Catch the Brass Ring-A New York State Carousel - 03/03/2012

A Presentation on the history of New Your State Carousels

New York State Museum Historian Emeritus and Clifton Park Historian John Scherer will give a presentation on the history of carousels, highlighting a 1914 carousel from Cuba Lake, Alleghany County, New York now at the New York State Museum. Learn how a medieval invention to train knights for jousting became a popular amusement park ride and is now considered an example of American folk art.