BUFFALO AKG ART MUSEUM NAMED ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST PLACES BY TIME

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.