Historic Carousel and Museum
Albany, OR
From collectors
The wheels are in motion at the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum, which has finally found a permanent home. After 12 years of carving and painting animals, and raising money, the museum broke ground on its new building on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The new building features a 1909 restored Dentzel carousel and hand carved animals created from 152,000 recorded hours of volunteer work. As of July 2022, there are 41 animals on the carousel, with plans to add three more before the year is done.
Hours of operation: Wednesday through Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission and tours are free.
There are also penny necklaces you can put your pressed pennies into, those are around $8 each.
Limited on-street free parking.
Machine 1: in the gift shop to the right, across from the cash register. Designs all have 'Historic Carousel Albany, Oregon' on them.
1) (H) Carousel logo of a horse with a curved fish tail,
2) (H) Dog with 'Dexter',
3) (H) Horse with 'Cheyene',
4) (H) Frog with 'Harriette'.
Token Machine 1 - Ride Tokens are carousel tokens that can be used at the carousel, and you can buy any amount for $2 each. Tokens are available in a machine on the east side of the carousel as well as in the gift shop. Tokens are random so it may take time to find them all. Please update if you happen to find more than the five listed designs.
Known token designs all have 'Albany Carousel' on the obverse side:
1) "Neal the Greyhound?".
2) "Fredrick the Rabbit".
3) "Tez the Gazelle?".
4) “Albany Carousel” with Carousel and horse.
5) “Albany Carousel” with horse and “Freedom” on the bottom.
Reverse side for all: 'Good For 1 Ride'.
Retired 2: 1) (H) Rabbit with 'Fredrick'. 2) (H) Dragon with 'Igknighter'. 3) (H) Carousel & Museum logo (Mer-horse?) with 'Museum'. 4) (H) Zebra with 'Zeus'.
Commemorative tokens are available on the east side of the gift shop inside a locked case. There’s a non-numbered token variety for $25 and the numbered ones are $100. Design is:
1) 'Albany Carousel Albany, OR', an image of a Carousel and carousel horse, and an exclusive number on the bottom for the numbered variety. Obverse: 1st Anniversary 2017.
G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N44° 38' 13.113" Longitude: W123° 6' 37.98"
Google Maps coordinates: JVPQ+QV Albany, Oregon
8/25/18: Token scan added. GSY
8/10/2024: The Penny machine 1 was across from register with the designs shown. Machine isn’t rolling them all the way. They were maybe 80% smooshed.
Token machine was in the lobby with the carousel.
I didn’t see another machine.
Custom books for sale.
Machines and designs
| Machine | Designs | Coin type |
|---|---|---|
| Machine 1 - inside the shop in the west corner, right near the cash register | 4 | Penny |
| Token - On sale in locked case, East side of gift shop | 1 | Token |
| Token Machine 1 - Ride tokens | 5 | Token |
| Retired 2 | ? | Penny |
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