Erie Canalway Connections with the Buffalo Zoo

Take advantage of a unique grant-based opportunity for you and your 3rd-5th grade students. The Buffalo Zoo and the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society have partnered together to bring you “Erie Canalway Connections,” an engaging program utilizing two of Western New York’s treasured cultural institutions. 

Your class will first explore the Historical Society to participate in guided museum tours of the Oishei Pioneer Life Gallery, where students can imagine the experience of life in Buffalo more than 200 years ago,  and marvel at their hometown industry in the Buffalo Made exhibit. Through the use of interactive museum exhibits and a hands-on craft, students will discover ways the Erie Canal has affected human  life in the Western New York community. Students will then travel to the Buffalo Zoo, where they will explore the Delta Sonic Heritage Farm. This exhibit replicates a working farm found along the Erie Canal during the 1800s. While at the Zoo, students will observe live animal demonstrations and participate in hands-on activities that help them explore ways the Erie Canal has affected (and still affects) wild spaces.

Your class can participate in “Erie Canalway Connections” for ONLY $100.  All other fees, including admission to the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society and the Buffalo Zoo, as well as all bus fees, will be covered by grant funds. This project is funded in part by the Erie Canalway Heritage Fund.

Available 2012 dates to book this program are:

April 20
May 11, 25, 29, 30
September 14, 21, 28
October 12, 19, 26
November 2, 9, 16

If you are interested in booking this program for your class or you would like some more information, please call the Buffalo Zoo’s education department at (716) 995-6143.