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Albany Historic Carousel and Museum, Albany, OR
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Albany Historic Carousel and Museum

Albany Historic Carousel and Museum is an attraction in Albany, OR, part of the Portland, Oregon guide. Cost: free.

503 First Avenue W · Albany, OR

Why you should go…

The Historic Carousel and Museum in downtown Albany, Oregon, houses a community-carved carousel with over 40 hand-carved animals running on a restored 1909 Gustav Dentzel mechanism. The project began in 2004 and the full carousel building opened in 2017. A small on-site museum displays historic carousel animals and decorations, and visitors can watch carvers working on new pieces for the collection.

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