Gallery Talk: Flying Horses: The History of the Carousel

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When:
March 27, 2015 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2015-03-27T12:00:00-04:00
2015-03-27T13:00:00-04:00
Cost:
Free with admission
Coney Island Free with Admission Gallery Talks & Lectures
: Charles Carmel, Carousel Horse with Raised Head, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, c. 1914, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Laura Harding, 1978.18.2
Charles Carmel, Carousel Horse with Raised Head, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, c. 1914, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Gift of Laura Harding, 1978.18.2

In conjunction with Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, Andrew Miller of the New England Carousel Museum discusses Europe’s first carousels – used to train knights – and shares how they evolved into the world’s most popular ride.

Free with admission; meet by the Museum Shop.