Travels in the 2nd half

At the end of my trip along the Erie Canal I had the chance to spend some time exploring Buffalo, New York, and to stop at the Corning Museum of Glass, in corning New York. I had not visited Buffalo in about 45 years, and I was impressed with some of the things I got to see. Albright-Knox Gallery   By Danielle Sauers (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons I started my day in Buffalo with a visit to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery . Located across from the entrance of Buffalo State College, and alongside the Fredrick Law Olmsted designed Delaware Park, Albright-Knox’s classical and modern buildings are a beautiful home to its collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. Its original building was built in 1905 as the home to the collection of modern art owned by John J. Albright , a Buffalo industrialist whose businesses included coal, asphalt and electrical power. In 1962 Seymour Knox II, chairman of t...

Arkell Museum by Bakrell1 vis Wikicommons While driving across New York following the Erie Canal, I had the opportunity to stop at some of the smaller museums that are often missed by tourists. This is one of favorite things about taking a road trip, getting to see the places that many people just drive right by. These are often hidden gems of art or pieces of history that are not well known. Arkell Museum - Canajoharie NY Bakrell1 at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons   The first time I stopped in Canajoharie to see this collection, it was almost twenty years ago. At that time it was housed in a room in the back of the Canajoharie library. Today, The Arkell Museum houses not just its permanent collection, but two more galleries with rotating exhibits, often of local artists.   Bartlett Arkell, Beech-Nut President,,Canajoharie, c.1925 Photograph, 1996.1.108 via ark...