Location
The museum’s underground Parking Garage is located under the Great Lawn on Elmwood Avenue and accessed from the Elmwood Avenue driveway.  

Hours
Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, 9 am–6 pm  
Thursdays and Fridays, 9 am–9 pm 

Please know that our Parking Garage hours may differ from our museum operating hours.  

Patrons who park in the Parking Garage when the museum is not open are encouraged to walk up the ramp to access the park. Anyone requiring a wheelchair-accessible exit from the Parking Garage will have access to an elevator. Please press the intercom at the entrance for assistance. 

Direct, accessible entry from the Parking Garage into the Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building is located in the northwest corner, and a sidewalk leads up the entry ramp toward the Elmwood entrance of the Seymour H. Knox Building. Please note that this sidewalk does not provide an accessible path for wheelchairs, strollers, or other mobility devices.  

Rates
Public Parking, $12 for 3 hours 
AKG Members, $8 for 3 hours 
$2 for each additional hour  
 
If you are a Buffalo AKG member visiting the museum, please be sure to receive a QR code for your parking discount at a Visitor Services desk, the Shop, or Cornelia. When returning to the Parking Garage following your visit, please scan your parking ticket and QR code at one of the parking stations and pay before exiting the garage. 

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is located west of Buffalo State University and east of Hoyt Lake and Delaware Park. 

Accessible parking spaces are available in the museum’s Parking Garage and along the loop outside the Elmwood Entrance of the Seymour H. Knox Building. These spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. There are also four accessible parking spaces on Lincoln Parkway. Accessible entrances, with power assist doors, are located on both sides of the Knox Building and on the ground and parking levels of the Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building.   

If dropping off or picking up a museum visitor, either by car or by bus, please enter our driveway from Elmwood Avenue and pull up to the Elmwood Entrance of the Knox Building. Additionally, vehicles may pull into our by-lane along Elmwood Avenue adjacent to the Gundlach Building entrance. 

Bus parking for school tours or large groups can be found along Lincoln Parkway; however, please drop off passengers at the Elmwood Entrance of the Knox Building prior to parking. The nearest bus stop is located at the closest corner, approximately 500 feet from the Elmwood Entrance. 

Public parking can be found along Elmwood Avenue, Forest Avenue, and Lincoln Parkway. Please obey all marked signs and pay applicable parking fees to avoid getting a parking ticket.  If parking at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, please know a parking fee applies. If dropping off or picking up a museum visitor, please enter our driveway from Elmwood Avenue and pull up to the Knox Building West entrance for drop-off.

The Buffalo AKG is serviced by Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) bus line 20, with stations northbound and southbound at Elmwood Avenue and Rockwell Road, directly in front of the museum. 

Get directions via bus using Google Maps. Enter your starting address instead of “Buffalo, NY.” 

Plan your trip using the NFTA trip planner. Enter your starting address and then enter “1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo” as your destination address.