Links to Carousel Related Pages

It is the policy of the NCA to link only to web pages of organized carousel groups, museums with carousels, official sites relating to particular carousels (especially those that fall under the mission of the NCA), and "Friends Groups" actively involved with carousel preservation or restoration projects.

Our practice is to link non-commercial sites, but exceptions may be made with regard to theme parks, etc. that have web pages on their historic carousels.

Carousel Museums
The Kit Carson County Carousel Museum, Burlington, CO
The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, North Tonawanda, New York
C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, Kansas
The Sandusky Merry-Go-Round Museum, Sandusky, Ohio
The New England Carousel Museum, Bristol, Connecticut
The International Museum of Carousel Art, Hood River, Oregon

Carousels in Original Paint -- Museum Quality
Kit Carson Carousel, PTC#6, Kit Carson County, Colorado
Glenn Echo Carousel, 1921 Dentzel, Glen Echo, Maryland
Weona Park, l900 Dentzel, Pen Argyle, Pennsylvania

Museums that have operating Carousels
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis -- G. Dentzel on Mangels-Illions frame.
Heritage Center of Dickinson County with 1901 Parker, Abilene, Kansas
New York State Museum -- Herschell Spillman
Strong Museum in Rochester, NY
Willowbrook Museum Village, Newfield, Maine

USA Carousel Websites
The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, KS
Crossroads Village Parker machine in Flint, MI
Euclid Beach Park Nuts
Carousels of New Enland
New England Carousel Museum
the Flying Horses Carousel is the nation's oldest operating platform carousel and a National Historic Landmark
Syracuse, NY -- 1909 Philadelphia Toboggan Company No. 19
Sea Breeze Carousel -- PTC #36 destroyed by fire, replaced with new.
Paragon Park PTC # 85 Carousel at Hull (Nantasket), MA -- They moved the building!
Postcards of the Past - old postcards from carousels located in New England, all over the country and world.
Friends of Rochester Carousels -- 1905 Dentzel at Ontario Beach.
The 1964-65 New York World's Fair Carousel at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens NY, the original site of the fair.
Central Park's Carousel in Manhattan, New York. See also >>
Glen Echo Park Dentzel Carousel -- "The only carousel owned by the US Government on behalf of its people"
Looff Carousel at Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA
Three Rivers Carousel Foundation Tri-Cities, WA -- Carmel Horses
Ferry County Fair Merry-Go-Round, Republic, WA
1905 Herschell-Spillman two-row Track Machine Bickleton, WA
Salem's Riverfront Carousel in Salem, OR
Crescent Park Riverside, RI 1895 Charles I.D. Looff
Santa Monica Pier Carousel info on this site
William A. Hines Carousel Gardens, New Orleans, LA
Carousels and Coasters, Venice, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA
Colorado Carousel Society
The Dr. Floyd L. Moreland Historic Dentzel/Loof Carousel at Casino Pier, Seaside Heights, NJ
St. Louis, MO Carousel Dentzel 1920
Pullen Park Raleigh NC Dentzel Carousel
Burlington NC Dentzel Carousel
Libertyland Dentzel Carousel, Memphis, TN
Cafesjian's Carousel in St. Paul, Minnesota (Formerly at the Minn. State Fair).
Library of Congress Local Legacies Project - Shelby NC City Park Carrousel
A Carousel For Misoula, Montana's volunteer-carved wonder.
New Carousel in Helena MT unique with native animals, open 365 days a year.
Coolidge Park Chatanooga, TN -- carousel, pavilion, interactive play fountain, open-air performance venue, and lots of open space.
Carousels.com -- news, articles, message, board, etc.
Steam operated Carousels
Chance/Bradley and Kaye replicacarousel, Fantasy Island, Beach Haven, NJ
PreservationDirectory.com
Rebuilding a Carousel in Elmira, NY.
The Pennies for Ponies project was conceived by a 7 year old student to restore the former Nunley's Amusement Park Stein and Goldstein Carousel.
Building the Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake, New York
Albany Oregon: Volunteer cavers populating a 1909 Dentzel machine donated by the NCA and the William Dentzel family
The Carousel at Pottstown PA is a “Quality of Life” project
Rocky Springs Carousel project in Lancaster PA (once the "Dollywood" carousel)

