C.W. Parker Carousel Museum

The C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, also known as the Leavenworth Carousel Museum, is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, and is one of several museums sponsored by the Leavenworth Historical Museum Association.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Kansas
Also known as: “C W Parker Carousel Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centennial Bridge and Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth.

Centennial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Centennial Bridge is a through arch bridge road bridge over the Missouri River connecting Leavenworth, Kansas, and Platte County, Missouri. Constructed in 1955, it was initially a toll bridge. Centennial Bridge is situated 1 mile north of C.W. Parker Carousel Museum.

Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth

Prison

Photo: Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in Leavenworth, northeast Kansas, United States. Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is situated 1½ miles northwest of C.W. Parker Carousel Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leavenworth and Stillings.

Leavenworth

Photo: Melissa Bower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leavenworth is a city in Eastern Kansas. Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas", established in 1854, is located on the west banks of the Missouri River and became nationally known as the "jumping off point" for the opening of the West.

Stillings

Hamlet

Stillings is an unincorporated community in Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Fort Leavenworth

Town

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Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth is situated 2 miles north of C.W. Parker Carousel Museum.

C.W. Parker Carousel Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.31725° or 39° 19′ 2″ north

Longitude

-94.90956° or 94° 54′ 34″ west

Elevation

781 feet (238 metres)

Open location code

86F7838R+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 292486397

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

7233496

Wikidata ID

Q18148247

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