Installed at Glen Echo Park in 1921, the canopy and the carved figures were made by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Germantown, Pennsylvania. It is a classic example of hand woodcarving popular during the early 1900s.

Join us (rain or shine!!) on Saturday, April 27, for a festival event in celebration of Glen Echo Park's 103-year-old Dentzel Carousel as it opens for the season!

Get tickets and take a ride on the historic Dentzel Carousel! Tickets are $5 per person for all day on weekdays and $5 per person for a 4-hour time slot on weekends and holidays. Check the carousel schedule. During Glen Echo Amusement Park's glory days as an amusement park, the Dentzel Carousel was the jewel of the park.

Installed in 1921 by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Germantown, Pennsylvania, the Glen Echo Park carousel is one of only 135 functioning antique carousels in the country and one of the few still in its original location.

Glen Echo Park is an arts and cultural center in Glen Echo, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Located about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the city's downtown area, the park's site was initially developed in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly.

Nov 9, 2023 · During Glen Echo Amusement Park's glory days as an amusement park, the Dentzel Carousel was the jewel of the park. The carousel remains the park's treasured centerpiece. The Dentzel Carousel Company built the carousel, which the amusement park installed in a 12-sided canopy building in 1921.

Dentzel Carousels were known for their realistic, graceful animals and elaborate carvings. Artisans created the Glen Echo carousel using production line methods. They shaped the various parts of the animals' head, legs, and tail and fastened them with glue and dowels to …

When park closed in 1968, a public campaign raised $80,000 to repurchase carousel. Given to National Park Service. Carousel restored by Rosa Patton; work on the building completed in 2019. History: Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, 1921 to present: Directions/Hours: I-495 exits 40 or 41 East. Two miles to MacArthur Blvd. Follow signs.

Feb 17, 2021 · Join us to mark the opening of Glen Echo Park’s Dentzel carousel for its 100th Anniversary season! Watch the recorded stream live from the carousel with government officials and other dignitaries to celebrate a local icon that has been a treasured part of the Park and the community for a century.

Apr 27, 2024 · The carousel is one of only 135 functioning antique carousels in the country and one of the few still in its original location. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the carousel is truly a Washington area treasure!” Full details …