Crescent Park Looff Carousel in Riverside, Rhode Island

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Description

2017 Season
Ticket prices
$1.50 each
20 tickets for $25.00
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Opening Day
April 16, 2017
Noon to 6:00 pm
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Hours:
April, May, June
Saturday and Sunday
Noon to 6:00 pm
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July and August
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Noon to 6:00 pm
​Fall hours begin August 28th, 2017
September through October
Labor Day Weekend to Columbus Day Weekend
Saturday and Sunday Noon to 6:00 pm
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Holiday Schedule
Noon to 6:00 pm
Memorial Day - May 14, 2017
Independence Day - July 4, 2017
Labor Day - September 4, 2017
Columbus Day - October 9, 2017


The Crescent Park Carousel was built in 1895 by Charles I.D. Looff, one of the earliest and foremost carousel designers. The Crescent Park Carousel is nationally recognized as a true masterpiece of wood sculpture. Originally built as a showcase for prospective buyers, it is the largest and most elaborate of Looff's works. The Carousel contains 62 beautifully hand carved figures and four fanciful chariots. Overall richness of effect was Looff's trademark and the Crescent Park Carousel gives full interpretation to that spirit. Elaborate embellishments of decorative panels, beveled mirrors, faceted glass jewels, electric lights, colored sandwich glass windows and its original band organ music surround flying steeds to create Looff's "Total Carousel Experience."

Saved in the 1970's by a handful of residents, the Crescent Park Carousel was placed on the National Register of Historic sites and places in 1976. In 1985, the Rhode Island General Assembly proclaimed the Carousel as the State Jewel of American Folk Art and in 1987, the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, designated the Carousel as a National Historic Landmark.

Volunteers are always welcome for Carousel Fund Raising Events. If interested please call the Carousel Commission office at (401) 435-7518.