National Canal Museum

30 Centre Square, Easton, Pennsylvania

3.5

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Size: 154 x 38

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+1 610 250 6700, +1 610 252 8855

Website:

www.canals.org

Discover America's living canal heritage at the National Canal Museum. The Museum features interactive, hands-on exhibits that build ideas and inspire exploration. Navigate your boat through a 90-ft. model canal system, experiment ... more on Visitpa.com

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The National Canal Museum is a great museum for kids. more on TripAdvisor

Don't waste your money or time. more on Yahoo! Travel

We will absolutely return. more on GoCityKids

The bars and restraunts have great food with large value priced menus. more on Yahoo! Travel

The kids, aged two and 10, both had a great time there were plenty of activities. more on GoCityKids

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This is a small museum in the same building as the Crayola Factory. It's hard to believe that canals can be interesting or even exciting, but the exhibits are just that. A lot of ... more on TripAdvisor

This museum is attached to the Crayola Factory, so you get 2 "museums" for the 1 pirce. This is 1 of the redeeming qualities. The NCM has some interesting exhibits, especially on the 2nd floor. When y ... more on TripAdvisor

Located on the third floor of the Crayola factory in Easton. The place is a great place to see how the canal life was. Exhibits help the kids ... more on TripAdvisor

As an adult, the museum itself was rather lame. My husband and I expected there to be more historical exhibits, not just a big area for kids to play with the boats. We pretty much walked in just to wa ... more on TripAdvisor

My boys absolutely loved this museum. Given the target audience (being attached to Crayola), it was a perfect fit for my 3 boys (5 and ... more on TripAdvisor

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Kids loved it! The circle is a good place for the adults to hang out! The bars and restraunts have great ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We had the best time at the crayola factory. It was great fun creating so many projects. We especially liked the wax painting and watercolor room. Everyone came home with product samples and a big bag of ... more on Yahoo! Travel

What a complete disappointment!!! $9 a person to go into a place that has garbage all over the place with absolutely nothing organized. There is no attraction. Grab a pair of scissors, some glue, some construction paper and sit at ... more on Yahoo! Travel

What i like is it is fun. I like all the people that work there and the people I meet it is a fun place ... more on Yahoo! Travel

My two boys (4 1/2 and 7) were so-so about the crayola part of the museum, but the little-known pearl is the upstair Canal Museum. This is included in the price, but is also geared towards kids. My 7 year-old spend 90 minutes running ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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I went into the store to sell a ring I had found on the street. I did not think it was real and only wanted $5.00 bucks for it. The young gentlemen working the counter, laughed and said " Sir this is a real diamond". I left with a ... more on CitySearch