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Erie Canal Museum Reopening Survey

June 30, 2020 Community, News, Uncategorized COVID-19, Erie Canal Museum, Museum Initiatives, Museums

Syracuse museum seeks public input on reopening during COVID-19 pandemic On March 16, 2020, the Erie Canal Museum closed its doors to protect visitors, volunteers, and staff from the deadly coronavirus that swept the nation. We canceled or postponed until further notice all in-person programs and events. We continued to offer numerous resources and programs Read More »

Baseball in the 19th Century Erie Canal Corridor

POSTPONED: Baseball Along the 19th Century Erie Canal Corridor

May 21, 2020 Erie Canal Museum, history, Lecture, Museum news, Presentation, public program

Postponed until further notice; please check back in mid-May for new date. The Erie Canal totally transformed life along its banks. Cities were built. Religions were founded. National movements started. And goods, people and ideas were transported. One often overlooked aspect of this change is the explosion of what was quickly becoming the national pastime: 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 »

March 14 Family History Research Workshop at the Erie Canal Museum

Museum hosts family history research workshop

March 9, 2020 News, Program, Uncategorized educational program, Erie Canal Museum, public program, workshop

By Pamela Vittorio, guest writer Visit https://eriecanalmuseum.org/store/product/family-history-workshop/ for more information and to register. Over the last twenty years, the digitization of genealogical records has become the mainstay of online sites like Family Search and Ancestry. The ability to retrieve and download records from the comfort of one’s home has allowed millions of family historians to Read More »

Adirondack Reservoirs: Water for the Erie Canal

February 20, 2020 educational program, Erie Canal Museum, history, Lecture, New York State history, Presentation, public program

Raymond Letterman, Ph.D. will discuss the impact of dams and reservoirs that were constructed in the western Adirondacks to supply water to the Erie Canal at the Erie Canal Museum's first lunchtime lecture of the year, Thursday, February 20 at 12 p.m. The presentation will take place in the second-floor Weighlock Gallery of the Museum, 318 Read More »

The Story of Water Gallery Talk with Linda Zhang

Opening Day of “The Story of Water” Exhibit

February 3, 2020 Erie Canal, Erie Canal Museum, exhibition, Museum Initiatives, Museum news

Monday, February 3 is the first day of The Story of Water: The Erie Canal as a Site of Untold Stories, the newest exhibit in the second-floor Weighlock Gallery of the Erie Canal Museum. The Museum, located at 318 Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse, New York, houses the only remaining canal weighlock in the United Read More »

First Day of “It’s Knot Art” Exhibit

January 18, 2020 Erie Canal Museum, Event, exhibition, Museum Initiatives, Museum news

Saturday, January 18 is the first day of It's Knot Art, the newest temporary exhibit at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York. It's Knot Art features works of abstract fiber art by Maine-born and Syracuse-based artist Ellen Agnew. It is on display in the first-floor Link Gallery of the Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard Read More »

Gingerbread Workshop for Families and Children

December 30, 2019 children's program, Erie Canal Museum, Event, family program, gingerbread workshop, holiday event, Museum Initiatives, public program

Families and children can learn how to make gingerbread-like houses at the Erie Canal Museum every year while the Museum's holiday Gingerbread Gallery is on display. This year, we are pleased to present these workshops at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, December 14 and 28, and at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, December 30. The workshops take Read More »

Gingerbread House Workshop for Children and Families

Gingerbread Workshop for Children

December 30, 2019 children's program, Erie Canal Museum, family program, gingerbread workshop, holiday event, Museum Initiatives, public program

The Erie Canal Museum conducts gingerbread workshops for children and families every year while its holiday Gingerbread Gallery is on display. This year, we are pleased to present these workshops at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, December 14 and 28, and at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, December 30. The workshops take place in the Museum’s historic Read More »

Gingerbread House Workshop

December 28, 2019 children's program, Erie Canal Museum, Event, family program, gingerbread workshop, holiday event, public program

The Erie Canal Museum conducts gingerbread house workshops for children and families every year while its holiday Gingerbread Gallery is on display. This year, we are pleased to present these workshops at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, December 14 and 28, and at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, December 30. The workshops take place in the Museum’s Read More »