The Erie Canal Depot is located in a charming tenant house dating back to the 1830s, which retains much of its original architecture. Here, you can fully immerse yourself in the experience of being a passenger on the Erie Canal during the 1800s. Discover a variety of original artifacts used for business and travel, and receive a replica ticket for your journey on the first boat launched in Palmyra in 1821, the Myron Holley. Be sure to sign the Depot’s manifest to record your travels alongside visitors from around the globe.

As you explore, you’ll encounter new exhibits, including a beautifully hand-painted mural of a canal barge and a recreated captain’s cabin. Additionally, you can peer through a trapdoor into the basement of the museum, where canal mules were once housed, and marvel at meticulously crafted dioramas that depict significant locations along the Erie Canal to scale.