Kamila Kuselska

Kamila Kudelska was the multimedia journalist for the Center and for Wyoming Public Media. In that role she told the hidden stories of all five museums and reported on the news of northwest Wyoming. Kamila has worked as a public radio reporter in California, Poland and New York. She enjoys skiing (both downhill and crosscountry) and loves to read. Since has since taken on a larger role with Wyoming Pubic Media.

Sunbonnet, Dakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca. 1900. Tanned deer hide, dyed porcupine quills, glass beads, canvas, silk ribbons. Plains Indian Museum Collection. NA.202.94 (detail)

Museum Minute: Preserving Objects

November 11, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

Museums carry objects that unfortunately are not meant to last forever. Rebecca West, the curator of the Plains Indian Museum, said a Lakota sun bonnet in the Plains Indian Museum […]

Museum Minute: A French Artist with a Passion for the American West

October 31, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

Rosa Bonheur was a famous French animal artist during the late 19th century. She’s one of the few female artists in the Whitney Museum collection. Karen McWhorter, the Scarlett Curator […]

Winchester Model 21 Shotgun, 1973. Serial number 26352. Owned by James Doolittle. Gift of General James H. Doolittle. 1979.2.1

Museum Minute: General James Doolittle

October 25, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

James Doolittle was a general during World War II. He became famous for his raid on Tokyo in 1942 just after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Danny Michael, the assistant curator […]

Cody Bell, with his hair in buns, at a National Guard encampment in 1909. MS 294 William A. Bell Family Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.294.0030 (detail)

Museum Minute: A $10,000 Deal

October 17, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

When Leonard Cody Bell (not related) was nine years old, Buffalo Bill Cody offered him $10,000 if he would keep his hair long until he was 18. By the time […]

Cradleboard, Salish, Plateau 1919. Wood, tanned hide, muslin, glass beads, cowrie shells, abalone shells, mother of pearl, brass Simplot Collection, Gift of J.R. Simplot; NA.111.57

Museum Minute: July 1919 Cradle Board

October 10, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

The Salish tribes in western Montana, Idaho and Washington made cradle boards to celebrate newborns. It’s a utilitarian object because it is used as a baby carrier, but they were […]

Museum Minute: How Wounds Can Help Tell a Story

September 30, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

Late in the spring a couple years back, Leslie Patten went hiking and came upon something pretty spectacular. When she looked more closely, she saw that it was a dead […]