Free Carousel Rides All Day at the Public Museum

Free carousel rides all day in honor of the late Peter C. Cook.  In celebration of Peter C. Cook's legacy to Grand Rapids, the Public Museum will be honoring his birthday by providing free carousel rides to all Museum visitors on Wednesday, May 9. Peter and Pat Cook assisted the Museum in leading a community campaign to acquire the antique carousel in 1981, and to build the glass and stone pavilion which houses the carousel and bears their name. The fully-restored 1928 Spillman Engineering Co. carousel with its 50 hand-carved horses and menagerie animals continues to delight visitors at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, and will forever be remembered as an amazing gift.