Niagara Falls and Western New York Sights

Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum

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Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Review

The old factory contains two operating carousels—one from 1916 and a smaller "kiddie carousel" from the 1940s—as well as a menagerie of hand-carved carousel animals, some quite elaborate.

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  • Address: 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda, NY, 14120 | Map It
  • Phone: 716/693-1885
  • Cost: $5
  • Hours: Apr.--early June and Sept.--Dec., Wed.--Sun. noon--4; early June--Aug., Mon.--Sat. 10--4, Sun. noon--4
  • Website: www.carrouselmuseum.org
  • Location: Buffalo

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    Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Review

    This site is a pleasant surprise. It includes numerous exhibits on carving, music roll production, 23 hand carved carousel figures, 2 operating carousels and 2 operating Wurlitzer band organs. The museum is housed in the Allan Herschell Company factory building, listed on the NYS and National Registers of Historic Places. What a treat! Once Around is Never Enough!

    by RaeProefrock, 6/15/10

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