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.
Do you want to search the collection?
Thursday, August 8, 2019
9 am - 11 am EDT
Students in this weeklong half-day program will spend each class exploring their imagination by trying new mediums, including drawing, painting, and more. With an emphasis on play and creativity, this class is a great fit for your budding artist.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
10 am - 5 pm EST
Explore the museum and discover different types of artworks through close looking. Bring your completed scavenger hunt to Guest Services for a prize!
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
Saturday, February 15, 2020
1 pm - 3 pm EST
In this three-week course, students will learn clay hand-building techniques and will work on a number of projects, including creating a sculpture and making a vessel.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Saturday, March 16, 2019
1 pm - 3 pm EDT
This series teaches the basics of ceramics. Students will have a chance to create different works through various techniques.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Saturday, March 9, 2019
1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Learn different painting techniques while using Impressionist and post-Impressionist works as your inspiration to create a still life or portrait.
1 pm - 2:30 pm EST
10 am - 11:30 am EDT
Explore the landscape in non-traditional ways while experimenting with color, mark-making, and materials.
