Kamila Kudelska

February 19, 2021

Museum Minute: A Chromolithograph of the Grand Prismatic Spring

Painter Thomas Moran visited Yellowstone National Park in 1871. A year before, Yellowstone became the world’s first national park. Moran traveled to…

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Dentalium Shell Dress, Lakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca. 1890. Wool, dentalium shells, and ribbon. Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection. NA.202.1229 (detail)
February 16, 2021

Museum Minute: Dentalium Shell Dress

One day while working in the Plains Indian Museum collections, Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant, found a very heavy box. “I…

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February 4, 2021

Museum Minute: Dude Ranches in the Big Horn Mountains

The McCracken Research Library’s Housel Director loves artifacts that tell a bigger story. Mary Robinson said one of her favorite examples is…

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January 20, 2021

Museum Minute: Winchester Archives

The Cody Firearms Museum is well known for its huge collection of Winchester firearms. But Danny Michael, museum’s curator, said the museum…

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December 31, 2020

Museum Minute: A Modern Pipe Bag

Lauren Good Day is Arikara Hidatsa Blackfeet and Plains Cree. Rebecca West, the curator of the Plains Indian Museum, said this diverse…

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December 24, 2020

Museum Minute: Jade the Bald Eagle

The Draper Museum Raptor Experience will be 10 years old in 2021. In honor, we are featuring the 11 raptors in the…

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