Every year, Erie County residents kick in about $550,000 to fund the operations of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, plus about $60,000 toward the salary of a public art curator.
This week, as it has done for the past four years, the gallery is showing its thanks to the county by waiving admission fees for a week for Erie County residents, from March 29 to April 5.
“The county really supports the museum every year in their budget,” said Albright-Knox Education Director Jennifer Foley. The free week, she said, is “a way for us to acknowledge all the support that we get from Erie County…”
