Riverfront Park Carousel, Historic carousel in Riverfront Park, Spokane, United States

The Riverfront Park Carousel is a historic carousel housed in a covered pavilion along the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington. It holds 54 hand-carved wooden horses along with a giraffe, a tiger, a goat, and two ornate chariots, all carved by hand.

Charles I. D. Looff built the carousel in 1909 as a gift for his daughter Emma Vogel and her husband Louis Vogel, owners of Natatorium Park, where it operated until the park closed in 1968. It was moved to Riverfront Park in 1975, housed in the former German beer garden from Expo '74. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 1977.

The carousel still carries its original 1900 Ruth & Sohn band organ, built in Waldkirch, Germany, and imported by Charles Looff around 1900. It plays 87-key B.A.B. rolls, though worn rolls mean a digitized recording now plays during rides. The organ is a detail to look for inside the pavilion.

The carousel sits on the south bank of the Spokane River in Riverfront Park, in a building opened in 2018 with large windows facing the river. The ride closed on March 17, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed on March 1, 2021. Look for Isidore, the white elephant ride from the former White Elephant store, now housed beside the carousel animals.

During the ride, passengers can try to grab brass rings hanging on one side of the carousel as they pass. Catching one earns a free extra turn, which is a tradition that goes back to the early days of American amusement parks.