New York Water/Ways - MANY

The Smithsonian’s Water/Ways exhibition is an exploration of the connections between human being and water, focusing on the environment, culture, and history.

The Water/Ways exhibition will be hosted by six sites across New York State in 2019 and 2020.

The Water/Ways exhibition will tell the story of how six communities and their waterways helped New York become the Empire State, how canals and river communities played strategically important roles in the development of our transportation, trade, commerce, industry, and culture and how our lake shores connect us to other states and how our oceanfront communities connect us to our nation and peoples around the globe.