Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Admission Ticket
- 1–2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Visit the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, located in the original Allan Herschell Company factory building. The museums exhibits feature a carving floor, paint shop, assembly roundhouse, and loading dock. Explore the various rooms within the 7-structure complex. Ride a hand-carved and restored 1916 carousel. The Wurlitzer Music exhibit and multiple operating band organs play the music that makes the carousel ride magical. A Children’s Gallery provides hands-on learning activites for the entire family. An outdoor Kiddieland allows children to test-ride four Allan Herschell rides from the 1940s to the 1960s (Summers only). Admission fee and two ride tokens included. Tours are self-guided by brochure or cell phone. Guided tours for 10 or more persons may be scheduled any time with advance notice.
Inclusions
What's included
- Local taxes
- two ride token, additional tokens may be purchased for 1 dollar, USD
What's not
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Food and drinks
Itinerary
The Herschell companies in North Tonawanda (located just 20 minutes from Niagara Falls, New York) produced over 3,000 hand-carved, wooden carousels. Many of their carousels were portable with simply carved horses, meant to be used by traveling carnivals. They were shipped all over the country. Today 71 of the 148 antique, hand-carved wooden carousels still in existence in the United States and Canada were made by Herschell. In the 1930s, the company started making small metal amusement rides for children and promoting a 'kiddieland' package to small businesses. During a visit, view exhibits, watch a wood carving demonstration, listen to the magical sounds of a band organ, view the music roll-making shop, ride a 1916, hand-carved carousel, ride four kiddie rides (in the summer), and shop in an extensive gift shop.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The carrousel has a weight restriction of 200 pounds
- The kiddie rides have height restrictions that vary per ride
How it compares in Niagara Falls
- Its from-price is 89% below the median of the 132 experiences we list in Niagara Falls.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 66 of 132.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, New York, is the American side of the great waterfalls on the Niagara River, with a state park, an observation tower and gorge walks.
Niagara Falls, New York, sits on the American bank of the Niagara River, which pours over three waterfalls on its way from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Niagara Falls State Park, the oldest state park in the United States, was laid out by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and holds viewpoints right at the brink of the American Falls and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls. An observation tower looks over the whole scene, including the horseshoe-shaped falls, most of which lie across the border in Canada.
Top-ranked sights in Niagara Falls: Bridal Veil Falls, Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls.
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