The Fiji mermaid now seized the public's curiosity. Griffin traveled to New York and at first only displayed it to a small audience and then displayed it as the Fiji Mermaid in Concert Hall for a week.[11] It was actually only displayed for five days because Barnum had supposedly "convinced" Griffin to bring the mermaid to the American Museum of Natural History. While in the museum, Barnum had 10,000 illustrated pamphlets created that described mermaids and his specimen in particular.[13]