Golden Gate Park Carrousel

Located in the Children's Playground in Golden Gate Park, the 92-year old vintage carrousel is a much loved-attraction for locals and visitors alike. Originally built near Buffalo, NY in 1912, the ride was moved to several different amusement parks before finding its way to the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in 1939. After the fair closed, the carrousel was purchased for the Children's Playground and has been in its current location since 1941. The existing carrousel, however, is not the first of its kind on this site. The original, opened in 1888, was a simple tent that housed gray, primitively-carved wooden horses, and was run by a steam engine in an adjacent building.