The museum was founded in affiliation with Buffalo State College in 1966 and for the first two years exclusively featured the work of Charles E. Burchfield (who died in early 1967), a watercolorist who was born in Ohio but moved to Buffalo in the early 1920s. The new building—designed as an abstract sculpture—features a grand, double-story entrance that leads visitors to either of the museum's two floors of gallery space. Photo 2 of 8 in Burchfield Penney Art Center by Miyoko Ohtake

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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The museum was founded in affiliation with Buffalo State College in 1966 and for the first two years exclusively featured the work of Charles E. Burchfield (who died in early 1967), a watercolorist who was born in Ohio but moved to Buffalo in the early 1920s. The new building—designed as an abstract sculpture—features a grand, double-story entrance that leads visitors to either of the museum's two floors of gallery space.