Entertain at the Buffalo AKG
The Seymour H. Knox Building. Photo: Marco Cappelletti
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum provides an unparalleled setting for your special event. With one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary art in the world, the museum offers exclusive opportunities for you and your guests. From private gallery tours to campus-wide festivities, host your next event at the Buffalo AKG.
Sculpture Terrace
Designed by world-renowned architect Shohei Shigematsu of OMA, the new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building provides stunning panoramic views of Buffalo’s Olmsted Parks. The building’s second floor, 360-degree Sculpture Terrace, is perfect for cocktail receptions and seated dinners.
Maximum capacity for seated dinner: 205
Maximum capacity for standing reception: 300
Lyke Family Sculpture Court
The Lyke Family Sculpture Court, located in the historic Robert and Elisabeth Wilmers Building, is an elegant space full of striking neoclassical architecture, offering an inspiring setting for both cocktail receptions and seated dinners. Please note, this space is only available when not occupied by an exhibition.
Maximum capacity for seated dinner: 175
Maximum capacity for standing reception: 300
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Town Square
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Town Square, located in the historic Seymour H. Knox Building, is a unique space perfect for cocktail receptions, seated dinners, and dancing. Guests will enjoy themselves amid Common Sky, a monumental artwork of glass and mirrors designed by Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann of Studio Other Spaces.
Maximum capacity for seated dinner: 300
Maximum capacity for standing reception: 475
Cornelia
The AKG’s restaurant, Cornelia, located in the historic Seymour H. Knox Building, provides an intimate gathering place for both seated luncheons and dinners, as well as cocktail receptions and overlooks the Firelei Báez’s site-specific installation, Chorus of the Deep (something ephemeral and beautifully whole, when seen from the edge of one’s vision, too full when taken head on), 2023—a thirty-foot-long abstract glass mosaic—adorns this warm, contemporary space.
Maximum capacity for seated dinner: 40
Maximum capacity for standing reception: 65
Stanford and Judith Lipsey Auditorium
The Lipsey Auditorium, located in the historic Seymour H. Knox Building, provides a serene setting for lectures, presentations, panel discussions, screenings, and performances. Beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows fill the space with natural light and offer remarkable views of the AKG campus and surrounding Olmsted Parks.
Maximum capacity for seated event: 340
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