Canada
The Looff Carousel in Old Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines, Ontario
1906 C.W. Parker Carousel at Roseneath Fair Grounds Roseneath, Ontario
"PTC-style" hand carved carousel under construction in Edmonton, Alberta.
Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada -- contains Amusement Park and Ride information

UK
Images of England
National Fairground Archive National Fairground Archive Image Database
National Fairground archive Written items and photos, Sheffield University
The Galloper News reports on galloper/carousel events.
Fairground art collection at Dingles Museum, Devon
Steam operated fair and other attractions, Hollycombe, Surrey
Enthusiast web pages of the Fairground Association of Great Britain
Fair Organ Preservation Society - England

Europe
Erich Knocke carousel/markets/organ etc. museum, Essen, Germany
Favand fairground collection, Bercy, Paris
de Efteling Theme Park, Holland (three antique carousels, incl. salon-carousel)
The Salzburg Stier (Bull) Barrel Organ
Musica Mechanica

Australia
PTC #30in Melbourne is the only PTC outside the U.S.

South America
Calesitas Porteñas, a great reference for carousels in Buenos Aires, Argentina area

General Amusement Park Information
1964-65 World's Fair and Carousel

Military Band Organs and other Mechanical Music
Mechanical Music Digest: Home Page
The Carousel Organ Association of America is devoted to enjoying, preserving, and sharing knowledge of all outdoor mechanical musical instruments; including band, fair, and street organs, calliopes, and hand-cranked organs of all sizes.
Music Box Society International is a non-profit organization dedicated to the enjoyment, study and preservation of all automatic musical instruments.
Matthew Caulfield's Wurlitzer 165 Site
Mark Chester's Wurlitzer 165 Page
Rich Poor's Wurlitzer 165 band organ web site
Automatic Musical Instruments Collectors' Association
Calliope & Band Organ Plans
A website about Automatons and Androids, music boxes, etc.
Stinson Band Organ Company
Doyle International's Favorite Band Organ Links

Amusement Park Physics - Great lessons on the physics of carousel motion.
CoasterQuest Carousel pages


