Amherst Museum in Buffalo, Erie County, United States | Museum

Experience 19th-century life on the Niagara Frontier and tour historic homes, churches and one-room schoolhouses on our beautiful 35-acre grounds with exhibits on local history, textiles, art and the Erie Canal. Our Special Events include Scottish Festival, Halloween trick-or-treating and a children's summer day camp.
Our Mission: Amherst Museum is an educational institution, chartered by the State of New York, whose mission is to instill, educate and cultivate in a public audience an informed appreciation of the American past and its impact on the current lifestyles, culture and historical development of the Niagara Frontier, with special emphasis on the Town of Amherst, including the Village of Williamsville.
Amherst Museum is proud to be a member of the Cultural Alliance of Niagara, promoting the Niagara Region's arts and cultural organizations as tourist, recreation and education destinations to the world, as well as a department of the Town of Amherst.