Mingling the Waters
200 Years on the Erie Canal
March 1, 2025 – December 30, 2025
Mingling the Waters“…the Erie Canal exerted no mean effect upon the Nation. Its influence spread beyond and strove to efface our local boundaries and to make of the loose confederation of States and territories one united people.”
The Erie Canal Centennial Celebration, 1928
The Regional Art Galleries of the Arkell Museum are open the same hours as the Canajoharie Library
- Tuesday-Wednesday 10-6
- Thursday-Friday 10-5
- Saturday 12-5
The Regional Art Galleries are free to visit.
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie and the Canajoharie Library promote and celebrate the understanding and enjoyment of the arts and humanities in Canajoharie, the Mohawk Valley, and beyond.
The Arkell Museum collects, preserves, researches and presents American Art and Mohawk Valley History, and promotes active participation in art and history related activities, to enhance knowledge, appreciation and personal exploration by all.
The American painting collection includes seven oil paintings by Winslow Homer and significant paintings by many distinguished artists including; Thomas Benton, William M. Chase, Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, Albert Bierstadt, and Gilbert Stuart. Permanent and changing exhibitions also feature selections from the museum’s Mohawk Valley History collection as well as the Beech-Nut collection of early twentieth-century advertising material.
