Merry-Go-Round Museum

This museum features a working merry-go-round, exhibits, photographs and carving demonstrations. The building housing the museum was constructed in the 1920s (at the peak of the hand carved carousel) for use as Sandusky's United States Post Office. Possibly the only post office in the nation to have a rounded front facade, the building is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The post office vacated the building in 1987, when it moved to new, more spacious facilities. Only a few basic structural changes were made to the building to make it into the Merry-Go-Round Museum. Four large supporting posts were removed in the main exhibit area to accommodate the size of the carousel, and two steel beams, 36-inches wide and 60-feet long were installed in the ceiling. Each of these beams weighed 200 pounds per foot. Additional support was also installed into the basement to carry the weight of the carousel.