New York State Museum Merry-Go-Round Celebrates 100 Years
Troy Record – 11/29/14
ALBANY, NY – Hundreds of children and their families came out Saturday afternoon to celebrate 100 years of the New York State Museum’s Carousel. In a presentation by New York State Museum historian emeritus John Scherer, he discussed the history and conservation of the century-old merry-go-round and the efforts to bring it to the museum and the task of keeping it for future generations.
“It’s the jewel of the museum,” Scherer said about the carousel.
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Euclid Beach’s Grand Carousel gallops back to life on Sunday
By CRAIG WEBB Published: November 20, 2014
CLEVELAND, OH – It has been nearly 45 years since Euclid Beach’s Grand Carousel has thrilled Northeast Ohioans. This weekend, music from the carousel’s historic organ and the sounds laughter of children and adults alike will once again fill the air after decades of silence. The refurbished carousel will reopen to the public on Sunday in its new $2 million digs at the Western Reserve Historical Society museum in Cleveland’s University Circle. After Euclid Beach closed in 1969, the carousel was sold and shipped off to Palace Playland in Maine.
Built in 1910 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co., the carousel — known as PTC #19 — was installed at Euclid Beach Park that year to replace a smaller attraction.
The carousel has four rows of horses with three inside rows of so-called “jumpers” and an outside row of nearly life size stationary horses. The ride has 58 horses and two chariots.
When Palace Playland was sold in 1996, there was a fear the carousel and its highly collectible horses would be sold off in pieces. The carousel was purchased by The Trust for Public Land and later sold to Cleveland Tomorrow.
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Kennewick’s carousel entertains 40000 riders in its first months
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
The carousel’s banquet room also has seen a surprising amount of use, he said. He’s had up to 12 birthday parties booked on a single weekend.
Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum & Historic Carousel
The Vancouver Observer
Father Christmas,festive lights, great entertainers, carousel rides. Cookies and hot chocolate. Enjoy it all at Burnaby Museum. And have a Heritage Christmas.
Albany Carousel inches closer to opening – finished animals on display
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
The Albany Carousel, which has already seen 162,000 volunteer hours in a decade, is still at least three years from opening. But the carousel mechanism is ready and waiting, 30 of the carousel animals are completed and more than $5 million is available for building construction.
Eldridge Park ornament goes on sale Saturday
Elmira Star-Gazette
The mini-train is this year’s Eldridge Park replica ornament. All proceeds benefit the Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society, which runs the rides which runs the rides and concessions at the Elmira park.
Big Cities Add Carousels Downtown for the Holidays…
Holiday carousel planned for downtown Denver
Denver Business Journal
Denver Pavilions, Downtown Denver Partnership, Visit Denver and the Denver Office of Economic Development will set up a holiday carousel in downtown Denver from Dec. 12 to Dec. 21.
New attractions added to Oklahoma City Downtown in December festivities
NewsOK.com
Downtown in December is stepping up a notch this year with a carousel and a Polar Express train planned for the Myriad Gardens.
Holidazzle Village in Minneapolis will include carousel, skating rink
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In place of the Holidazzle parade, families will be able to take a carousel ride, watch local celebrities read stories and see live reindeer, as well as buy food and gifts.
