Roux Soup Bar and Café will be closed on Sunday, October 26. We apologize for the inconvenience!

The Burchfield Penney Art Center is the museum dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and the art and artists of Buffalo, NY, and our region.
“Listen like an oyster” through a new multi-media exhibition...The Burchfield Penney Art Center presents Serenades for Settling (Tending Ostreidae), a collaboration between artists Stephanie Rothenberg and Suzanne Thorpe. This immersive, multimedia exhibition explores the hidden world of oyster habitats. Through sound, visuals, robotics, and real-time maritime data, the installation highlights the ecological importance of the oyster and the threats posed by human-made noise.
Buffalo, NY, September 30, 2025 — The Burchfield Penney Art Center proudly presents Mark Maio: Against The Grain, opening on M&T Second Friday, October 10, 2025, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The exhibition, and accompanying book of the same title, chronicle the history of Buffalo’s “scoopers”—Irish American laborers who unloaded grain ships from 1825 until full automation ended their work in 2003.
The Burchfield Penney Art Center announces the return of its premier live auction, (716)ART, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. Chaired by Heather and Mark Notarius, (716)ART is the Center’s signature biennial art auction celebrating the region’s creative excellence and bringing together art collectors, artists, and supporters of Buffalo’s vibrant cultural community for an unforgettable evening.

The café for the soup-obsessed located in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
CAFÉ HOURS:
Monday + Tuesday: closed
Wednesday — Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center holds the largest public collection of works by Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), as well as an archive of more than 10,000 pages of handwritten journals, 25,000 drawings, and other ephemera, including a scale re-creation of the artist’s studio.