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 a 1901 Parker, Abilene, Kansas
  
• New York State Museum
  Herschell Spillman
  
• Strong Museum
  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
• New England Carousel Museum
• The Flying Horses Carousel The nation's oldest operating platform carousel and a National Historic Landmark!
• 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 from 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 Carouse
  Located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens NY, the original site of the fair.
  
• Central Park's Carousel
  Manhattan, New York.
• Glen Echo Park Dentzel Carousel
  "The only carousel owned by the US Government on behalf of its people"
• Looff Carousel
  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
  Salem, OR
• Santa Monica Pier Carousel
• William A. Hines Carousel Gardens
  New Orleans, LA
  
• 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
• Cafesjian's Carousel
  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.
• Great Northern Town Center Carousel
  Located in Helena MT unique with native animals, open 365 days a year.
• 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
  Elmira, NY.
• The Pennies for Ponies project
  A project conceived by a 7 year old student to restore the former Nunley's Amusement Park Stein and Goldstein Carousel.
• Building the Adirondack Carousel
  Saranac Lake, New York
• Albany Oregon: Volunteer carvers
  Populating a 1909 Dentzel machine donated by the NCA and the William Dentzel family
• The Carousel at Pottstown, PA
  A “Quality of Life” project
• Rocky Springs Carousel
  A 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
  Edmonton, Alberta.
• Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada
  Contains Amusement Park and Ride information
  

UK

• Images of England
• National Fairground archive
  Written items and photos, Sheffield University
• Fairground art collection
  Dingles Museum, Devon
• Steam operated fair
  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
• de Efteling Theme Park, Holland
  Three antique carousels, including a salon-carousel
• The Salzburg Stier (Bull) Barrel Organ

Australia

• PTC #30in Melbourne
  The only PTC outside the U.S.!

South America

• Calesitas Porteñas
  A great reference for carousels in the Buenos Aires, Argentina area

General Amusement Park Information

• Amusement Park Physics
  Great lessons on the physics of carousel motion.
• CoasterQuest Carousel pages
• 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
  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
  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
• Automatons and Androids, music boxes, etc.
• Stinson Band Organ Company