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Virtual Heritage Area Walking Tour

October 10, 2020 education, educational program, Erie Canal, Erie Canal history, Erie Canal Museum, guided tour, online program, walking tour

Take this virtual tour and learn how the Erie Canal helped build Syracuse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State's Path Through History weekend is virtual. The Erie Canal Museum is taking part by offering its popular Heritage Area Walking Tour virtually! Join Museum Educator Derrick Pratt for the public premiere of this virtual Read More »

How Clinton’s Ditch Made a Way for Amos Eaton’s “Blaze of Geological Zeal”

July 25, 2020 education, educational program, Erie Canal, Erie Canal history, Event, history, Lecture, Museum news, New York State history, online program, Presentation, public program

Virtual lecture features author of DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton Get your ticket now for How Clinton's Ditch Made a Way for Amos Eaton's "Blaze of Geological Zeal" with David Spanagel, historian and author of DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York. The online program will take place Saturday, July 25 at Read More »

Immigrants and the D&H Canal

June 8, 2020 Community, News, Uncategorized education, feature story, history, Hudson Valley, New York State history, Presentation, public program

By Bill Merchant, D&H Canal Historical Society (The author and the D&H Canal Historical Society express their gratitude to the Ulster County Community Grants Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley for their financial assistance towards our on- going research on this topic) America is a country of immigrants. They have always been Read More »

The Divisive Ditch: Early Perceptions of the Erie Canal

May 30, 2020 education, educational program, Erie Canal, Erie Canal history, Event, history, Lecture, Museum news, New York State history, Presentation, public program

A Deeper Dive virtual lecture features Carol Sheriff, author of The Artificial River Get your ticket now for The Divisive Ditch: Early Perceptions of the Erie Canal with Carol Sheriff, historian and author of The Artificial River. The online program will take place Saturday, May 30 at 1 p.m. Sheriff is the first guest in our new Read More »

"21st Century Kids Along the Erie Canal" available free online

“21st Century Kids Along the Erie Canal” now free online

May 18, 2020 Community, News, Uncategorized book release, education, Erie Canal, Free program, Museum news

Erie Canal author and boatman Robert Graham just released a new book, 21st Century Kids Along the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal Museum is partnering with the author by making this book of photographs available for free on our website. Click here to access 21st Century Kids. The book features 102 photographs documenting the lives of Read More »

Syracuse's First Fourth of July Celebration

Early Months of Erie Canal Navigation in Syracuse

May 18, 2020 Community, News, Uncategorized DeWitt Clinton, education, Erie Canal history, Erie Canal Museum, feature story, Museum news, New York State history

By Derrick Pratt, Erie Canal Museum Educator Earlier this year, we looked at the early months of 1820 in Syracuse and on the fledgling Erie Canal, which, with the arrival of the Montezuma on April 20, began to offer the small community a taste of the astounding opportunities presented by its waters. This was only Read More »

1820: A Year to Celebrate

March 18, 2020 News education, Erie Canal, history, Museum news, New York State history

By Derrick Pratt, Museum Educator On April 20, 1820, the first packet boat traveled to Syracuse on the Erie Canal. In this article, Derrick Pratt shares the story of this momentous event. The Village of Syracuse was incorporated on April 13, 1825, marking the official founding of what would eventually become the city we Read More »

Downtown Syracuse Heritage Area Walking Tour

Syracuse Stroll with the Educator

March 3, 2020 education, Free program, history, Museum Initiatives, public program, walking tour

Take a stroll through downtown Syracuse, New York with Erie Canal Museum Educator Derrick Pratt to learn more about the history of the city founded on the historic waterway, get some exercise, and even earn mileage toward goals in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor's Canalway Challenge! Syracuse Strolls take place on Monday, Tuesday, and Read More »

Syracuse Stroll with the Museum Educator

March 2, 2020 education, Free program, history, Museum Initiatives, public program, walking tour

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 »

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 »