News from Buffalo, New York’s History Museum
(A brief foreword note from Niagara At Large publisher Doug Draper – The Pan American Exposition – held in Buffalo, New York in 1901 – was one of the first major expos ever held on the North American continent. At that time, believe it or not, Buffalo, New York was one of the major urban economic forces on the continent and had more millionaires per capita than any other city on the continent to prove it.
Buffalo, New York’s history museum, one of the remaining buildings still standing from the Pan Am Expo of 1901.
Buffalo, at that time, was also dubbed the ‘City of Lights’ as some of the first hydro power generated in North America lit the city at night and it was featured, in full force, at this classic exposition. Come revisit it at one of Buffalo’s great architectural venues – a Buffalo History Museum housed in one oof the remaining buildings, and a beautiful one, erected for that expo.)
Buffalo, NY, April 21, 2015 – At its 459 Forest Avenue location, in the Resource Center, The Buffalo History Museum celebrates the 114th Anniversary of the Pan American Exposition. The 1901 World’s Fair occupied 350 acres of land in Buffalo, N.Y. on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow Avenue from May 1 through November 2.
All are invited to view the exhibit Spirit of the City: Imagining the Pan-American Exposition, the Buffalo History Museum’s 3000 square foot feature exhibit showcasing the Pan-American Exposition. The combined exhibit features “the Little Building,” a rediscovered structure from the Pan-Am grounds, plus artifacts and hands-on displays that explore the exposition’s funny and serious sides.
Location of Pan Am exhibit: The Buffalo History Museum Resource Center at 459 Forest Avenue
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015
Time: Doors open 12 noon – 5PM / docent-led tours 1-3PM
Admission: Regular museum admission get you into two buildings: the Resource Center and The Buffalo History Museum at 1 Museum Court.
Museum members are always free.
For more Information – www.buffalohistory.org / 716-873-9644
Buffalo, New York’s Pan Am Expo – one of the world’s first “City of Lights’ – as it looked when millions visited it in 1901.
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I have lots of close family in Buffalo, I once lived close to Pittsbugh PA, Baltimore and Washington DC Buffalo in my opinion is a perfectly balanced City, and the people who cared for their City deserve a lot of credit for keeping the faith, and bringing places like the Martin House and the Shea’s back from the brink of extinction .There is a lot going on in that medium sized city. Buffalo has character in spades, that’s my opinion.,
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A shame so many of the Expo buildings & landscaping disappeared.
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