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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 »

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 »

History Happy Hour at the Erie Canal Museum

May 29, 2019 Erie Canal Museum, Event, fundraiser, Museum Initiatives, public program, summer event

Grab all your fun-loving friends and swing by the Erie Canal Museum for our 2019 HISTORY HAPPY HOUR series in one of Syracuse’s most unique buildings. Events happen rain or shine on select Wednesdays from 4:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. in either the outdoor Locktender's Garden or the Museum's second floor stage, depending on the weather. We kick off this year's series Read More »

Syracuse's First Fourth of July Celebration

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 »

Weighlock Building Ghost Hunt

April 13, 2019 Erie Canal Museum, Event, fundraiser, ghost hunt, public program

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

DeWitt Clinton’s 250th Birthday Anniversary

March 2, 2019 history, Lecture, Museum Initiatives, New York State history, Presentation, public program

Join descendants of DeWitt Clinton on Saturday, March 2 at the Erie Canal Museum to celebrate the sestercentennial—or 250th anniversary—of the birth of this visionary governor who championed and oversaw creation of New York's Erie Canal two centuries ago. Kenneth A. Silber, author of In DeWitt’s Footsteps: Seeing History on the Erie Canal, will discuss Read More »

Curator Talk: Erie Canal Postcards

February 20, 2019 Erie Canal Museum, Event, Free program, Museum news, Presentation, public program

In the first part of the 20th century, postcards were all the rage in America. The Erie Canal Museum is home to many of these small pieces of history. In our first curator talk of 2019, Ashley Maready will discuss the growth in use of postcards, or "postals," in our country, how they came to Read More »

Photo of watercolor painting of lift bridge, by Eugenijs Kaskin

Winter Exhibits Reception and Opening

February 6, 2019 Erie Canal Museum, Event, exhibition, Museum news, Oswego Canal, public program

The Erie Canal Museum is proud to host a reception for its new exhibits, Hybrid Vigor: The History & Science of Mules, and Eugenijs Kaskin: Watercolors of the Oswego Canal, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, February 6 at the Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse. Hybrid Vigor uses images, original artifacts, and scientific and historical information to explain mules, the animals that pulled most Read More »

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Kids on the Canal Curator Talk

Guided Tour of Downtown Syracuse Heritage Area

History Happy Hour at the Erie Canal Museum

Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Syracuse

Schoharie Crossing: A Canal Tour Like Never Before

Weighlock Building Ghost Hunt

DeWitt Clinton’s 250th Birthday Anniversary

Curator Talk: Erie Canal Postcards

Winter Exhibits Reception and Opening

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