WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some familiar parts of a closed Wichita amusement park are getting new life.
The merry-go-round from Joyland is moving to Botanica Gardens in Wichita. And a preservation group last week announced it had purchased six items that had been in storage since the park closed in 2006. The Wichita Eagle reports the items include a clown sign, which greeted visitors at the park’s entrance for more than 60 years.
Greg Kite, president of the Historic Preservation Alliance of Wichita and Sedgwick County, says the sign and other items the group purchased will be restored. For now, though, they’ll just be moved to another storage area.
Joyland owner Margaret Nelson Spear announced last week that the merry-go-round was donated to Botanica.