All Exhibits

Spirit of the City: Imagining the Pan-American Exposition Spirit of the City, the History Museum’s 3000 square foot feature exhibit showcasing the Pan-American Exposition, and our collection’s storage areas populate the Resource Center. In the 1990s, The Buffalo History Museum Read more...

Exploring the region’s rich ethnic and cultural heritage through the traditions and stories of immigrant Germans, Poles, Italians, African Americans, Irish, Asian, Balkan and many other groups as they formed a community here.  See more Buffalo History Museum Website Location: Second Read more...

BMS unveiled two new family members on Saturday, November 26, 2011. Enormous casts of a 12-foot tall mastodon and 26-foot long Albertosaurus now greet museum guests from six-foot bases in Hamlin Hall. Meet Seymour the Mastodon and Stanley the Albertosaurus! These permanent installations were made possible Read more...

Open 7 Days a Week; Mon-Sun 10am-4pm Prices: Adults- $10; Seniors 62+ – $9; Children 2-17, students* & military* with ID $8 Museum Members – FREE Children under 2 – FREE Biodiversity is life. It is the very foundation upon which all life on Earth depends. The staggering variety of life Read more...

The Train Gallery The impressive train display includes 1900s replica model trains running on more than 200 feet of track, as well as a scale Erie Canal lock, and 100 miniature buildings portraying 19th century Buffalo and Western New York. Read more...

Explore Together! Since its 2009 reopening, our interactive Explorations gallery has inspired thousands of wee explorers and toddlers to explore the basics of science every week. It’s exciting and colorful setting will draw your little scientist right in! Designed for early childhood development and science Read more...

The sweeping zinc facade of the Burchfield Penney Art Center is no longer just a wall. It’s a projection surface. Buffalo’s seasons are no longer just the weather. They’re curators. Elmwood Avenue at Rockwell Road is no longer just another Read more...

The John R. Oishei Native American Gallery This permanent installation traces the region’s history through its first inhabitants, while focusing on the formation and evolution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Highlights of the exhibit include a walk-in longhouse, a dazzling gustoweh Read more...

Explore our Earth’s systems, from extreme weather to geological phenomena and the alternative forms of energy our planet provides, and take an in-depth look at our geology collection of gems, minerals and weather-measuring instruments used by generations past. Plus, see Read more...

The Alumni of Canisius High School Presents Inside Tim Russert’s Office: If it’s Sunday, it’s “Meet the Press” After more than four years on display at the Newseum in Washington, the contents of the office of the late NBC newsman Read more...

Abstract Expressionism, the first truly American art movement, emerged just prior to World War II, originating in New York’s Greenwich Village.  Also called the New York School, this group of loosely affiliated artists moved visual expression away from natural representation and into Read more...

Glittering gold and mysterious mummies are among Ancient Egypt’s most enduring attractions. Golden Mummies of Egypt examines hopes and fears about the afterlife when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BC-200 AD). Wealthy members of this Read more...

The Kellogg Observatory has been a part of the Museum’s history for almost 90 years. Named for Jane and Spencer Kellogg, the Kellogg Observatory opened to the public in 1930 and was equipped with an 8-inch f/15 refractor designed by Read more...

In recognition of the magnitude of change generated by women legally being granted the right to vote one hundred years ago, this special exhibition demonstrated the strength of women artists to express their critiques of today’s world. It is part Read more...

CEPA Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by artist Matt Kenyon at CEPA Gallery’s Big Orbit Project Space. Kenyon’s art practice SWAMP (Studies of Work Atmosphere and Mass Production) focuses on critical themes addressing the effects of Read more...