Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

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About Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village is an open-air museum located in Amherst, New York. The Museum's mission is to preserve, interpret, and exhibit the agricultural history and rural heritage of the Buffalo Niagara region. A 35-acre (140,000 m2) site, the Museum includes 10 historic buildings moved from their original sites, a main exhibit building, a collections storage facility, the Niederlander Research Library, and a Museum Store.

An educational institution, BNHV was chartered by the State of New York. Formed as a department of the Town of Amherst, the museum was privatized in January 2011. The name changed in 2012.

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 7.1 miles of Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village; the closest, Erie Canal Discovery Center, is about 6.2 miles away.