Erie Canal Museum

Erie Canal Museum-Urban Cultural Park Visitor Center

About Us The Erie Canal Museum (ECM) is a private, nonprofit corporation founded in 1962. It is housed in the 1850 Weighlock Building, where canal boats were weighed during the days when they traveled through the center of Syracuse on the Erie Canal. A gallery full of participatory exhibits gives visitors a look at canal life and promotes hands-on- learning. The Museum has three special...

Housed in the 1850 Weighlock Building, the last remaining structure of its kind, the Erie Canal Museum is dedicated to telli...ng the incredible adventure story of the Erie Canal. Come aboard a full size replica canal boat. Explore life in a canal town. Put on a puppet show in the Children's Nook. Experience a part of history that played an imperative role in the growth and development of...

The Erie Canal is a national treasure. The ECM is an honored steward of its nationally significant collection and its home, the National Register 1850 Weighlock Building - the only extant canal weigh station in America.

The collection consists of a broad range of drawings, paintings, prints, photographs and glass plate negatives documenting the Erie Canal, American, European and Asian...