The Erie Canal Depot is located in an 1830s tenant house, which features much of its original architecture. Here, you can envision yourself as a passenger on the Erie Canal in the 1800s. You will see original artifacts used for business and travel and receive a ticket for your trip on the first boat launched in Palmyra in 1821, the Myron Holley. Sign the Depot’s manifest to mark your travels along with visitors from all over the world. Explore new exhibits such as a hand painted mural of a canal barge and a re-created captain’s boat cabin. Peer through a trap door into the basement of the museum, where canal mules were once kept, and view dioramas of Erie Canal locations created faithfully to scale.