In January 2006, the Tibbals Learning Center became the newest addition to the Circus Museum and immediately began wowing visitors with its centerpiece 3,800-square-foot Howard Bros. Circus Model, a 42,000-piece historically accurate model circus. In 2012, interactive galleries were added to the Tibbals Learning Center, activating the circus arts and allowing visitors to try walking the wire, squeezing into a clown car, or balancing on the back of a horse. The Tibbals Learning Center also contains The Ringling Archives, which house one of the country’s most important collections of rare handbills and art prints, circus papers, business records, heralds and photos.