Oct 18, 2024 - May 2025

Lower Level

“Ink & Insight: 20 Years of Adam Zyglis Cartoons”

Come enjoy this 20-year retrospective collection of dozens of his cartoons, spanning four presidents and five governors.

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Sep 20, 2024 - May 2025

Lower Level

10 X 5: 50 Years of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 1975–2025

This exhibition will showcase Hallwalls’ impact on the art world over five decades, highlighting its role in launching significant movements like The Pictures Generation and its ongoing influence in contemporary culture.

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October 2021—Permanent

Second Level

Continuum: A History of Erie County

Created in coordination with Erie County’s bicentennial celebration, Continuum offers a glimpse into our region’s history—a history dating back thousands of years.

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November 2017 - Permanent

Second Level

Icons: The Makers and Moments of Buffalo Sports

Icons shares the unique history of Buffalo’s professional sports teams.

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2024 - Present

State Court

Return to the Rainbow City: Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition

The story of Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition  has returned in a new exhibit at The Buffalo History Museum—the Exposition’s only planned, permanent structure.

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1930 - Permanent

Lower Level

The John R. Oishei Pioneer Gallery

Relive pioneer life at The John R. Oishei Pioneer Gallery.

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June to August 2024

Lower Level

The Life and Death of Buffalo’s Great Northern Grain Elevator: 1897-2023

The 17 featured photos in this exhibit, which were either captured by photographer Bruce Jackson or taken from the Museum’s historic imagery, show the Great Northern in its functional youth, its dormant old age, and through its controversial demolition.

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2013 - Permanent

Second Level

The Native American Gallery

The John R. Oishei Native American Gallery tells the region’s history through its first inhabitants.

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Permanent

Upper Level

The Trial of Red Jacket

One of the most iconic pieces in The Buffalo History Museum’s collection – a masterwork from a nationally significant artist – is back on display inside the Museum for the first time in over a decade.

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