Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum receives funding for new pilot library program

Press Release

The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum announced it has received a grant from Garman Family Foundation, administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. The grant will be used to pilot a weekday STEM library program.

The museum is grateful to the Garman Family Foundation at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo in their support of this project. The project will begin in February and run through November 2025. The museum’s education department currently offers outreaching programming in the topics of electricity, simple machines, environmental science, engineering, and coding. Potential new subjects for this program include physics, mathematics, sound, complex machines, and more.

The partner libraries for this project are the North Tonawanda Public Library (505 Meadow Drive; https://ntlibrary.org/) and the Newstead Public Library (33 Main St., Akron; https://www.buffalolib.org/locations-hours/newstead-public-library). Both libraries and the museum will announce the dates and times of programs in early 2025.

​The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, operated by the Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier, is a premier national historic site and community resource for family recreation and learning that fosters an appreciation for the unique heritage of the carousel and related industries in the Niagara Region. To learn more, visit www.carrouselmuseum.org.

For more than a century, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has enhanced and encouraged long-term philanthropy in the Western New York community. A 501 (c)(3) organization, the Community Foundation’s mission is: Connecting people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York. Established in 1919, the Community Foundation has made the most of the generosity of individuals, families, foundations and organizations who entrust charitable assets to the Community Foundation’s care. Learn more at cfgb.org.