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Basketball Hall of Fame,
7 TOP 10 CAROUSELS
Springfield, MA
MAP C3 • 1000 Hall of Fame Ave
• 413 781 6500 or 877 4HOOPLA
• Open 10am–4pm Tue–Fri,
Sun, 10am–5pm Sat • Adm
• www.hoophall.com
This complex in the birthplace of
basketball celebrates the sport
with footage of games, star players’
memorabilia, and interactive exhibits
that are suitable for kids.
The carousel at Bushnell Park
Lake Compounce,
8 1 Flying Horse Carousel
Bristol, CT
MAP C4 • 186 Enterprise Dr MAP E5 • Bay St, Watch Hill, RI • Adm
Beachfront carousel that is one of the
• 860 583 3300 • Open May– oldest in New England.
Oct, call for schedule • Adm 2 Fall River Carousel
• www.lakecompounce.com MAP F4 • Battleship Cove, Fall River,
A 1911 carousel, a 1927 roller MA • Adm
coaster, and an antique trolley Built by the Philadelphia Toboggan
maintain the ambience of an old- Company in 1920.
fashioned amusement park. 3 Shelburne Museum
A vintage 1920s carousel that operates
right outside the Shelburne Museum’s
Circus Building (see p41).
4 Crescent Park Carousel
MAP F4 • 700 Bullocks Point Ave,
East Providence, RI • Adm
Charles I.D. Looff showcase.
5 Bushnell Park Carousel
MAP C4 • Bushnell Park, Hartford,
CT • Adm
Beautiful three-row hand-carved
wooden carousel.
Penguins, New England Aquarium 6 Flying Horses Carousel
MAP G5 • Oak Bluffs Ave, Oak Bluffs,
New England Aquarium,
9 Martha’s Vineyard, MA • Adm
1876–8 CWF Dare Company model.
Boston
MAP X3 • Central Wharf • 617 973 7 Slater Memorial Park
5200 • Open Jul–Aug: 9am–6pm MAP E4 • Pawtucket, RI • Adm
This 1895 carousel includes a camel,
Sun–Thu, 9am–7pm Fri–Sat; Sep–Jun: a giraffe, a lion, and two chariots.
9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm Sat–
Sun • Adm • www.neaq.org 8 Story Land
Kids love the acrobatics of the harbor MAP M4 • Rte 16, Glen, NH • Adm
A strikingly unusual early 20th-century
seals, the antics of more than 80 German carousel.
penguins, and the shark and ray tank.
9 Heritage State Park
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
0 MAP C3 • 221 Appleton St, Holyoke,
MA • Adm
Factory, Waterbury, VT
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield said This 1929 carousel has 20 standing
horses and 28 jumpers.
business should not be dull, and the 10 Lighthouse Point Park
factory tour of Ben & Jerry’s is a real MAP C5 • 2 Lighthouse Point Rd,
hoot. The goal is the tasting room at New Haven, CT • Adm
the end, where you might sample A 1916 carousel with 72 original figures.
flavors in development (see p111).
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