Editing Erie, Pennsylvania (section)

===Museums===
The [[Erie Art Museum]] is the city's main [[art gallery]], located in the [[Old Customshouse (Erie, Pennsylvania)|Old Customshouse]] on State Street. Its collection has an emphasis on [[folk art]] and [[modern art]] and it hosts a popular blues and jazz concert series. The museum also works on public art projects to revitalize and improve the city. In 2000, it created a project entitled GoFish, similar to [[CowParade]]; 95 fiberglass fish were decorated by Erie artists and placed throughout the city. Patrons paid $3,000 for a fish and the proceeds went to [[Gannon University]]'s scholarship fund and the Erie Public Art endowment fund.<ref name=EBSCOhost>{{cite web |last=Hubert |first=Tom |title=Baked Fish |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/6037130/baked-fish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304174410/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/6037130/baked-fish |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |work=Ceramics Monthly |access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> The Erie Art Museum created a similar public art project in 2004 that involved frogs rather than fish.<ref>{{cite book |last=Paris |first=Vanessa W. |title=LeapFrog! the Ribbitting Tale: 2004 Lake Erie Art Project |year=2004 |publisher=Erie Art Museum |location=Erie, Pennsylvania |isbn=978-0-9709282-8-3}}</ref> In 2012, the Erie Art Museum began a project to create 40 artistic and functional bike racks, designed and created by local artists.<ref>{{cite news |last=Erwin |first=Erica |title=Erie Art Museum unveils latest public art project |url=http://www.goerie.com/article/20120914/NEWS02/309139868/Erie-Art-Museum-unveils-latest-public-art-project |access-date=September 28, 2012 |newspaper=Erie Times-News |date=September 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726043834/https://www.goerie.com/article/20120914/NEWS02/309139868/Erie-Art-Museum-unveils-latest-public-art-project |url-status=dead }}</ref> The museum intends to add color and interest to downtown Erie and to promote bicycling, encourage healthy lifestyles, and provide environmental awareness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bike Rack Public Art |url=http://www.erieartmuseum.org/exhibits/public_art/BikeRack_PublicArt/BikeRackPublicArt.html |publisher=Erie Art Museum |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727102620/http://www.erieartmuseum.org/exhibits/public_art/BikeRack_PublicArt/BikeRackPublicArt.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref>

The [[Erie Maritime Museum]] commemorates and explains Erie's significance during the [[War of 1812]]; it is home to the [[USS Niagara (1813)|USS Brig ''Niagara'']], a modern recreation of the 1813 USS&nbsp;''Niagara'' that served as Commodore [[Oliver Hazard Perry]]'s relief [[flagship]] during the [[Battle of Lake Erie]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Erie Maritime Museum and U.S. Brig Niagara|last=Magoc|first=Chris J.|publisher=Stackpole Books & Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|year=2001|isbn=0-811727564|pages=33}}</ref>