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Blog & Events

3 November 2020

Animals Remain at Rest

The Kit Carson County County Carousel’s dog, lion, the colorful hippocampus and their 43 wooden friends still stand quietly waiting for the time when the doors can be opened an

18 June 2020

Sweet Chariots!

Though the carousel is currently closed, when it is able to spin again, riders will be welcomed to fully restored chariot seats.

4 May 2020

THE LION (and his 45 wooden friends) SLEEPS TONIGHT

The Kit Carson County Carousel will not open to the public on Memorial Day weekend as it has in the past.

27 February 2020

A Plain Jane That is Just Plain Wonderful!

The building housing PTC No. 6 is not elaborate and it is not heated (nor air-conditioned). Wind (and occasionally snow) often enters the building through the spaces between its twelve sides.

24 November 2019

HO, HO, HO Merry-Go-Round We Go!

The 32nd annual Carousel Christmas will

18 November 2019

GOOD FOR ANOTHER TEN!

After a long and sometimes dusty 2019 operating season, the forty-six animals on the Kit Carson County Carousel were recently carefully “washed” by the Burlington FFA students.

16 August 2019

It's a Wrap and Save the Date!

The 2019 summer season is nearly at its end. The last day to take a spin, visit the museum, and shop in the gift shop is Monday, September 2nd (Labor Day).

18 July 2019

Carousel and Museum Open Extended Hours During the Fair

Come to the fair — Ride your favorite animal for just a quarter. Spend several minutes or several hours at the museum.

10 June 2019

Sweet Sixteen!

In 2004, the Kit Carson County Carousel Association had Deneen Pottery cast a pottery mug featuring the armored horse.

3 June 2019

MUG SHOTS!

In 2004, the armored horse was the first of the sixteen outside row Kit Carson County Carousel animals to be featured on a hand thrown pottery mug produced by Deneen Pottery.  In 2019, the goat became the last of the sixteen animals to grace the front of the yearly pottery mug.  During the last d

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