The Lenses exhibit was a unique collaboration among four Buffalo institutions engaged in various aspects of the cultural life of our community.  Preservation Buffalo Niagara, the Lipsey Architecture Center Buffalo at the Richardson Olmsted Campus, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and the Buffalo History Museum came together to highlight how buildings and places in Buffalo have been valued while also presenting more inclusive ways of seeing place-based value throughout the community. 

The physical exhibit was divided into two main parts:  the first, a re-introduction to the work that influential architectural historian and critic Henry-Russell Hitchcock did in Buffalo.  The second, an attempt to move beyond Hitchcock’s narrow gaze in order to build a new, more inclusive architectural cannon for Buffalo.

Click here to visit the Lenses website

Click here to virtually tour the exhibit -  LENSES: Ways of Seeing Buffalo and Its Architecture