The Buffalo Museum of Science, through collections, research, education and interpretation, provides opportunities for all people to develop a scientific understanding of the natural and cultural world with an emphasis on the Greater Niagara Region. The Museum challenges everyone to use their knowledge of science to enhance respect for each other and the environment. The Museum's Research Library holdings reflect the areas of the Museum's research including: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, invertebrate zoology, museology, mycology, paleontology, and vertebrate zoology. The Museum receives over 400 journal titles each year and the collection covers the topics listed above, as well as science education, other museums' publications, and local and affiliated scientific society publications.

The Buffalo History Museum, founded in 1862, is located in the northwest corner of Delaware Park. Major collections among the 80,000-plus items in our care include Pan-American Exposition artifacts and records, the Red Jacket Peace Medal, the Pierce Motorette (a pioneering motor vehicle), and prototype pacemakers. Sketches and paintings chronicle two centuries of growth of the city of Buffalo and surrounding land, and portraiture ranges from Peter Porter, one time Secretary of War, to Presidents Grover Cleveland and Millard Fillmore.
The Buffalo History Museum is a private not-for-profit organization tax-exempt under Sec. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We receive operating support from the County of Erie, the City of Buffalo, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and from donors, members and friends. The Buffalo History Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

The Buffalo Broadcasters Association (BBA) was founded in 1995 by a group of veteran Western New York broadcasters. Its mission is to preserve Buffalo’s broadcasting history and honor those who have contributed to its success. In addition, the Association has developed programs to support, guide and encourage new generations of broadcasters. It is a 501c3 non- profit organization.
The BBA is currently in possession of thousands of reels of newsfilm dating back to the 1960s. The film originated from WBEN-TV, now WIVB-TV, the CBS affiliate in Buffalo, and from WGR-TV, now WGRZ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Buffalo. The other major commercial station in Buffalo, WKBW-TV, is in possession of its own film archive.
Since the mid-1960s, the film has been stored in many locations, and, at times, was at risk of being discarded because of a lack of storage space. Some of its rescuers were founding members of the BBA, who arranged for donated space. Currently, the BBA is renting climate-controlled warehouse space from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.
At present, WIVB-TV and WKBW-TV have granted the BBA licensing rights to digitize their news film and early ¾ inch video tapes for the purpose of bringing Buffalo’s moving image history back to life. Selected clips have begun being posted on the New York Heritage Digital website, making them available to schools and universities, libraries and museums, and the general public. Their use is for educational purposes only.
It is the BBA’s belief that journalists provide society with its first draft of history. By retrieving Buffalo’s moving image history, the goal is to learn lessons from the past while preserving the region’s rich cultural heritage for generations to come.

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) serves as a center of information, education, culture and entertainment for the residents of Erie County.

On June 18, 1874 noted poet and journalist, William Cullen Bryant, writes in a letter that he is laying a foundation for a Reading Room and Lecture Hall in Roslyn - "for the people have no places to meet in the evening save in the bar rooms."

November 13, 1878 a public meeting was held and a joint stock company formed "for the purpose of forming, continuing and perpetuating a Circulating Library" under the provisions of an 1853(?) NYS Act for the Incorporation of Library Companies. Corporate Name to be: The Bryant Circulating Library Association.

William Cullen Bryant died in 1878 and on January 1, 1879 Julia Bryant (daughter of William C. Bryant) in accord with Bryant's intentions, deeded (for $1.00) the property and building to the Bryant Circulating Library Association. An 1882 book (The History of Queens County by Munsell) reports that the value of Julia's gift was $15,000 and that "The Hall was divided into apartments for library and reading room, a public hall and a residence for the librarian who has care of the building."

November 18, 1925 a Certificate of Registration granted for the Bryant Circulating Library by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. Provisional Charter for incorporation granted for the Bryant Library by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1945, and an Absolute Charter granted to the Bryant Library by the Board of Regents on behalf of the Education Department of the State of New York.

1951: Roslyn War Memorial Building (and Valentine House) transferred by the Roslyn Neighborhood Association to the Bryant Library. In March 1952 the Bryant Library moves into its new home in the Roslyn War Memorial Building on East Broadway. In June of 1953 the Bryant Library Local History Collection was established.

November 1968: Valentine House moved across Paper Mill Road to make room for Bryant Library (Memorial Building) expansion. 1998 Valentine House becomes Bryant Library Annex, housing library offices, Roberta Balfus Bookstore and a computer training/meeting room.

The Broome County Public Library opened in October 1904. Originally called the Binghamton Public Library, it was created with a gift of $75,000 from Andrew Carnegie. The building was designed to serve as both a public library and a community center. On the first floor was a collection of 14,000 books and the second floor housed the library's auditorium, the Binghamton Museum of Fine Arts (now part of
Roberson Museum) and the Broome County Historical Society.

The Brentwood Public Library first opened its doors to the public in 1937 in the cloakroom of the old firehouse located on First Avenue. During the next twenty-four years, the library was housed in a building on First Avenue ( then the Annex of the Brentwood Public Schools' Administration Building) and eventually moved to a small building on the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Fourth Street.

The library was relocated to a new building in 1961 on the corner of Second Avenue and Fourth Street. During the next twenty years, this building was enlarged numerous times. In 1986, the residents of Brentwood approved the construction of a new library building to be located on the same site.

Today's library, dedicated on April 1, 1990, provides the entire community with a modern facility, handicapped accessible, equipped to meet current and future informational and, cultural and recreational needs.

Binghamton University Libraries are the center of the University's intellectual community, providing a welcoming environment for the creation and management of knowledge through innovative thinking, open inquiry, and collaborative partnerships. To enhance access to our rich and varied collections, we have digitized a wide range of materials including photographs, postcards, and manuscripts from our Libraries' Special Collections, many of which highlight the rich history of New York State.

The Big Flats Historical Society elected its first officers in March of 1971. The purpose of the Historical Society is to:

Promote an appreciation of our heritage by developing and understanding Big Flats history in the minds of all its inhabitants;
Relate the present to the past so that Big Flats citizens may more fully realize the changes taking place about them;
Cooperate enthusiastically with other groups and institutions in projects which contribute toward a higher quality community life; and
Collect and preserve information, documents and objects of historical significance.

In October of 1926 the Central Park Free Library was organized as an Association Library with 41 Members. It was quartered in a small store near the railroad station. The board of directors included: Mr. S.I. Hicks, Mrs. A. Sorenson, Mr. H.G. Holzmacher, Mr. O.B. Briggs and Mr. E.A. Rosenthal. February 17, 1927 the Library was granted a Provisional Charter by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The book collection numbered 550 volumes.
In 1931 the library became a school district library supported by tax levy. The Library's name was changed to the Central Park Public Library. In 1936 Central Park became Bethpage and in 1942 the Regents amended the Library's charter to read Bethpage Public Library. In autumn, the library moved to larger rented quarters at corner of Broadway and Railroad Ave. In 1961 Gibbons and Heidtmann were selected as architects for a new building to be constructed on site of the Powell Avenue School. July 29, 1963 the new library building opened.