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Kids on the Canal Curator Talk

June 14, 2019 Erie Canal, Erie Canal Museum, Event, Free program, Lecture, Museum news, Presentation, public program

What kind of lives did kids growing up on the Erie Canal lead? Many families owned canal boats and made their living on the Erie Canal. Everyone in the family had a job to do, including the children. Other children who were involved with the Canal in some way were orphans or had been abandoned. Read More »

Schoharie Crossing: A Canal Tour Like Never Before

May 9, 2019 Erie Canal, Event, history, Lecture, Museum news, public program

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, New York, interprets and preserves the history of the Erie Canal and its contributions to New York and the nation. It is home to the National Historic Landmark Enlarged Erie Canal Schoharie Aqueduct, whose significance recently landed it on the Preservation League of New York State's "Seven to Read More »

History of the Camillus Erie Canal Park

January 23, 2019 Erie Canal, Erie Canal Museum, Event, history, Lecture, Presentation

Nestled between Nine Mile Creek and a wooded hillside near Camillus, New York, is the Camillus Erie Canal Park. The park was founded in 1972 by Elizabeth and Dr. David Beebe, whose dedication to Erie Canal heritage preserved a stretch of the 19th century Erie Canal and its Nine Mile Creek aqueduct, which was constructed Read More »

Public Gingerbread Workshop

December 27, 2018 children's program, Erie Canal, Event, family program, gingerbread workshop, holiday event, Museum Initiatives, Museum news, workshop

Public gingerbread workshops for children and families are presented by the Erie Canal Museum 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 8, and at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, December 27. The workshops take place in the Museum's Read More »

Children’s Gingerbread Workshop

December 27, 2018 children's program, Erie Canal, Event, family program, holiday event, Museum Initiatives, Museum news

Children's gingerbread workshops are presented by the Erie Canal Museum every year while its holiday Gingerbread Gallery is on display. This year, we are pleased to present these workshops for children and families at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, December 8, and at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, December 27. The workshops take place in the Museum's Read More »

Lunchtime Lecture: Veterans of Water and War

November 16, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, history, Lecture, Museum news, Presentation

Many boatmen of the original Erie Canal joined the Union Army to fight in the Civil War just as the Enlarged Erie Canal was being completed in 1862. Those who returned to the boats and banks of the Canal found the culture changed, harsher, and more difficult. Fast forward to 1917: the Enlarged Canal closed Read More »

Mapping David Vaughan’s New York

October 25, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, history, Lecture, Museum Initiatives, New York State history, Presentation

Make plans now to visit the Erie Canal Museum at 12 p.m. Thursday, October 25 for Mapping David Vaughan's New York, a talk by historian Craig Williams about the life of 19th century Canal cartographer David Vaughan. An Irish immigrant, Vaughan came to Albany in the late 1840s already skilled in the tools and techniques sorely Read More »

Gere's Lock on the Erie Canal near Syracuse, New York.

Lunchtime Lecture: From Gere’s Lock to the Gear Factory

September 13, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, history, Lecture, Presentation

Edward A. Bogucz, executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence and associate professor at Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, presents the Erie Canal Museum's third lunchtime lecture of 2018 on Thursday, September 13 at 12 p.m. His talk, titled From Gere's Lock to the Gear Factory, offers insight into the Canal's role Read More »

Week 14: Wednesdays at the Weighlock

August 29, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, history, Museum Initiatives, Museum news, Museums, summer event

Invite all your fun-loving friends to Week 14 of Wednesdays at the Weighlock, the Erie Canal Museum's summer series in one of Syracuse's most unique buildings. Each WEDNESDAYS AT THE WEIGHLOCK has FREE admission, live music, family-friendly activities, and a cash bar with beer, cider, wine, soda, and juice boxes available. Awesome tacos are available for sale from Read More »

The Erie Canal in Popular Culture

August 23, 2018 Erie Canal, Free program, history, Museum news, Museums, Presentation

In addition to spurring economic development and immigration, the Erie Canal played a big role in influencing popular culture in New York and the United States. During this free presentation at the Erie Canal Museum in downtown Syracuse, Curator Ashley Maready will discuss the Erie Canal's role in and influence on popular culture, including and not Read More »

Week 13: Wednesdays at theWeighlock

August 22, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, Museum news, Museums, New York State history, summer event

Invite all your fun-loving friends to Week 13 of Wednesdays at the Weighlock, the Erie Canal Museum's summer series in one of Syracuse's most unique buildings. Each WEDNESDAYS AT THE WEIGHLOCK has FREE admission, live music, family-friendly activities, and a cash bar with beer, cider, wine, soda, and juice boxes available. Awesome tacos are available for sale from Read More »

Cruise With The Erie Canal Museum

August 10, 2018 cruise, Erie Canal, Event, history, Museum Initiatives, New York State history

Journey back in time with the Erie Canal Museum on Friday, August 10 as we host a narrated cruise with our friends at Erie Canal Cruises, Inc. in Herkimer, New York. Enjoy a relaxing, 90-minute cruise on the Erie Canal and Mohawk River, which takes guests on a trip through historic Lock 18 at Jacksonburg. This Read More »

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Erie Canal

Kids on the Canal Curator Talk

Schoharie Crossing: A Canal Tour Like Never Before

History of the Camillus Erie Canal Park

Public Gingerbread Workshop

Children’s Gingerbread Workshop

Lunchtime Lecture: Veterans of Water and War

Mapping David Vaughan’s New York

Lunchtime Lecture: From Gere’s Lock to the Gear Factory

Week 14: Wednesdays at the Weighlock

The Erie Canal in Popular Culture

Week 13: Wednesdays at theWeighlock

Cruise With The Erie Canal Museum

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