All Exhibits

Pioneer life in Buffalo Creek Village is interpreted anew with fresh signage, a full-wall mural depicting rural life, as well as the beloved and iconic blacksmith’s shop and weaver’s cottage. New elements include hands-on activities in the recreated Post Office Read more...

Experience some of Buffalo’s 19th century shops and businesses, including Buffalo Savings Bank., Adam, Meldrum & Company, and Millard Fillmore’s carriage. Generous funding from The Junior League of Buffalo supported the Street of Shops. Website See all Buffalo History Museum exhibits and 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...

The Buffalo News and M&T Bank present Icons: The Makers and Moments of Buffalo Sports.  Icons explores our rich sports history and investigate the unique connection between fans and our beloved teams and sports idols. Icons will be located in newly refurbished gallery Read more...

Rethink Extinct takes you on a journey through time, starting in the Paleozoic Era 542 million years ago, to explore the past – and the future – of life on Earth. Investigate events that made the headlines in Earth’s history, learn Read more...

Explore the basics of physics, mechanical motion, engineering and organic motion through a highly interactive studio space. Corporate support for In Motion is provided by Calspan Corporation, Columbus McKinnon Corporation and West Herr Toyota. Additional studio support for In Motion was provided by The 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...

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...

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...

Exhibit:  February 20, 2020 – August 15, 2020 Reception:  February 20, 2020 — 5:00pm – 7:00pm Welcome to a new view of Western New York. 20/20 Vision: Women Artists in Western New York presents the experiences of women artists. We are shown landscapes 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 new Zygmunt digital planetarium allows us to view brilliant night skies from anywhere in the world, visualize legendary constellations and fly through the Solar System to bring outer space closer than ever to the City of Good Neighbors. Bring Read more...

On View Friday, April 10–Sunday, July 26, 2020 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...