Heritage Carousel of Des Moines - White Horse Head

Heritage Carousel
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Union Park - Des Moines, Iowa

Heritage Carousel of Des Moines - Black Horse Head
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Past Events at the Heritage Carousel

The Heritage Carousel of Des Moines hosts events throughout the season.

Upcoming Events

Rollin' Relics Cruise to the Carousel Car Show August 24, 2008

Thank you to the Rollin' Relics Car Club for another successful show! The club is the largest annual contributor to the Heritage Carousel. A record number of entries came to participate on August 24, which was a beautiful day! Lots of people came to look at the cars and enjoy free Carousel rides. Hope you will join us next year!

Winning Jeep

2008 Cruise to the Carousel
Carousel Choice Award
1964 Willys Jeep Surrey Gala
(Only 1,894 were built between 1959 - 1964)
Owners: Bruce & Linda Agan

Thank you to the Rollin' Relics Car Club for their contribution to the Heritage Carousel. The club hosted their 8th annual 'Cruise to the Carousel' Car Show in August. Each year the proceeds help the Carousel continue to go round'. The club puts in many months of planning and many hours of work organizing, requesting prizes, recruiting participants and sweating to make the show successful! This was the biggest year yet for participants. Thank You!

  
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Participants in the bubble gum blowing contest!

 

Rollin' Relics Cruise to the Carousel Car Show July 10, 2005

Carousel Choice Award 2005
1932 Chevrolet Confederate Sedan
Owned by Larry Ballard of Des Moines.

Carousel Choice Award 2005 - 1932 Chevrolet Confederate Sedan

For more photos of this year's winning car click here.

Events at the Heritage Carousel 2004 Season

Clowns At The Carousel 2004
Clowns at the Carousel, Tuesday, August 3, 2004
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
In celebration of International Clown Week
and National Night Out!

WOW - A big thank you to the individuals, businesses and community organizations that helped put together a TERRIFIC Clowns at the Carousel event on August 3rd! An especially big thank you to Des Moines Metro Credit Union for sponsoring the Carousel rides for the evening and delighting children by handing out LOTS of candy! We were so pleased to have 981 carousel riders that evening in just over 3 hours! Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed the evening, it is always nice to see that many smiles in one place!

For more photos of this event click here.

Rollin' Relics Cruise to the Carousel Car Show July 11, 2004

Carousel Choice Award 2004
1926 Ford Model T Depot Hack
Owned by Terry Jannsen of Des Moines.

Carousel Choice Award 2004 - 1926 Ford Model T Depot Hack

For more photos of this year's winning car click here.

Night Lights and Sweet Dreams at the Heritage Carousel

Friday June 11, July 9 and August 6, 2004

Night Lights & Sweet Dreams
The carousel was open for special evening hours 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Visitors enjoyed a ride on the carousel under the stars, had cookies, juice & milk and watched the Carousel shine! Thank you to Roberts Dairy for the donation of beverages for this event!

Grandparents Weekend Saturday, September 6th, 2003

Thank you to our sponsor for KRNT's Grandparents Weekend event at the Carousel, SENIORS ONLY FINANCIAL (Mark Gremler).
 
 

Korn Patch Clowns at the Carousel July 29,2003

An estimated 2-3 thousand kids of all ages attended this event.
Thank you to all who sponsored the event.

Line To the Heritage Carousel
For more pictures of the day's events click here.
 

Rollin' Relics Cruise to the Carousel Car Show July 13,2003

Carousel Choice Award 2003
1933 Buick Model 97
Owners are Dave and Roena Dean of Des Moines.

Carousel Choice Award 2003

A special thank you to the Rollin' Relics Car Club for allowing us to select and bestow this award! The selection process was very difficult but we were confident that this car could hold lots of kids for a trip to the Carousel!

A HUGE thank you to the car club for a successful and very well run show. The Rollin Relics Car Club has made a very generous donation to the Heritage Carousel each year that the show has taken place. We are grateful for their support!

For more photos on the day's events click here.
 

2003 Season Opening Day at the Carousel - March 24,2003

    KRNT Radio and Top Value Foods Store were present for the season opening.
They sponsored free rides, and gave free ice cream and tickets to an Iowa Cubs game.
Thank you for your support on our opening day event.


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