Tales of the Towpath

04/24/2020

For current information about Tales of the Towpath, including our Adventures Aloud reading series, please visit our National Canal Museum page!

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Where History Comes Alive on the Lehigh Canal! We are a hands-on museum with a narrated canal boat ride powered by mules.

02/26/2019

Our dear friend and illustrator of Tales of the Towpath, Dennis Gerhart, passed away on Sunday, February 24. A memorial service will be held for Dennis on Friday at Naugle Funeral Service, 135 West Pumping Station Road in Quakertown, beginning at 9 a.m. Please visit the link provided below for further details. Please honor Dennis by attending.

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10/03/2017

Enjoy an evening of spookery in the park. A special Halloween ride on the Josiah White II, a ghost walk to the locktender’s house, ghost stories,...

09/08/2017

Freemansburg field trips begin October 2. Here's a sneak peek at what the children will be doing.

After beginning our Tales of the Towpath curriculum, almost 1,000 Bethlehem Area School District students attended field trips at the D&L's Freemansburg Cana...

08/25/2017

HELP!! We need an art lesson instructor for our Freemansburg field trips. Oct.2-20. Help 4th-grade students learn how to draw a mule using simple shapes and shading. Please get in touch via Facebook or call 610-984-4753. This will be fun and Dennis Gerhart, the Tales artist, will train you. Spread the word please. This is a lesson the kids love every year.

08/22/2017

Hi! We are in need of 3-4 more volunteers for our annual Tales of the Towpath field trips at the Freemansburg Canal Education Center. They take place Oct. 2-20. Volunteer one or two days a week, or more if you'd like. We train you, provide costuming and then watch you enjoy yourself. It is truly a satisfying experience. We host 1,000 fourth-grade students from Bethlehem Area School District. You will have one responsibility, so you don't have to learn everything there is to know about canals and canal history. WE HAVE A REAL NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS IN OUR HEIRLOOM GARDEN. Contact me through Facebook or call 610-923-3548 x225. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU. If you know any retired teachers, send them our way.

08/07/2017

We are in need of a volunteer for our upcoming Tales of the Towpath field trips in Freemansburg who can teach a children's art lesson on how to draw a mule, using shapes and shading. Tales of the Towpath artist Dennis Gerhart will provide one-on-one training and will also help on October 2, the first day of the field trips.This is a three-week gig, so we are looking for more than one person to share the duties. Hope you can help. The students (fourth grade) LOVE this lesson. Send email to [email protected] or call 610-923-3548 x225.

08/01/2017

The annual Tales of the Towpath student field trips at the Freemansburg Canal Education Center are just two months away. They begin Oct. 2 and go through Oct. 20. We host every Bethlehem elementary school, 1,000 fourth-graders in all! FIELD TRIP GUIDES ARE NEEDED!! Complete training is provided on Wednesday evenings in September (6, 13, 20 and 27). We provide costumes and all resource materials. You provide whatever time you can. It's a great experience. Please get in touch with Dennis Scholl at 610-923-3548 or [email protected]. Thank you!

06/29/2017

And a one, and a two, and a . . .
New Tales of the Towpath teachers from Bethlehem, Allentown, Parkland, Phillipsburg, and Lopatcong school districts and Lehigh Christian Academy learn how to make melodious sounds with a conch shell, just like canal boat captains did long ago. The teachers attended the D&L's annual Tales of the Towpath teacher training workshop on Tuesday in Hugh Moore Park, Easton. Conch instructor and D&L field trip guide, Barb Fritz, is on the far left.