D&H Canal Museum

D&H Canal Museum SUMMER Hours 10AM - 5PM Monday - Sunday
between Memorial Day & Labor Day
1315 NY-213 (Main Street), High Falls, NY 12440

06/19/2026

Come join us for Canawler Days Weekend June 27 & 28 when you can meet the towpath mules, Dolly & Daisy, with free wagon rides on the Five Locks Walk. Thanks to Dave and the Gibaldi Family Farm. The event is 10am-5pm, with wagon rides beginning at 12 noon. There are many other activities that weekend. For more information, go to-https://www.canalmuseum.org/canawler-days






The next presentation in the D&H Canal Historical Society's DePuy Lecture Series will be on Friday June 26, 2026, when J...
06/18/2026

The next presentation in the D&H Canal Historical Society's DePuy Lecture Series will be on Friday June 26, 2026, when Jon Palmer presents "An Eye to the Hills: Early Photography in the Catskills", a short lecture on the history of photography, with a particular focus on the profession as it was practiced regionally in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. Palmer will discuss and show examples of early techniques, common formats, and discuss some local practitioners in order to prepare attendees to better understand their own collections and the importance of good preservation and digitization practices. Attendees are encouraged to bring historic images from their collections to be looked at, discussed, and dated as time permits!

Jonathan Palmer is a writer and historian from Athens, New York. A graduate of Siena College and the University at Albany where he earned his MSIS, he was employed for six years as the archivist in charge of the Greene County Historical Society’s Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie, New York. Since 2023, he has served as the archivist for the County of Ulster while continuing to hold an appointment as the fifth Greene County Historian. When he is not lost in the Catskills or fiddling with a camera he can be found among sundry piles of dusty papers consorting with ghosts and laughing to himself.

We dedicated our third William Pomeroy Foundation marker yesterday, once again (of course) celebrating the important his...
06/16/2026

We dedicated our third William Pomeroy Foundation marker yesterday, once again (of course) celebrating the important history of D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad. We were fortunate to have Ulster County Executive, Jen Metzger, Ulster County Legislator Lindsey Grossman, Ulster County Historian, Eddie Moran, and UC Director of Arts, Culture & Open Space Sarah Kramer-Harrison attend the unveiling, along with Rosendale Historian Bill Brooks and his partner Susan Curcio. From the D&H we had our VP Allan Bowdery, Board members Chris Pryslopski, Carol Ricken, and Dave Kime, along with our Historian, Bill Merchant. It is on NY Route 213 just east of the AJ Snyder ball field, in Lawrenceville (Rosendale).

It's a busy weekend! Saturday at 2:00pm, join our Historian, Bill Merchant, for a free guided tour of our National Histo...
06/15/2026

It's a busy weekend! Saturday at 2:00pm, join our Historian, Bill Merchant, for a free guided tour of our National Historic Landmark Five Locks Walk, as part of NY Path Through History. Just show up at the D&H Canal Museum, 1315 Main Street in High Falls- no reservations needed!
On Sunday at 4:00pm, join Bill on the Hudson River Maritime Museum's solar boat "Solaris". The voyage goes to the Eddyville Dam and back to the Museum as Bill discusses the many industrial remains along the Upper Rondout Creek, vestiges of the D&H Canal's influence on the area's history. Book now, this tour sells out fast! Go to the "D&H Canal History" tab to select the date and purchase-
https://www.hrmm.org/solaris-cruises.html

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06/14/2026

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from Thomas Steven's "Around the World on a Bicycle," 1884.

"My route leads down the Erie Canal, alternately riding down the canal tow-path, the wagon-roads, and between the tracks of the New York Central Railway. On the former, the greatest drawback to peaceful cycling is the towing-mule and his unwarrantable animosity toward the bicycle, and the awful, unmentionable profanity engendered in the utterances of the boatmen. Sometimes the burden of this sulphurous profanity is aimed at me, sometimes at the inoffensive bicycle, or both of us collectively, but oftener is it directed at the unspeakable mule, who is really the only party to blame."

Our Historian, Bill Merchant, expresses his gratitude to City of Kingston Historian and Ulster County Clerk, Taylor Bruc...
06/13/2026

Our Historian, Bill Merchant, expresses his gratitude to City of Kingston Historian and Ulster County Clerk, Taylor Bruck, and Ulster County Archivist and Greene County Historian, Jon Palmer for joining him on the panel, "Truth, Artificial Intelligence, and the Historical Record", a round table discussion at the New York State History Conference, held June 11 & 12 at Marist University and ably organized by its Hudson River Valley Institute. Our heartfelt thanks. too, to moderator, Kevin Gaugler, Assistant Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Co-Chair of Marist's Steering Committee on A. I., who led us through a spirited and wide ranging discussion on the ramifications of this powerful technology on our work as historians, researchers, and story tellers. The D&H Canal Society will be hosting an afternoon workshop for history professionals on the topic this November, in conjunction with the Greater Hudson Heritage Network.

The next presentation in the D&H Canal Historical Society's Makers of History Lecture Series will be on Friday, June 19,...
06/10/2026

The next presentation in the D&H Canal Historical Society's Makers of History Lecture Series will be on Friday, June 19, 2026, when Peter Mullan, who was Executive Vice President and Director of Planning and Design of the High Line and presently serves as President and CEO of the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail will relate Lessons Learned from Creation of the High Line.

The Makers of History Lectures feature people working and living in our area whose work is of national, and even international importance. The Society believes that the region is rapidly developing into a major center of scholarship and excellence, and that it should play a role in showcasing leaders in many fields who are our neighbors.

The presentation starts at 7:00pm at the D&H Canal Museum and Mid-Hudson Visitor Center at 1315 Main Street in High Falls. There is a $10 suggested donation that can be paid at the door. No reservations necessary. For more information, please go to our website, www.canalmuseum.org, call 845-687-2000, or email us at [email protected]

ENERGY CRISES NOTHING NEWAmerica’s first major energy crisis came during the War of 1812, when British blockades and emb...
06/10/2026

ENERGY CRISES NOTHING NEW

America’s first major energy crisis came during the War of 1812, when British blockades and embargoes cut off bituminous coal supplies from Britain and Virginia. The solution? Adoption of Pennsylvania anthracite coal and the transportation network needed to move it. The D&H Canal delivered!

06/08/2026

NEW YORKERS, DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE D&H CANAL
IN SCHOOL? Sound Up!
Mules powered coal barges 108 miles from Honesdale, PA, across the Delaware River (on one of four John Roebling Aqueducts) and up the Neversink, Bashakill, Sandburgh Creek and Rondout Creek Valleys to Kingston, NY (1828-1898).

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1315 Main Street
High Falls, NY
12440

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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(845) 687-2000

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