Attractions

ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY

1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 882-8700
www.albrightknox.org
An outstanding center of modern and contemporary art, the Albright-Knox collection belongs among the world’s top international surveys of 20th century painting and sculpture.
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TU-TH 12pm-5pm, F 12pm-10pm (free admission 3pm-10pm), SA-SU 12pm-5pm; $12 adults, $8 students and seniors, children under 13 free

BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY BOTANICAL GARDENS

2655 South Park Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14218
(716) 827-1584
www.buffalogardens.com
This Victorian Botanical Garden is a national historic site, education center and tourist destination which holds exotic horticulture treasures from around the world. One of only two remaining Lord & Burnham conservatories
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M-SU 10am-5pm; adults $6, students (13+ with ID) and seniors (55+) $5, Children(3-12) $3, Children under 3 and Garden Members are free

BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 858-8900
www.buffalolib.org
The Library’s outstanding collections are showcased in three 2010 exhibits. A wide variety of free programs supporting exhibit themes, authors, literacy, and hands-on activities are offered for families, adults, and children throughout each year. Check out www.buffalolib.org for schedule information.
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M-W 8:30am-6pm, T 8:30am-8pm, F-SA 8:30am-6pm, SU 1pm-5pm (closed Sunday Memoril Day-Labor Day), closed New Years, MLK, Easter, Independence, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Labor Day.

BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS

www.buffaloolmstedparks.org
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is the first nonprofit organization in the nation to manage and operate an entire historic urban park system that consists of 1200 acres of beautifully designed parks, parkways and circles. The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is a not-for-profit, membership-based, community organization whose mission is to promote, preserve, restore, enhance, and maintain the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed parks and parkways in the Greater Buffalo area for current and future generations.

More than 1 million people use Buffalo’s historic, award-winning Olmsted Park System annually for recreation, relaxation and rejuvenation. Buffalo’s Olmsted System includes the popular urban green spaces: Cazenovia Park, Delaware Park, Front Park, Martin Luther King, Jr., Park, Riverside Park and South Park as well as their adjoining parkways and circles which weave throughout the city of Buffalo. The parks were designed by America’s first landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted more than 135 years ago. Olmsted designed parks in nearly every major city in the country. However, his work in Buffalo – the first park and parkway system designed and built in the U.S. - is considered his very best.

ERIE BASIN MARINA GARDENS

329 Erie Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 851-6503
www.eriebasinmarina.org
The Erie Basin Marina Gardens, located at the foot of Erie Street on downtown Buffalo's waterfront, is home to a Garden of Specialty Annuals, as well as The Victor and Joan Fuzak Memorial test Rose Gardens. Our site is one of 25 All-American Rose Selection test gardens in the United States. The peak rose bloom is the last week of June and the first week of July. The Specialty Annual flowers include over 200 worldwide varieties of the 2004 introductions from the Ball Seed Corp. Simply Beautiful Series, and Proven Selections. These flowers are incorporated in a 300-foot flower bed along the entrance to the Marina, various other flower beds and more than 50 large planters.
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May - Oct , daily 7am - 10pm. Open holidays during season.

FOREST LAWN CEMETERY & GARDEN MAUSOLEUMS

1411 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
(716) 885-1600
www.forest-lawn.com
Breathtaking 269-acre cemetery designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, founded in 1849. Outstanding examples of funerary art including the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Blue Sky Mausoleum. On the State and National registers of historic places. Also features the final resting sites of several famous African Americans including the gravesites of Mary B. Talbert and Reverend J. Edward Nash. President Millard Fillmore and Seneca Nation orator Red Jacket are also buried here.
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Guided tours in summer. Winter 7:30am-5pm; Summer 7:30am-7pm. Office hours M-SA 8:30am-4:30pm, SU 10am-4pm. Open holidays.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S GRAYCLIFF ESTATE

6472 Old Lakeshore Road
Derby, NY 14047
(716) 947-9217
graycliff.bfn.org
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Graycliff Estate features extensive grounds and gardens as well as buildings. Just 20 minutes south of downtown Buffalo, Graycliff is the most important summer residence estate designed by Wright ever built, and with a landscape designed by Wright himself. On a bluff overlooking Lake Erie with sweeping views, the estate features sunken gardens, a fountain and pond designed by Wright.
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Memorial Day to Late October. Tours daily from 11am (See website or call for tour times and reservations); $15 adults, $10 students (with i.d. age 10-22; not appropriate for children under age 10)

FARMERS MARKETS

Buy fresh foods straight from the farm -- and meet the farmers! One of the best ways to eat healthy is to know who grows your food. Buy the best local, organic foods & produce where you live. Shopping at farmer's markets helps improve your health, the community and environment all at the same time!