Dime Museums were unique entertainment and moral education institutions that were briefly popular at the end of the 19th century in the United States. Designed as centers for entertainment and moral education for the working class (lowbrow), the museums were distinctly different from upper-middle class' cultural events (highbrow). In urban centers like New York City, where many immigrants settled, dime museums were popular and cheap entertainment. The social trend reached its peak during the Progressive era (1865-1920). // Description Lowbrow is one of several names given to an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s. ... Highbrow is a colloquial synonym for intellectual. ... Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water  - Urban  - Metro 1,214. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Recreation. ... // Overview In the United States of America, the Progressive Era was a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s through the 1920s, although some experts use the narrower time frame of 1900 to 1917. ...

P.T. Barnum founded the first Dime Museum in 1841, called the "American Museum". P.T. Barnum and Charles Willson Peale introduced the so-called "Edutainement" which was a moralistic education realized through sensational freakshows, theater and circus perfomances and many other means of entertainment. The "American Museum" burned down in 1865. Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... The American Museum in Britain is based at Claverton Manor, a 19th century manor house in Bath. ... Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 - February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. ...