Kamila Kudelska

September 13, 2019

Museum Minute: What the Deadwood Stagecoach Stands for in History

In 1876, at the height of the Black Hills Gold Rush, a stagecoach route began between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Deadwood, South Dakota.   The Buffalo…

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September 10, 2019

Museum Minute: Choosing of the Arrow

When a visitor enters the Whitney Western Art Museum one sculpture might confuse the visitor. Choosing of the Arrow by Henry Kirke…

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Burton Machine Rifle, Win MG 1918 30-06 cal, ca. 1919. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.104
September 3, 2019

Museum Minute: A Rifle Ahead of Its Time

The Cody Firearms Museum has a machine rifle gun from the early part of the last century that was ahead of its…

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Video still of bison and a too-close crowd. Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive. 430.177.003 / DRA501.177.3
August 28, 2019

Museum Minute: Historic Video Archives Teach a Lesson: Don’t Get Close to Wildlife

The McCracken Research Library has been working to compile historical video footage of natural history events in the Greater Yellowstone Area.  There…

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Parfleche sewing kit. NA.106.203
August 16, 2019

Museum Minute: A Smelly Surprise

The curator and curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum once noticed an odd odor in one of the museum’s storage areas….

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Poster, Custer's Last Stand as Presented By Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Courier, Buffalo, NY. Lithograph poster, 1905. Buffalo Bill Museum. 1.69.2165
August 9, 2019

Museum Minute: Custer’s Last Stand

Custer’s Last Stand was reenacted thousands of times in the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. A poster shows the classic image of…

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