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  • Building the Buffalo AKG Art Museum

    Building the Buffalo AKG Art Museum

    • About the Project
    • Project Partners
    • Project History
    • For Media

    About the Project

    The future Buffalo AKG Art Museum is scheduled to open on May 25, 2023.

  • Art

    Art

    • Collection
    • Search the Collection
    • Exhibitions
    • Public Art
    • Nordic Art and Culture Initiative
    • Publications

    Clyfford Still: A Legacy for Buffalo

    May 25, 2023–February 19, 2024
    Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

     

  • Events

    Events

    • Find an Event

    Art Alive 2023

    Saturday, June 3, 2023
    12–2 pm EST
    Great Lawn

  • Learn & Create

    Learn & Create

    • Blog
    • At-Home Activities for Kids & Families
    • At-Home Art Activities for Adults
    • Lesson Plans

    At-Home Art Activities for Kids & Families

    Our Learning and Creativity team has developed at-home art activities for families and kids of all ages.

  • Community

    Community

    • Public Art
    • Art Truck
    • Community Speakers Program
    • Community Resources and Feedback

    Explore Public Art

    Browse our public art projects or explore them on a map.

  • Support

    Support

    • Membership
    • Make a Donation
    • Corporate Support
    • Annual Fundraising Events
    • Host an Event
    • Travel with Us
    • Volunteer
    • Our Supporters

    Learn About Our New Member Benefits!

    Through our new membership levels and benefits, members can experience the Buffalo AKG in the best way possible and will enjoy expanded access across the new campus upon opening on May 25, 2023.

  • About

    About

    • Vision & Mission
    • Our Collections
    • Our Campus
    • Our History
    • Our Team
    • Annual Reports
    • 2016–2026 Strategic Plan

    Campus History Timeline

    Trace the evolution of the museum’s campus, from groundbreaking for our first building in 1900 to building the future Buffalo AKG Art Museum today.

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Directors

Throughout its evolution from the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to the Albright Art Gallery, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and now the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, our museum has been led by dedicated and talented directors whose collective contributions have given rise to one of the world’s most extraordinary art collections. Among the museum’s past leaders are the first female director of a major art museum in the United States and a member of the Monuments Men during World War II.

Charles M. Kurtz

January 1905–March 1909

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Charles M. Kurtz

Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton

October 1910–June 1924

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Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton

William M. Hekking

March 1925–September 1931

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William M. Hekking

Gordon B. Washburn

October 1931–February 1942

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Gordon B. Washburn

Dr. Andrew C. Ritchie

June 1942–July 1949

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Dr. Andrew C. Ritchie

Edgar C. Schenck

September 1949–July 1955

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Edgar C. Schenck. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

Gordon M. Smith

September 1955–June 1973

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Gordon M. Smith

Robert T. Buck, Jr.

July 1973–July 1983

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Robert T. Buck, Jr.

Douglas G. Schultz

December 1983–December 2002

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Douglas G. Schultz

Louis Grachos

January 2003–December 2012

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Louis Grachos

Janne Sirén, PhD

April 2013–Present

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