The Brockport Community Museum will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first digging of the Erie Canal with a major exhibit at the Seymour Library, 161 East Avenue in Brockport. The exhibit opens on Saturday, May 6 and continues through July 14. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. and is open to the public with free refreshments.
“Phebe,” the mule mascot who normally stands on the canal’s Welcome Center balcony, will greet all visitors. The exhibit will showcase many artifacts, documents and other items related to canal history, including: images from the Drake Library archives, books on the canal from the collections of Bill Andrews and Archie Kutz, an early map display from the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, various artifacts on loan from the Emily L. Knapp Museum and a tribute to those earliest residents of the area, the Seneca and those people south of Lake Ontario before the euro-Americans came to occupy that land. Other features are being planned.
When asked about the effort, President Allan Berry stated that, “The Brockport Community Museum is pleased to be able to join in the Village of Brockport’s Low Bridge/High Water celebration by bringing the history of our community into focus so that residents and visitors can better understand our past. Hopefully, that understanding will not only entertain us but illuminate our path forward.”
For information, call Seymour Library at 637-1050, or Allan Berry at 802-1531.
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