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The New York State Museum is located at the Cultural Education Center, 260 Madison Ave., Albany, NY 12230 in the Capital District. The NYS Museum and the Carousel is free - donations are accepted. From New York State Museum: The museum "serves the lifelong educational needs of New Yorkers and visitors through its collections, exhibitions, scholarship, programs, media and publications in science, history, anthropology, and art. The Museum explores and expresses New York State’s significant natural and cultural diversity, past and present."
Exhibitions
"This full-sized carousel was made between 1912 and 1916 by the Herschell-Spillman Company of North Tonawanda, New York, one of the leading manufacturers of carousels in America. It was first used in Wellsville, New York and later at Cuba Lake's Olivecrest Amusement Park in Cuba, New York. "It operated in Cuba until the early 1970s when it was dismantled and eventually offered to the New York State Museum in September of 1974. The carousel was purchased in March of 1975 from Robert Hopkins of Cuba, New York. It was to be an operating centerpiece in an exhibit on popular entertainment at the new Museum. The merry-go-round was dismantled and stored in the State Museum collections facility at Rotterdam until a plan for its restoration and installation in the new Terrace Gallery was approved. "The carousel is complete and in good original condition. Its gold-painted decoration and mirrors are all intact. Its forty animals include 36 horses of three sizes and in various poses, and two deer and two donkeys. The substitution of other animals for horses was a mark of distinction among carousels, as was the Neptune's Chariot, a decoratively carved seat. A second chariot and a round tub are also on the carousel. The animals were placed on the carousel in three rows, with the largest and fanciest animals on the outside. The animals on the outside also featured inset jewels that would glitter when caught by the light. A total of fifty people could ride at one time. . . . "The carousel is a symbol of an era that centered around the turn of the century, and some of the first American carousels were made and used in New York. In the 1890's there were merry-go-rounds at North Beach, Long Island, Brooklyn, and at Central Park as well as at locations throughout upstate New York" . . . Continued at www.nysm.nysed.gov. Press blue button for source of information and more about exhibitions, programs, education, and the New York State Museum in Albany. Things To Do at New York State Museum Carousel Educational programs Exhibitions Museum Shop Research & Collections
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