Leroy King Carousel, San Francisco

About Leroy King Carousel

Leroy King Carousel, built in 1906 by craftsman Charles Looff and designated a California Historic Resource in 1984, spins at the Children's Creativity Museum within Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Riders experience organ music and vintage carousel horses in a restored historic setting renamed in 2014 to honor civil rights advocate LeRoy King. The carousel operates Wednesday through Sunday with published hours online. Admission is $3.00 per person, though children 2 and under ride free, and families with Museums for All eligibility also receive free rides. Any rider under 42 inches tall requires a paid adult chaperone. The venue sits within Yerba Buena Gardens, which also includes playgrounds, a Tot Lot updated in 2019, an ice skating and bowling center, and the Children's Creativity Museum. According to yerbabuenagardens.org, children 2 and under and Museums for All families pay nothing to ride.