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 30, 2025Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building
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.
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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Monday, January 20, 2025
10 am - 4 pm EST
Visitors to the museum on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day are welcome to respond to the museum's talkback wall, replying to questions inspired by Dr. King's quotes as we reflect on this important day.
Friday, January 3, 2025
6 pm - 8 pm EST
Join us for a performance of "Brilliant Works of Art," a new multi-award-winning play by local playwright Donna Hoke.
Friday, January 24, 2025
4 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Guests of all ages are invited to join our weekly Drop-in Artmaking from 4 to 7:30 pm, led by a Learning & Creativity Department member.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
4 pm - 8 pm EST
Join the AKG for a Lunar New Year Celebration hosted by the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association!
Saturday, December 14, 2024
10 am - 2 pm EST
Join us in the Wilson Town Square on Heather Ann Williams Day for Make a Bracelet, Leave a Bracelet! Participants can make a bracelet for themselves and another to donate to Oishei Children’s Hospital for patients and their loved ones.
3 pm - 5 pm EST
Join us on Heather Ann Williams Day to design and cut snowflakes that will be displayed in the Wilson Town Square under Common Sky.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
5 pm - 7 pm EST
Join the Buffalo AKG to help bring awareness to food insecurity. Empty Bowls is a new annual fundraising event in which all proceeds are donated to a local nonprofit fighting hunger in our community. The museum is honored to be working with Massachusetts Avenue Project for our 2025 event.
12 pm - 2 pm EST
Saturday, April 12, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Get messy and be creative in Studio B! Meet other budding artists, explore cool materials, and share your projects with others in the museum.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
10:30 am - 12 pm EDT
