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Discover Frederick Douglass' vision of freedom, citizenship, and equal rights and his hopeful plea for America to live up to its founding ideals.

The life-size bronze figures of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass stand at either entrance to the New-York Historical Society and bring to life the story of freedom that is deeply embedded in American history.

Explore how women in the 19th and 20th centuries succeeded in the financially precarious world of New York City theatre.

Our multimedia digital installation from the Center for Women's History tells the story of activists, scientists, performers, athletic champions, social change advocates, writers, and educators through video, audio, musi…

American Pop considers how artists respond to, appropriate, and critique popular imagery from visual culture in what is now the United States. By incorporating familiar symbols—from both pop culture and art history—the a…

American values take shape in the objects we make, desire, cherish, and discard. A table laden with ripe fruit, a meal served up at a luncheonette, the inside of a […]

Exhibition on view Dec 13, 2025 — Nov 22, 2026.

Off Center Gallery at K Art 808 Main Street | Buffalo, New York Open Thursday – Saturday 1 to 5pm Free Admission

Burchfield Penney Off Center is a new initiative designed to build cultural partnerships and bring collaboratively designed exhibitions directly into Western New York communities. By meeting people where they are, Off Ce…

Screenwriting: Takes on L.A. Noir presents scenes from three screenplays spanning 50 years: Double Indemnity (1944), written by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler; The Long Goodbye (1973), written by Leigh Brackett; and P…

Experience our newest exhibition showcasing some of the rarest and most spectacular mineral specimens ever discovered. Unearthed reveals the beauty of minerals and crystals in their natural state, with some on view for t…

Rembrandt van Rijn, Bust of a Young Bearded Ma n (detail), about 1656–58. Oil on panel with arched top. The Leiden Collection, New York.