Join us this weekend for two fabulous events to kick-off our 2025 event season: ART WALK on Friday (5/2) and 🎠 CAROUSEL DAY on Saturday (5/3)

 

  • DENTZEL CAROUSEL

     

    Please join us for a ride on one of the greater Washington area’s true treasures! 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. From 1983 through 2003, the entire carousel was fully restored. The carousel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There is much more history to learn! See links below. 

     

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    2025 HOURS OF OPERATION

    May 3 - August 31 || Wed - Fri, 10am – 2pm; Sat & Sun, 11am – 5pm

    Sep 1 - Sept 28 || Sat & Sun, 11am – 5pm

    Special Hours:

    May 26 (Memorial Day) & September 1 (Labor Day)  ||  11am – 5pm


    🎠 The carousel opens for the 2025 season on Saturday, May 3, with our Carousel Day festival.  Learn more >>  

    Special carousel evening hours on May 3 | 8:30pm -10:30pm


    TICKETS

    $2.00 per ride |  $5.00 for an all-day pass

    During carousel season. tickets are available for purchase in person at the carousel's ticket booth during regular operating hours and online.  Every person must have their own ticket, including babies and accompanying adults. Children under six must be accompanied by a paying adult to ride.

    In addition to carousel rides, we hope you will come to the Park to enjoy our concerts, dances, exhibitions, classes & camps, and more!  Visit our events calendar >>


    CAROUSEL NEWS

    "Friday Art Walk, Saturday Carousel Day at Glen Echo Park| | The Georgetowner | May 1, 2025 | Read it here >>

    "Celebrating a cultural treasure in Montgomery County" | NBC4 | April 29, 2025 | Watch it here >>

    "Documentary recalls 1960 protest to integrate Glen Echo Amusement Park" | The Washington Post | April 25, 2025 | Read it here >>

    "Historic Dentzel Carousel animals repaired following 2023 storm" | WUSA9 | March 11, 2025 | Watch it here >>

    "Historic Glen Echo carousel gets back 5 missing animal figures" | WTOP | March 11, 2025 | Read it here >>

    "Historic Glen Echo Park carousel animals return to park 2 years after storm damage"WUSA9 | March 11, 2025 | Watch or read it here >>

  • old black and white photo of the carousel with people outside

    Carousel History

  • 100 year old Dentzel Carousel in color with a menagerie of colorful animals

    100th Anniversary

  • NPS Ranger with carousel giving virtual tour

    Carousel Virtual Tour