Erie Canal Walking Tour
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, NY, United StatesJoin us on Sunday, November 5th at 2PM for a guided walking tour of historic Downtown Syracuse, exploring the same path where the famous waterway once ran. The tour begins at the Erie Canal Museum, winding through Clinton and Hanover Squares before ending back at the Museum. The tour covers about a mile and lasts […]
Brewing and Social Life Along the Erie Canal
Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY, NY, United StatesJoin OHA and the Erie Canal Museum for a free talk about brewing and social life along the Erie Canal followed by a Q&A with both museums' curators, OHA's Robert Searing and the Erie Canal Museum's Ashley Maready, at the Erie Canal. The Q&A is at the Evergreen bbeginning at 6:45. This is the second in […]
OHA Book Club: The Myth of Seneca Falls, by Lisa Tetrault
On Saturday, November 11th OHA is hosting its monthly book club featuring the book, The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 (Gender and American Culture). The book will be available in OHA's Gift Gallery Museum Store at 321 Montgomery Street. "The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca […]
Brine, Boats, & Bureaucrats Exhibit Gallery Talk with Dennis Connors
Marriott Syracuse Downtown 100 E Onondaga Street, Syracuse, NY, United StatesIn his last presentation as OHA Curator of History, Dennis Connors will lead a gallery talk on OHA's exhibit, Brine, Boats & Bureaucrats: Syracuse Salt & New York’s 19th Century Canals. The relationship between Syracuse and the Erie Canal is well-known, as it is in numerous communities across the state, from Albany, to Lockport, Rochester, Utica […]
OHA Book Club: Holiday Cooking Edition & Potluck
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseHave a favorite cookbook? Interested in changing up your holiday meals? Join us for the next meeting for the OHA Book Club on December 9th at 11:30am at the Onondaga Historical Museum Auditorium in downtown Syracuse. Have a dish you want to share? Bring it with you! We'll also be hosting Lynne Pascale, owner of Farmer […]
Holidays in the City with OHA
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseOn December 16th and 17th, the Onondaga Historical Association, in collaboration with Holidays in the City, is holding a special weekend of events at our downtown Syracuse location (321 Montgomery Street). All weekend long, enjoy our holiday shopping sale - 10% at the OHA Gift Gallery. On December 16th, join the local artists from Snowy […]
Native Artists Exhibit Opening featuring work by Nancy Duffy, Ronnie-Leigh Goeman, and Stonehorse Goeman.
Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center 6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, NY, United StatesJoin us as we start the New Year off with a co-exhibition from three local artists on Wednesday, January 3rd. Artists include the late Nancy Duffy, Ronnie-Leigh Goeman, and Stonehorse Goeman. Duffy was a former resident of Syracuse and worked at News Channel 9. She is best known as the woman who put together the largest one-day event […]
Ben Walsh to Sign Mayor’s Autograph Book
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseOn February 21s, 2018, Ben Walsh will become the 52nd Mayor of Syracuse to sign the "Mayor's Autograph Book." This book has the autograph of every Mayor of Syracuse since the first Mayor, Harvey Baldwin, in 1848. The signing will take place at the Onondaga Historical Museum at 321 Montgomery Street in downtown Syracuse at […]
Syracuse: How far from Birmingham – The 1963 CORE Protests and the Racial Politics of Urban Renewal
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseOn Thursday, February 22nd, Curator of History Bob Searing will speak about the CORE (the Congress on Racial Equality) protests during the 1960s. In the summer and fall of 1963, the Congress on Racial Equality, a significant national civil rights group, organized a series of marches to protest the city's program of urban renewal, which was […]
OHA Book Club: “The Traitor’s Wife” by Allison Pataki
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseOn February 24th, the OHA Book Club will discuss "The Traitor's Wife" by Allison Pataki. About the book (via Goodreads) A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind America's most infamous act of treason . . . Everyone knows Benedict Arnold--the Revolutionary War general who betrayed America […]