LocationNiagara Falls, NY
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Duration1 to 2 hours (approx.)
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Free
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Free Cancellation Up To 24 Hours Before The Tour
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The Herschell Carrousel Manufacturing Museum in North Tonawanda, New York, is only 25 minutes from Niagara Falls, New York, and offers the opportunity to experience fun as Americans did 100 years ago.
One of the remaining wooden carrousel complexes still in operation in the US is the museum. Nowadays, the structure has a sizable carving shop, a woodworking shop, a paint shop, a storage space, an upholstery shop, a machine shop, and a roundhouse where carrousels were built and tested before export. All of the production units of the Allan Herschell Company were previously housed in the complex, which is made up of seven connected buildings. It is listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places, respectively.
A 40-foot-diameter historical carrousel with 36 hand-carved horses and more than 580 lights can be found in the Children's Gallery, along with a smaller Kiddie Carrousel made of 1940s aluminium. See the Kiddieland Testing Park Exhibit as well, which includes four restored children's attractions from the factory's baby boomer era, along with a picnic pavilion and entrance building.
There is a 'D' band organ in the Artizan style. A unique exhibit that demonstrates the process used to create carrousel music is the Wurlitzer Music Roll Department. See how wood blocks were carved into horses for the carrousels in the woodcarving workshop. Also, the Lockman Collection showcases the evolution of carrousel animals over a 60-year period.
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Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Admission + free ride
