Musée des Arts Forains
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The Musée des Arts Forains is a private museum of funfair and fairground objects located within the Pavillons de Bercy in the 12th arrondissement of Paris at 53, avenue des Terroirs de France, Paris,
Musee Des Arts Forains 04Dec 2011
Musée des Arts Forains
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A carousel or carrousel, merry-go-round, flying horses, or galloper is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are traditionally in the for
Musée des Arts Forains
…including 14 amusement rides, 16 fair stalls and restored attractions, 18 sets of historical works, and 1522 independent works. The collections include merry-go-rounds and carousels, German swings, hundred-year-old bicycles, Japanese billiards, a Parisian Waiter Race and a Hooghuys Organ, and the grand vizier Ali…
A double-decker carousel in Milton Keynes, England at Christmas
A double-decker carousel in France
A carrousel tournament organized in the Tuileries Palace courtyard by Louis XIV in 1662 to celebrate the birth of his son and heir. This event and others like it inspired the creation of the carousel amusement ride.
1909 carousel horse by Marcus Illions, a Looff protégé, in the Coney Island style