If you’ve ever visited an amusement park in your lifetime, there’s a good bet you’ve enjoyed a ride made by the Allan Herschell Company in North Tonawanda. The Company produced more than 3,000 hand-carved wooden carousels shipped throughout the United States and Canada.
The factory building in North Tonawanda, listed on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Sites, is one of the last existing complexes in the United States which houses the production of wooden carousels. Inside of the building you’ll find a large carving, woodworking and paint ship, and a roundhouse where carousels were assembled and tested.
It is the only museum in the world housed in an original carousel factory building. The museum is open to the public April through December.
Location:
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
TEL: (716) 693-1885
Prices:
Seniors...........................$8.00
Adults.............................$10.00
Children ages 2-16.........$5