Press Release
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Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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Buffalo, NY 14222-1096
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July 26, 2024: Today the Buffalo AKG Art Museum announced that the
museum has been included in TIME’s 2024 World’s Greatest Places.
Selection to the list is a distinct honor for the museum, which opened to
the public in June 2023 after the completion of the largest campus
development and expansion project in its 162-year history. In its first
year of operations as the Buffalo AKG, the museum welcomed
approximately 325,000 visitors, shattering a 50-year attendance record.
The Buffalo AKG’s placement in TIME’s 2024 World’s Greatest Places list
demonstrates the impact of the museum’s extraordinary collection of
modern and contemporary art, its celebrated curatorial program, and
its dynamic suite of impactful art classes, concerts, talks, and other
special events and public programs. The museum is grateful to its
members, supporters, and visitors, as well as to Visit Buffalo Niagara,
whose steadfast partnership and advocacy has made this distinction
possible.
About the Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Founded in 1862, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright-
Knox Art Gallery) is the sixth oldest public art institution in the United
States. For more than 160 years, the Buffalo AKG has collected,
conserved, and exhibited the art of its time, often working directly with
living artists. This tradition has given rise to one of the world’s most
extraordinary collections of modern and contemporary art.
In June 2023, following the completion of the most significant campus
development and expansion project in its history, the Buffalo AKG
opened anew to the public. The project is funded by a $230 million
capital campaign, the largest such campaign for a cultural institution in
the history of Western New York, including $195 million raised for
construction and $35 million in additional operating endowment funds.
