Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum

A downtown Buffalo museum of local automotive and transportation history, centered on Pierce-Arrow vehicles.

263 Michigan Avenue at 201 Seneca, Buffalo, New York 14203 · Buffalo, NY

About Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum

Located in downtown Buffalo, this museum showcases the region's past as a manufacturing center for vehicles. Its displays include Pierce-Arrow automobiles, vintage bicycles, early electric and horse-drawn era items, and automobilia. The collection also features a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Buffalo Filling Station and the National Women's Transportation Hall of Fame. Visitors typically spend one to one and a half hours touring, and on-site parking is free.

#automobiles
#transportation history
#Pierce-Arrow
#Frank Lloyd Wright
#downtown Buffalo

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