June Family Day Sunday, June 30 | 1-4PM | In-Person | Free Join the Erie Canal Museum in kicking off the summer. Bring the whole family to learn and experience more about the traditional craft of puppeteering. This Family Day will feature a scavenger hunt, puppet making, and snacks! This event is free to attend […]
Downtown Syracuse Canal Architecture Walking Tour Saturday, July 6 @ 1:00 PM Join the Erie Canal Museum for our Summer 2024 Walking Tour series. This tour explores the same path where the famous waterway once ran. The tour begins at the entrance to the Erie Canal Museum. A trained docent leads you along the route […]
Sloan Fund Deeper Dive: Act of Faith: The Erie Canal and Awakening of America Wednesday, July 10 | 6PM | Virtual (Streamed Live at the Museum) | Free (recommended $10 donation) The building of the Erie Canal was the most audacious engineering project of the nineteenth century, a genuine act of faith. The canal also […]
Beers, Bikes, and Barges: Rome July 11 | 6:00 PM | $25 Join the Rome Historical Society and Erie Canal Museum in exploring the history of the first Erie Canal town! This ride will align with the biggest bike ride along the Empire State Trail, Cycle the Erie Canal, which will camp that evening at Ft. Stanwix. Celebrate […]
Women on the Water Walking Tour Saturday, July 13 @ 1:00 PM Join the Erie Canal Museum for our Summer 2024 Walking Tour series. This walking tour of Downtown Syracuse is centered around the history of women and the women's rights movement along the Erie Canal. The tour begins at the entrance of the Erie […]
Beers, Bikes, and Barges: Pittsford July 18 | 6:00 PM | $25 Please join Corn Hill Navigation and the Erie Canal Museum for this 90 minute cycling tour. Corn Hill Navigation puts the Barge in Beers, Bikes, and Barges, literally! The ride will begin and end at Lock 32 Brewing Company in the Pittsford Village. You will bike along the historic […]
Pathways of Resistance Walking Tour Saturday, July 20 @ 1:00 PM We are pleased to announce the return of the Pathways of Resistance walking tour, examining African-American experiences on and along the banks of the Erie Canal, from the waterway's beginnings to contemporary times. While the legacies of slavery and systemic racism can be uncomfortable […]
Sloan Fund Lunchtime Lecture: Railroads in the Streets of Syracuse Thursday, July 25 | Noon | Hybrid | Free ($10 Suggested Donation) This hour-long multi-media presentation will show you what led up to Syracuse raising tracks from the streets to a new elevated line and the showpiece New York Central station that served trains for […]
Beers, Bikes, and Barges: Fayetteville July 25 | 6:00 PM | $25 Join the the Erie Canal Museum for this cycling tour around Fayetteville. See sites like the Limestone Creek Feeder and Aqueduct and the canalside building Grover Cleveland worked in as a boy. The ride begins and ends at Canal Landing Park, with drinks afterwards at […]
Women on the Water: Votes for Women Reading and Discussion Group Session 6: A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot by Mary Walton July 27, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM The Erie Canal Museum and Humanities New York present “Women on the Water: Votes for Women!”, an exploration […]
Lock E24 Baldwinsville: Infrastructure Tour Saturday, July 27 @ 1:00 PM We are offering tours of Lock E24 in Baldwinsville. These tours will focus on the history of Baldwinsville before the canal, the later infrastructure of the lock and the barge canal, and the village's social history. This tour will begin in the Village […]
Wednesday at the Weighlock: Immigration and the Erie Canal Open House Happy Hour & Family Night Wednesday, July 31 | 5-8PM | In-Person | Free Highlights of the evening will include a concert from Flying Column, blacksmith demonstrations, crafts and family friendly activities, food trucks, a cash bar, free ice cream for the first […]
Downtown Syracuse Canal Architecture Walking Tour Saturday, August 3 @ 1:00 PM Join the Erie Canal Museum for our Summer 2024 Walking Tour series. This tour explores the same path where the famous waterway once ran. The tour begins at the entrance to the Erie Canal Museum. A trained docent leads you along the route […]
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