FOLK ARTS & CULTURE
Erie Canal Arts Inventory
You can learn about the canal’s influence on the arts and find more than 60 arts venues using the online guide, completed by the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in collaboration with the New York Folklore Society:
ARTS GUIDE. | In 2009 and 2010, the New York Folklore Society worked in collaboration with the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to
develop an inventory of cultural and artistic sites that might interest a visitor to the Erie Canal Corridor.
Assembling a team that included
Daniel F. Ward of the Erie Canal
Museum, Todd DeGarmo of Crandall Public
Library, and Erin Dorbin of SUNY–Albany’s
public history program, the New York
Folklore Society developed an inventory
of sites that reflect New York State’s rich
artistic and cultural history and connection
to the canal. Architecture, art, music, and
literature in New York were influenced by
the development and expansion of the canal
system, from its original footprint to that
of the present.
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“The National Trust for Historic Preservation defines heritage tourism as ‘travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past.’
The overarching purpose is to gain an appreciation of the past. Cultural heritage tourism, by contrast, is ‘travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present.’
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From Cultural Heritage Tourism: Best Practices and Key Concepts for Regional Initiatives by Dr. Ellen McHale (NYFS), Dr. Lisa Overholser (NYFS), and Dr. Daniel Franklin Ward (Erie Canal Museum).
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