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New York’s Queen City: A History of Buffalo

August 1, 2019 Erie Canal, Event, Free program, history, Lecture, Presentation, public program

The history of Buffalo, New York's second-largest city, is the topic of a free curator talk taking place at the Erie Canal Museum on Thursday, August 1 at 12 p.m. Museum Curator Ashley Maready will unpack the history of Buffalo, discussing how and why it became the western terminus of the Erie Canal, how it grew into Read More »

Water/Ways, A Smithsonian Institution Exhibit

Opening Day of Water/Ways Exhibit

June 29, 2019 Erie Canal, Erie Canal Museum, exhibition, Museum Initiatives, Museum news, New York State history, Water/Ways

The opening day of Water/Ways at the Erie Canal Museum is scheduled for Saturday, June 29, 2019. We are proud to host this traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program in partnership with the Museum Association of New York (MANY). Water/Ways explores water's effects on migration and settlement, and the relationship between water and politics, economics, Read More »

Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Syracuse

June 24, 2019 educational program, Erie Canal, Erie Canal Museum, guided tour, history, Museum Initiatives, New York State history, public program, walking tour

Join the Erie Canal Museum for a guided walking tour of historic downtown Syracuse along the route of the original Erie Canal, Monday, June 24 at 12 p.m. The tour begins at the Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. It follows the route of the 19th century Canal through Clinton Square, and tours Hanover Square as it Read More »

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 »

Downtown Syracuse Heritage Area Walking Tour

Guided Tour of Downtown Syracuse Heritage Area

June 10, 2019 educational program, Erie Canal, Erie Canal Museum, guided tour, history, Museum Initiatives, New York State history, public program, summer event, walking tour

Take a walk along the Erie Canal through the downtown Syracuse heritage area during this guided tour organized by the Erie Canal Museum. The tour begins at the Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East. It follows the route of the 19th century Canal through Clinton Square, and tours Hanover Square as it leads you back to Read More »

Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Syracuse

May 20, 2019 educational program, Erie Canal, Event, public program, walking tour

Take a walk on the Erie Canal through downtown Syracuse's heritage area during this guided walking tour organized by the Erie Canal Museum. The tour begins at the Museum, follows the route of the 19th century Canal through Clinton Square, and tours Hanover Square as it leads you back to the Museum and the 1850 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 »

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