasota and the Ringling estate with significant flooding and wind damage.

[16] The Joseph's Coat sky exhibit in the Searing Wing of the Fine Arts Museum had to close for several weeks during storm clean up, but reopened in early December, 2024.

[17] John and Mabel's 1926 waterfront home, the Ca' d'Zan mansion sustained significant damage to the lower terrace, portions of the roof, and climate control systems.

Displaced roof tiles incurred water damage in several upstairs rooms, and unmoored boats were slammed into the terraces support structures.

Museum staff and FSU affiliates moved fast to stabilize the house's humidity and temperature.

The Historic Asolo Theater and The Ringling Fine Arts Museum sustained no lasting damage and all collections were unharmed.

Ringling Museum Main Palazzo Courtyard South Wing -- L1020853Ringling Museum Fountain Bronze Group: Old Man Representing Nile -- 20160422212059 The Dwarf Garden showcases stone statues that the Ringlings brought back with them during their years of travel in Europe.

The Commedia del Arte like figures are arranged along a circular path and between banyan tree hammocks and thick stands of bamboo.

The mansion was designed by architect Dwight James Baum with assistance from the Ringlings, built by Owen Burns, and was completed in 1926.

The rose garden is located near the original Mary Louise and Charles N. Thompson residence within the beautifully landscaped grounds overlooking Sarasota Bay.

They are all pair of people attired in Italian peasant clothing, engaged in activities associated with couples wooing.

[21] John Ringling owned a private railroad car and used it from 1905 to 1917 to travel with his circus, take vacations, and conduct business trips.

When New York City banned wooden train cars from its tunnels, John Ringling decided to sell the Wisconsin.

[21] A $417,240 federal grant awarded to the Florida Department of Transportation helped pay for the restoration of the Wisconsin's exterior, which was carried out by the Edwards Rail Car Company in Montgomery, Alabama.

An anonymous donation of $100,000 then brought the Wisconsin's interior back to its Gilded Age state, the work for which was done at the museum.

The Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Department donated railroad tracks, which became available as part of the Rails to Trails project, for the train car.

[22] Though it has been a part of the Ringling Museum of Art since its opening in 1946, the library gained a permanent home and reading room in 2007.

It even contains a facsimile of the Guttenberg Bible, gifted to John Ringling by a German rare book collector.

A new spacious library is being planned by Florida State University, with John Ringling’s book collection being honored in its own room.

This private room will consist of shelving and exhibition cases to showcase highlights of Ringling’s collection.

[30] The library is open to the public and there is a reading room for patrons to view and use materials; however, the collection is non-circulating and items cannot be checked out.

[34] In 1991, John, Mable and his sister, Ida Ringling North, were buried on the property just in front and to the right of the Ca' d'Zan.