Buffalo Harbor Museum

A small maritime museum in a former ship chandlery building, focused on Buffalo's waterfront history.

66 Erie St., Buffalo, NY 14202 · Buffalo, NY

About Buffalo Harbor Museum

The museum is housed in a building that once belonged to a long-running Buffalo ship supply firm. Its exhibits trace how the waterfront developed and show artifacts from Great Lakes vessels, grain elevators, passenger steamers, and shipbuilding. Visitors can also use a research library and a small gift shop, and the archival image collection is available to the public. The museum publishes a newsletter and has released books on harbor history and disasters.

#maritime history
#Buffalo waterfront
#Great Lakes
#research library
#gift shop

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