The Erie Canal Museum in downtown Syracuse, New York was recently awarded a capital equipment grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. When matched, this grant will help the institution purchase new exhibition furniture, including temporary walls and display cases. This new equipment will align aesthetically with the…
Historian Pamela Vittorio will present a genealogy and family history workshop and case study from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 24 at the Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse. The program will include two sessions on strategies to unravel family history mysteries, as well as lunch, door…
The board of trustees of the Erie Canal Museum recently elected officers for 2018, and elected three new trustees to two-year terms. Patrick J. Griffin, Associate Relationship Manager at M&T Bank, was elected president of the board. Sarah Tietje-Mietz, Academic Coordinator Counselor at the HEOP/Center for Teaching and Learning at…
Famed musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, known for Ashokan Farewell, the theme song to Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary and other tunes, headline the Baldwinsville stop on The Heartland Passage Tour. This unique performance event brings troubadours, performers and storytellers – and the local premiere of a documentary by an Academy Award winning…
The board of trustees of the Erie Canal Museum recently elected officers for 2017, and re-elected three trustees to second three-year terms. Steven H. Kelly, associate treasurer at Syracuse University, was elected president of the board. Vice President is Sarah Tietje, an academic counselor in the HEOP program at Cazenovia…
Lock By Lock: Ray Sax Illustrates the Canal opens on Friday, February 10 in the second-floor gallery of the Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse. This exhibition features pen and ink drawings of all 57 locks in the New York State Canal System by commercial artist Raymond Sax…
What is a mule, and why were these humble animals the backbone of the early Erie Canal? Curator Ashley Maready discusses mules, fact and fiction, history and science, at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, February 23 at the Erie Canal Museum. The program is free and open to the public. Free parking…
Award-winning author and journalist Sean Kirst discusses and signs copies of his new book, The Soul of Central New York: Syracuse Stories by Sean Kirst, at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, January 19 at at the Erie Canal Museum. The book, which has received rave reviews, is a collection of columns through…
