EducationAL Programs
Our Education center welcomes students from near and far. Students get hands on experience using tools of the canal era. The museum site offers opportunities for archaeology digs too!
Please contact the museum at 315-687-3801 to schedule a class visit.
Visitor Education Center Programs
The museum hosts Fall and Spring programs in the Visitor Education Center. A variety of materials are available to teachers to enhance the visit to the museum.
Pre-Visit Materials
- Museum "rack" card with directions, contact information, and overview of activities
- They came by way of ... (PDF)
- Chittenango Landing (post-1874) undated photo (PDF)
- The Past, Present, and Future (PDF)
- Student Archaeology History Program (PDF)
- Field Trip Instructions (PDF)
- Directions (PDF) for the school bus driver
- Field Trip Schedule (PDF)
- Grades 4-6 Fall Primary Source Program (PDF)
- Grades 5-6 Fall Primary Source Program (PDF)
- Grade 4 Spring Primary Source Program (PDF)
Classroom Follow-up Materials
- Artifacts Tell The Story worksheet (PDF)
- Job application (PDF) for a position as a "hoggie" (mule driver) on Captain Kelsey's boat
- Biography of a Broken Dish (PDF)
- ......And I Was There exercise (PDF)
- All In A Days Dig writing exercise (PDF)
- Follow-up Activities Chart (PDF)
- Grids For Kids worksheet (PDF)
- Erie Canal Word Search Puzzle (PDF)
- Primary Source Material (PDF)
Archaeology Digs
The museum also offers on-site archaeology digs weather permitting.