Location: Buffalo
Top Things to do in Buffalo
Things to do in Buffalo, New York (NY): The Best Museums
Buffalo is being reborn as a mecca for art, architecture, history, culture, dining and entertainment. Experience Frank Lloyd Wright’s stunning Darwin Martin House Complex and world-class modern art at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Relive part of the city’s incredible history at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site. Explore the emerging Canalside waterfront district, hip Elmwood Village, more than 400 independently owned restaurants (serving our famous chicken wings and more) and nearby Niagara Falls.
Restaurants in Buffalo
1. Benjaman's Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
The Benjaman Gallery is a family owned and operated business that has been serving the community of Buffalo for 40 years. Please visit us in person or on the web to view the eclectic variety of investment quality artwork in our collection. Feel free to contact us at any time and we hope to see you soon!!!
2. Buffalo Religious Arts Center
3. Pierce-Arrow Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 278 reviews
The museum is temporarily closed due to coronavirus as of March 16, 2020. Please check our web site, pierce-arrow.com for updates. This unique museum focuses on Buffalo's transportation history featuring Pierce Arrow, Thomas Flyer, electric vehicles, vintage bicycles, motorcycles, muscle cars and trucks, many made in Western New York. A special feature is the full scale Buffalo Filling Station by Frank Lloyd Wright, designed for Buffalo in 1927 but never built. Rights to build it were secured and the impressive structure with expansive copper roof and detailing is housed in the atrium of the museum. Guided tours can be arranged by appointment @ $25 per person with a minimum of 30 people required.
Reviewed By K5885UCdouglasm
We've lived in Western New York for many years but it wasn't until recently that we became aware of the Pierce Arrow Museum in downtown Buffalo. Our son is an avid fan of classic cars and I enjoy transportation artifacts (motorcycles, bicycles, antique gas pumps) that are commonly seen on the American Pickers television show. We were looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon and decided to check out the museum. The museum is conveniently located off of the I-190 expressway in downtown Buffalo, and offers free parking on site. Admission was reasonable for a family of 3. We spent about 2 1/2 hours touring the entire museum. While admiring a 1960's Mercury Cougar, a museum docent by the name of Debra approached us and began telling us the history of that particular vehicle. She then proceeded to guide us from car to car, giving us detailed information about the history of each. She also explained the origin of the Frank Lloyd Wright gas station that was built inside the giant atrium from the original blueprints. For the next hour she walked us around the museum, giving us a personal tour of many of the major exhibits. We left having learned so much about the history of automobile manufacturing that once took place in Buffalo, as well as many of the unique automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and transportation artifacts on display. The museum was the perfect size for what we wanted to see on a Sunday afternoon.
4. Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 582 reviews
The Albright-Knox has been collecting and exhibiting art since 1862. While our Elmwood Avenue campus is closed for construction, we invite you to experience Albright-Knox Northland, Public Art, and our Art Truck.
Reviewed By margatemensch2016 - Coconut Creek, United States
Recently,I returned to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on a hot late June day and I enjoyed their splendid collection of paintings and Art produced by French and American artists from the mid-19th Century until the present day..Personal favorites that day included:Gustave Caillebotte's"Study For Pont D'Europe",Claude Monet's"Towpath at Argentieul",Camille Pissarro's"Peasants in Field,Eragny",Vincent Van Gogh's"Old Mill",Henri Matisse's"Glimpse of Notre Dame,Late Afternoon",Raoul Dufy's"Pantheon at Saint Etienne",James Ensor's"Fireworks",,Giorgio di Chirico's"Anguish of Departure"(Italian),Phillip Elliot's"Shelochta,Pennsylvania",Emile Branchard's"Winter",and Yayoi Kusama's"Pumpkin"(creation).I also enjoyed the fine temporary exhibit of paintings and creations by Contemporary Artist,Robert Indiana.I especially liked his"Love Series"and "American Dream Series".Although this art museum is limited in its range of Art,I respect this art museum for its quality works on display
5. Buffalo Fire Historical Society
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
6. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
7. Buffalo & Erie County Naval and Military Park
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4.5 based on 984 reviews
Reviewed By IronEagle3 - Homer, United States
I sure would go back to the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Museum in a heart beat I loved it and I Highly Recommend That Every One Should Check It Out Big Time
8. Burchfield Penney Art Center
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4.5 based on 90 reviews
Welcome to the Burchfield Penney Art Center, the only museum exclusively dedicated to the art and artists of Western New York - including famed American watercolorist Charles E. Burchfield. From the moment you first step through our doors, you will be surrounded by inspirational, thought-provoking and world-renowned artwork. The Burchfield Penney features more than 20 exhibitions annually. While many are curated from our extensive collections, we often bring new work into the museum through temporary exhibitions and works on loan. As a result, no visit to the Burchfield Penney is ever the same.
Reviewed By 8phillipg
A very good exhibit exploring the COVD themes took up most off my visit, but there was also a nice one featuring a lot of birds which I didn't have time to fully appreciate. The staff was also very friendly, although they were wearing masks, of course, I could tell they were giving me smiles. All in all the best part of my little day trip to Buffalo.
9. Cofeld Judaic Museum of Temple Beth Zion
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
10. Buffalo Museum of Science
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4.0 based on 239 reviews
The Buffalo Museum of Science offers educational and exciting experiences the whole family can enjoy, including interactive exhibit spaces, special traveling exhibits, a National Geographic 3D Cinema, collections of over 700,000 artifacts and specimens. Record your own weather forecast or step into a wind chamber in Our Marvelous Earth, explore health and the human body in Explore YOU, build your own gravity wall in the In Motion studio, explore over 1,500 insect specimens in Bug Works, or discover science with your toddler and young scientists in the Explorations early childhood gallery.
Reviewed By toastboy1 - Amherst, United States
I love museums, growing up the Buffalo Museum of Science was one diorama after another.Informational but dull. A recent saw quite the chang, many more interactive exhibits, a new spin on the animals and science that surrounds us. I used to think our museums paled in comparison to closeby Toronto, no longer. So impressed we became members!
