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Carousel Day at Hampton Carousel (Hampton)
July 25 @ 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Free carousel rides all day!
Enjoy a free ride on the historic Hampton Carousel In
celebration of National Carousel Day, also known as National Merry-Go-Round
Day.
Located in Carousel Park and operated by the Hampton History Museum, the former
Buckroe Beach carousel is one of the City of Hamptons most treasured historic
assets. Built in 1920, the carousel is completely restored to its original
beauty and housed in its own weather-protected pavilion at Carousel Park on the
citys downtown waterfront. It is one of only 70 antique wooden merry-go-rounds
still existing in the U.S. Hand crafted by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company
for the Buckroe Beach Amusement Park, Hampton’s Carousel is a whirling tribute
to the skill of its creators.
After untold numbers of young and old enjoyed the carousel over
its 65-year tenure, it was put in storage with the closure of Buckroe Beach
Amusement Park in the mid-1980s. It was moved and restored at its current
location in Carousel Park on Settlers Landing Road in Downtown Hampton in
1991. It still boasts its original
mirrors and oil paintings, as well as 48 intricately decorated horses. Rising and falling to the strains of the
original band organ, many of these carousel horses are so finely carved that
the veins in their necks and legs are visible.
