×

×

(719) 346-7666

Open Memorial Day - Labor Day | 11am - 6pm
Rides: 25cents | Museum Admission: $1 (children 9 & under are free)

Blog & Events

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

27 April 2019

Let's Go Take A Ride

Opening Day is May 25th! The carousel will operate daily from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day, 11am-6pm. We can't wait to see you!

12 April 2019

Couldn’t They Count?

Most carousel enthusiasts know that the Philadelphia Toboggan Company numbered each of their carousels in the sequence of when it was manufactured.

11 February 2019

GOOD FOR ANOTHER TEN!

During the later part of 2018, this outside row deer and his wooden friends in rows one and two on Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel No. 6 were given a new coat of protective varnish.

Pages