Buffalo Museum of Science

The Buffalo Museum of Science is a science museum located at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in , , United States, northeast of the downtown district, near the Kensington Expressway.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum
  • Also known as: sciencebuff.org

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church and East High School.

Building
, is located at 938 Genesee Street, in the city's east side. The building is a City of Buffalo landmark and former Catholic parish church within the Diocese of Buffalo. is situated 1,700 feet south of Buffalo Museum of Science.

School
was a comprehensive high school located in the East Side of . It operated from 1927 until 1977, reopened in 2005 and closed again in 2018 due to low academic performance. is situated 2,000 feet east of Buffalo Museum of Science.

Church
Saint Adalbert Basilica, is a historic Roman Catholic church located on , 's within the Diocese of Buffalo. It is a prime example of the Polish Cathedral style of church architecture in both its opulence and grand scale. is situated 1 mile southeast of Buffalo Museum of Science.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fruit Belt and East Side.

Neighborhood
The is a residential neighborhood in . It is located adjacent to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

If you're a visitor in and you ask a local for advice, one of the things you'll almost certainly be told is to stay away from the . "You take your life in your hands when you cross Main Street", so they might say, perhaps punctuating their…

are two neighborhoods in that are adjacent to each other and north of . These two areas are among the most desirable neighborhoods in the city today, and, much more than most other areas of Buffalo, were able to retain their charm, affluence, and safety throughout Buffalo's dark days from the 1960s to the turn of the millennium.

Buffalo Museum of Science

Latitude
42.90594° or 42° 54′ 21″ north
Longitude
-78.8433° or 78° 50′ 36″ west
Elevation
650 feet (198 metres)
Open location code
87J3W544+9M
Geo­Names ID
8491328
Wiki­data ID
Q4985792
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