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Derrick Pratt Joins Staff as Museum Educator

December 4, 2019 News education, Erie Canal Museum, Museum news

The Erie Canal Museum recently welcomed Derrick Pratt, of Chittenango, New York, as its new Museum Educator. Derrick most recently worked at Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum, where he was director of programs. In this newly created position at the Erie Canal Museum, he will identify and implement opportunities to grow education services for all Read More »

Confectionery Creations at the Erie Canal Museum

Confectionery Creations at the Museum

November 6, 2019 Exhibit, News Erie Canal Museum, exhibition, Gingerbread Gallery, holiday event, Museum news

Doors open Friday, November 22 to the 34th annual Gingerbread Gallery to benefit the Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East in downtown Syracuse. This exhibit, which began as a one-day display in 1986, celebrates the Erie Canal, the holidays, and local landmarks with confectionery creations made by professional and amateur bakers of all ages. Read More »

Museum Closed Sunday, April 21, 2019

April 12, 2019 News Erie Canal Museum, Museum news

The Erie Canal Museum will be closed for the Easter holiday on Sunday, April 21, 2019. The institution and its exhibits will reopen at 10 a.m. Monday, April 22, and will be open until 5 p.m. Easter is one of five days throughout the year that the Museum and its offices are closed. Our other Read More »

Congratulations, Gingerbread Bakers!

January 9, 2019 Community, Exhibit, News, Uncategorized exhibition, Gingerbread Gallery, Museum news

Guest judges recently completed scoring submissions to the 33rd Annual Gingerbread Gallery at the Erie Canal Museum. Amateur bakers’ submissions to the annual exhibit were judged on the basis of overall appeal, originality, difficulty and creative use of materials. Top bakers in the Youth, Family/Group, and Senior categories are honored with ribbons, and the Museum Read More »

Ticket to Ride Helps Fund Field Trips

September 21, 2018 News, Program, Uncategorized education, educational program, field trip, for schools, for teachers, guided tour, Museum Initiatives

The Erie Canal Museum is a proud participant in Ticket to Ride, a program of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. Ticket to Ride offers transportation and educational program funding for schools across New York State. By covering bus and tour fees, the program makes it possible for schools to take advantage of educational field Read More »

Museum Open Memorial Day

May 24, 2018 Community, News, Uncategorized Erie Canal, Museum news, New York State history

The Erie Canal Museum and its shop will be open to the public on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2018. Doors open at 10 a.m.; the Museum closes at 5 p.m. On the holiday, free parking is available in the lot across the street under routes 81 and 690. Admission is free with a suggested $5 Read More »

Museum Receives Capital Equipment Grant

March 1, 2018 Members, News, Uncategorized Grant activity, Museum Initiatives, Museum news, Nonprofit news

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 Museum’s first-floor introductory exhibit, and Read More »

Genealogy Workshop Saturday, March 24

February 21, 2018 Community, Event, Members, News, Program Museum news

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 prizes and a raffle drawing Read More »

Everyone can be a student at the many museums across Syracuse

February 8, 2018 News

Sarah Allam | Head Illustrator See the story on dailyorange.com here. By The Daily Orange Pulp Staff From the construction of the Erie Canal to a World War I-era military installation at the New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse has carved its own role in American history. There are several museums near University Hill people Read More »

Board of Trustees Elects 2018 Officers

February 1, 2018 Community, Members, News, Uncategorized Erie Canal, Museum news, Museums, Nonprofit news

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 Cazenovia College, was elected vice Read More »

Erie Canal Museum celebrates 55 years after rescue from near-demolition

October 25, 2017 News

See the story on Syracuse.com here. By Katrina Tulloch, ktulloch@syracuse.com, syracuse.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- This week, the Erie Canal Museum celebrates 55 years as a public museum devoted to telling the Erie Canal's story, after almost being torn down to build Interstate 81. The museum opened in 1962 after years of effort by members of Read More »

How the Erie Canal took the U.S. from third-world status to economic powerhouse

September 28, 2017 News

See story at WRVO here. Canal enthusiasts from all over the world converged on Syracuse this week for the 2017 World Canals Conference. One of the reasons organizers chose central New York is it's intimate history with the Erie Canal, which is celebrating the bicentennial the start of its construction this year. It’s a Read More »

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