	Links to Carousel Related Pages It is the policy of the NCA to link only to web pages of organized carousel groups, museums with carousels, official sites relating to particular carousels (especially those that fall under the mission of the NCA), and "Friends Groups" actively involved with carousel preservation or restoration projects. Our practice is to link non-commercial sites, but exceptions may be made with regard to theme parks, etc. that have web pages on their historic carousels. Carousel Museums The Kit Carson County Carousel Museum, Burlington, CO The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, North Tonawanda, New York C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, Kansas The Sandusky Merry-Go-Round Museum, Sandusky, Ohio The New England Carousel Museum, Bristol, Connecticut The International Museum of Carousel Art, Hood River, Oregon Carousels in Original Paint -- Museum Quality Kit Carson Carousel, PTC#6, Kit Carson County, Colorado Glenn Echo Carousel, 1921 Dentzel, Glen Echo, Maryland Weona Park, l900 Dentzel, Pen Argyle, Pennsylvania Museums that have operating Carousels The Children's Museum of Indianapolis -- G. Dentzel on Mangels-Illions frame. Heritage Center of Dickinson County with 1901 Parker, Abilene, Kansas New York State Museum -- Herschell Spillman Strong Museum in Rochester, NY Willowbrook Museum Village, Newfield, Maine USA Carousel Websites The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, KS Crossroads Village Parker machine in Flint, MI Euclid Beach Park Nuts Carousels of New Enland New England Carousel Museum the Flying Horses Carousel is the nation's oldest operating platform carousel and a National Historic Landmark Syracuse, NY -- 1909 Philadelphia Toboggan Company No. 19 Sea Breeze Carousel -- PTC #36 destroyed by fire, replaced with new. Paragon Park PTC # 85 Carousel at Hull (Nantasket), MA -- They moved the building! Postcards of the Past - old postcards from carousels located in New England, all over the country and world. Friends of Rochester Carousels -- 1905 Dentzel at Ontario Beach. The 1964-65 New York World's Fair Carousel at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens NY, the original site of the fair. Central Park's Carousel in Manhattan, New York. See also >> Glen Echo Park Dentzel Carousel -- "The only carousel owned by the US Government on behalf of its people" Looff Carousel at Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA Three Rivers Carousel Foundation Tri-Cities, WA -- Carmel Horses Ferry County Fair Merry-Go-Round, Republic, WA 1905 Herschell-Spillman two-row Track Machine Bickleton, WA Salem's Riverfront Carousel in Salem, OR Crescent Park Riverside, RI 1895 Charles I.D. Looff Santa Monica Pier Carousel info on this site William A. Hines Carousel Gardens, New Orleans, LA Carousels and Coasters, Venice, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA Colorado Carousel Society The Dr. Floyd L. Moreland Historic Dentzel/Loof Carousel at Casino Pier, Seaside Heights, NJ St. Louis, MO Carousel Dentzel 1920 Pullen Park Raleigh NC Dentzel Carousel Burlington NC Dentzel Carousel Libertyland Dentzel Carousel, Memphis, TN Cafesjian's Carousel in St. Paul, Minnesota (Formerly at the Minn. State Fair). Library of Congress Local Legacies Project - Shelby NC City Park Carrousel A Carousel For Misoula, Montana's volunteer-carved wonder. New Carousel in Helena MT unique with native animals, open 365 days a year. Coolidge Park Chatanooga, TN -- carousel, pavilion, interactive play fountain, open-air performance venue, and lots of open space. Carousels.com -- news, articles, message, board, etc. Steam operated Carousels Chance/Bradley and Kaye replicacarousel, Fantasy Island, Beach Haven, NJ PreservationDirectory.com Rebuilding a Carousel in Elmira, NY. The Pennies for Ponies project was conceived by a 7 year old student to restore the former Nunley's Amusement Park Stein and Goldstein Carousel. Building the Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake, New York Albany Oregon: Volunteer cavers populating a 1909 Dentzel machine donated by the NCA and the William Dentzel family The Carousel at Pottstown PA is a “Quality of Life” project Rocky Springs Carousel project in Lancaster PA (once the "Dollywood" carousel) Canada The Looff Carousel in Old Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines, Ontario 1906 C.W. Parker Carousel at Roseneath Fair Grounds Roseneath, Ontario "PTC-style" hand carved carousel under construction in Edmonton, Alberta. Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada -- contains Amusement Park and Ride information UK Images of England National Fairground Archive National Fairground Archive Image Database National Fairground archive Written items and photos, Sheffield University The Galloper News reports on galloper/carousel events. Fairground art collection at Dingles Museum, Devon Steam operated fair and other attractions, Hollycombe, Surrey Enthusiast web pages of the Fairground Association of Great Britain Fair Organ Preservation Society - England Europe Erich Knocke carousel/markets/organ etc. museum, Essen, Germany Favand fairground collection, Bercy, Paris de Efteling Theme Park, Holland (three antique carousels, incl. salon-carousel) The Salzburg Stier (Bull) Barrel Organ Musica Mechanica Australia PTC #30in Melbourne is the only PTC outside the U.S. South America Calesitas Porteñas, a great reference for carousels in Buenos Aires, Argentina area General Amusement Park Information 1964-65 World's Fair and Carousel Military Band Organs and other Mechanical Music Mechanical Music Digest: Home Page The Carousel Organ Association of America is devoted to enjoying, preserving, and sharing knowledge of all outdoor mechanical musical instruments; including band, fair, and street organs, calliopes, and hand-cranked organs of all sizes. Music Box Society International is a non-profit organization dedicated to the enjoyment, study and preservation of all automatic musical instruments. Matthew Caulfield's Wurlitzer 165 Site Mark Chester's Wurlitzer 165 Page Rich Poor's Wurlitzer 165 band organ web site Automatic Musical Instruments Collectors' Association Calliope & Band Organ Plans A website about Automatons and Androids, music boxes, etc. Stinson Band Organ Company Doyle International's Favorite Band Organ Links Amusement Park Physics - Great lessons on the physics of carousel motion. CoasterQuest Carousel pages