Erie Canal Museum Skill Share Workshops
In an effort to bolster community resiliency, comradery, and solidarity the Erie Canal Museum will be hosting a series skill sharing workshop, where presenters from community partners will teach the basics of how to do a variety of useful skills that also would have been practiced by canallers of the past, present, and future. These workshops will provide training in a way that will allow participants to transfer these skills to their everyday lives. Registration is required since space in each workshop is limited.
Schedule of Workshops (more to be added soon):
Saturday, February 21 @1:00pm- Get Started Knitting
Knitting is a craft of historic significance as well as modern fun. Come join us for a two-part workshop for the beginning knitter. The first class will get you started knitting a simple fingerless mitt that you will work on more at home. The second class will have you finishing it off and starting a second. Experts from Central New York's Knitting Guild will guide you as you pick up knitting needles and yarn for the first time. All materials will be provided.
Saturday, March 7 @1:00pm- Get Started Knitting
Knitting is a craft of historic significance as well as modern fun. Come join us for a two-part workshop for the beginning knitter. The first class will get you started knitting a simple fingerless mitt that you will work on more at home. The second class will have you finishing it off and starting a second. Experts from Central New York's Knitting Guild will guide you as you pick up knitting needles and yarn for the first time. All materials will be provided.
Previous workshops:
Saturday, December 6, 2025 @ 1:00 PM - Zine Making
Come learn about the history of zines and make your own.
If you need assistance registering or accommodations for the program contact Derrick at outreach@eriecanalmuseum.org or by calling 315-471-0593.
This program is made possible with the support of the Central New York Library Resource Council.
The Erie Canal Museum, located in Downtown Syracuse, NY, engages the public in the story of the Erie Canal’s transformative impacts on peoples and places in the past, present, and future. We are stewards and interpreters of Erie Canal related materials and heritage. The Museum is housed in the 1850 National Register Weighlock Building, the last remaining structure of its kind. Visit us for exhibits with interactive displays and original artifacts, and engaging programs. The Erie Canal Museum is a must-see for adults and children of all ages.
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