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Lunchtime Lecture: 200 Years of the Erie Canal

July 5, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, Lecture, New York State history, Presentation

In this lunchtime lecture at the Erie Canal Museum, speaker Dave Kellogg will discuss the early years of the Erie Canal, compare the Erie Canal with other well-known canals worldwide, talk about the Canal's economic impact, and show some of today's travelers on the Erie Canalway Trail. Kellogg has been a director and volunteer at the Read More »

A Brief History of Syracuse Curator Talk

Sunday Downtown Syracuse Walking Tour

June 24, 2018 Erie Canal, Event, guided tour, history, Museum Initiatives, Museums, Presentation, walking tour

Take a special Sunday walk with us on the Erie Canal and through the downtown Syracuse heritage area! The Erie Canal Museum presents guided walking tours of historic downtown Syracuse on a regular basis beginning Saturday, May 19. This tour follows the path of the 19th century Erie Canal, a man-made waterway that fueled the economic and social development Read More »

Salt Production on the Erie Canal

June 15, 2018 Erie Canal, Free program, Lecture, Museum news, New York State history, Presentation

The salt industry in Syracuse and Central New York is the topic of a free curator talk at the Erie Canal Museum on Friday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m. Museum Curator Ashley Maready will discuss the history of salt and its production in Central New York, using images and other resources from the Museum's collections. Read More »

Weighlock Building Ghost Hunt

May 19, 2018 fundraiser, ghost hunt, Museum news, Museums, Presentation

Join us at the historic and reportedly haunted Weighlock Building in downtown Syracuse for a public ghost hunt presented by the Central New York Ghost Hunters and the Erie Canal Museum! This event, now in its third year, will offer four 90-minute sessions featuring an evidence reveal and ghost hunt in two parts of the Read More »

Syracuse's First Fourth of July Celebration

Downtown Syracuse Heritage Area Walking Tour

May 19, 2018 Event, guided tour, New York State history, Presentation, walking tour

Take a walk on the Erie Canal and through the downtown Syracuse heritage area! The Erie Canal Museum presents guided walking tours of historic downtown Syracuse on a regular basis beginning Saturday, May 19. This tour follows the path of the 19th century Erie Canal, a man-made waterway that fueled the economic and social development of Read More »

The Haudenosaunee and the Erie Canal

May 17, 2018 Erie Canal, history, Lecture, Presentation

For millennia, waterways in indigenous Haudenosaunee territories have been profoundly important. In the Haudenosaunee cosmology, water is sacred as fundamental to all life. On Thursday, May 17, Syracuse University Professor Philip P. Arnold and Onondaga Nation Chief Jake Edwards will discuss the important role waterways play in the cosmology of the Haudenosaunee people of New Read More »

The Life and Times of DeWitt Clinton

February 22, 2018 DeWitt Clinton, Erie Canal, Lecture, Museums, New York State history, Presentation

The life and times of DeWitt Clinton, the political leader who spearheaded construction of the original Erie Canal, is the topic of a free presentation by Museum Curator Ashley Maready on Thursday, February 22. Maready will discuss Clinton's early life and his career in New York State politics, as well as the strong social and economic Read More »