Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

This place needs more support! The organization does so much to preserve the history of the WNY region. The place recently lost a great deal of funding and has had to cut back it’s interpretation budget (reason why there are not a lot of paid staff on the grounds during the summer). If you plan on visiting, I suggest calling ahead and check if their is a costumed interpreter on site who can give you a guided tour of the village, including some of the homes that are not usually open to the public due to preservation precautions. All at no extra costs. There interpreters are wonderful, staff is knowledgeable, people of all ages will enjoy this place! There is fun for kids and adults alike. Also, the exhibit’s are wonderful! There is over 24,000 square feet of exhibit space in the main museum building in the mean time! Definitely affordable considering what you are getting compared to other museums, galleries and locations of interest in the area. Kudos! can’t wait to visit again! You gotta visit this place!

This is a wonderful place for an afternoon with kids or the family. They have a very nice and varied collection of 19^th century structures from the WNY area. You can enter the buildings and learn how people lived and worked 100 years ago.
They don’t really have re-​enactors, so you won’t see a blacksmith working there, but they do have special events throughout the year, such as the Scottish Festival, that are fun.
The museum itself is small and informative, and sort of fun. The building is a cheap shed that looks horrible — they need to raise money to have a better building that can be used for exhibits, events, concerts and so on. The so-​called café wasn’t very good — can we at least get a decent cup of tea? If they had a better café, they might be able to earn a bit of needed cash. If they actually upgraded it to a real café, it could be a nice place for people to go for lunch.
This is often overlooked, but people should support it more.