EMPIRE STATE CAROUSEL

We were honored when asked to shape a new structure at The Farmers’ Museum to house the Empire State Carousel. The Farmers’ Museum features a collection of historic buildings that were either moved to the site or built there. So the new building had to both compliment the historical fabric of the campus while at the same time house something entirely new to the Museum, a historical Carousel. What it could not do is stand out like a sore thumb as a new building.

Typically, carousel pavilions are open on all sides. At the same time, the building needed to operate during the cooler spring and fall seasons. The building features a set of doors that retract into the ceiling, thereby affording an open pavilion in the summer and a protected environment when it is cool and rainy.