The Buffalo AKG offers fast-casual and full-service dining experiences at Cornelia in the Knox Building. Enjoy morning pastries with tea, coffee, or espresso drinks; stop in for fresh lunch offerings; or make reservations for our Thursday and Friday dinner service or Sunday brunch service.
Through Monday, June 9, 2025Jeffrey E. Gundlach BuildingCLOSING SOON
Join us on Saturday, June 14, for a celebration of music, community, and our neighbors to the North, featuring The Beaches with special guests The Trews and Menno Versteeg of Hollerado. Purchase Tickets
Located adjacent to the Wilson Town Square in the Knox Building, Creative Commons is a free, active space for ages five and up designed to help you create, share, and connect through fun and playful experiences with art! Admission to the Knox Building is always FREE.
Check out Hi-Vis: Ten Years of Public Art—a documentary that features reflective interviews with AKG Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott and many of the artists who have worked with the Public Art Initiative over the past ten years.
Members get the best access to the AKG and special opportunities to create deeper connections with the collection. Enjoy unlimited free admission, guest passes, invitations to exclusive members’ previews and events, and more!
Trace the evolution of the museum’s campus, from groundbreaking for our first building in 1900 to the opening of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in 2023.
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Friday, April 5, 2024
11 am - 1 pm EDT
Jump on over to make your own handmade jump rope with Stitch Buffalo.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
5 pm - 7 pm EDT
Join us for a live performance by the Padmanabha/Mussen Duo!
Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:45 am EDT
Stop by the Art Truck after Mel Ott's Opening Day Player Parade for FREE artmaking activities!
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Stop by the Art Truck during the unveiling of Parker Academy's Book Vending Machine for FREE artmaking activities!
Thursday, August 8, 2024
4 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Studio session for teens. Nurture your own creativity, express yourself, and learn from one another in a collaborative group environment. Project materials provided or bring your own projects or portfolio to work on.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
5 pm - 8 pm EDT
Dance the evening away in the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Town Square! Three DJs will provide a variety of music for folks to dance to the tune of their own headphones.
Sunday, April 7, 2024
1 pm - 4 pm EDT
The Bird’s Nest will give both kids and caregivers a taste of how fun and sneakily beneficial circus arts can be in the form of hula hooping, juggling/prop manipulation and basic partner acroyoga stations that they can rotate through at their leisure.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
10:30 am - 1 pm EDT
Come draw with us in the galleries! Get inspired by our works on view and fun drawing prompts. All supplies are provided, and no experience is necessary. For ages six through adult. Children ages fifteen and under should be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
10:30 am - 2 pm EDT
Have you ever wondered what's out there? What’s past the stars we can see in the sky? Well, you aren’t alone! Guests of all ages are invited to join in on this weeklong collaborative project, as we use mixed media to construct an entire alien landscape from our minds and ponder the mysteries of the universe. Don’t miss this one—it will be out of this world.
1 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
2 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
4 pm - 7 pm EDT
Come and see the artist at work! Julia Bottoms will be doing a live-painting demonstration in the Wilson Town Square.