On Sunday, December 1 the Buffalo Bill Center of the West moves to its winter schedule, open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday – Sunday; closed Monday – Wednesday. The winter schedule stays in place through February. The schedule change coincides with the official opening of Pronghorn Passage, an exhibition chronicling the annual migration of… Read More
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Papers of William F. Cody has received $200,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to continue its work collecting, editing, and publishing documents related to the lifespan of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. The grant enables the Papers to fund salaries and research fellowships for its… Read More
Every year, about three hundred pronghorn antelope travel from summer range in Grand Teton National Park to winter range in Wyoming’s Green River Basin. This journey is the longest overland mammal migration in the continental United States. Pronghorn Passage, a special exhibition opening December 1 at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody,… Read More
The holiday season in Cody, Wyoming, would not be complete without the annual Holiday Open House at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. This year’s date is Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The event is free, although the Center encourages all attending to share the spirit of the season by bringing… Read More
At the beginning of the twentieth century, well-known naturalist and popular writer John Burroughs criticized a group of authors for their works of fiction featuring wildlife and nature, giving them the unwelcome label of “nature fakers.” Even President Theodore Roosevelt agreed with Burroughs’s criticism in a 1907 interview. The writers so labeled included renowned artist… Read More
For the next several months, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, shares its extraordinary collection with museums in Georgia. Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West opens at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta November 3, and features artwork from the Center… Read More
On Friday, November 1, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West moves to late fall open hours of 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. That schedule remains in effect until December 1, when winter hours of 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday (closed Monday through Wednesday) go into effect. Autumn at the Center… Read More
The Cody Medical Foundation hosted its first annual walk for mental health Saturday, October 12 at Beck Lake reservoirs in Cody. A total of just under eighty participants—plus a good showing of dogs at the pet-friendly event—walked or jogged between two and six miles to help raise awareness of mental health issues. Staffers from the… Read More
Curator Mindy Besaw recently spoke to Wyoming Public Media about the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum, its unique juxtaposition of historic and contemporary western art, and how the thematic design of the Whitney helps us tells the story of western art in chapters. Visit their website to listen to Besaw… Read More
One hundred years ago, Prince Albert I of Monaco and William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody hunted together just outside Yellowstone National Park. Sculptor Herb Mignery recently captured the visit in a sculpture commissioned by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. In honor of the visit of HSH… Read More
