History Museums
History museums may be independent of other entities or operated by historical societies, municipalities, or the state. For an example of the independent type, the Erie Canal Museum "is a private, nonprofit corporation founded in 1962. It is housed in the 1850 Weighlock Building, where canal boats were weighed during the days when they traveled through the center of Syracuse on the Erie Canal." The Weighlock building is listed on the National Register.
There is a museum operated by a town inside a covered bridge in Washington County, New York.
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Famous quotes containing the words history and/or museums:
“A people without history
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