Not many American impressionists depicted the West. Most painted the East coast and Europe. But Karen McWhorter, the Scarlett Curator of Western American Art for the Whitney Western Art Museum, […]
Museum Minute: Baseball and an M1 Carbine Stock
Did you think there’s any connection between baseball and firearm production? Turns out, Hillerich and Bradsby Co. and M1 Carbines have a little in common, said Danny Michael, the associate […]
Museum Minute: Suli the Turkey Vulture
The Draper Museum Raptor Experience will be 10 years old in 2021. In honor of its anniversary, Museum Minute is featuring the 11 raptors in the program. The Raptor Experience […]
Museum Minute: The 1910 Silencer
The Cody Firearms Museum has one of the only three 1910 silencers that survived. It’s on the Springfield Model 1903 Bolt Action Rifle. Silencers, also known as suppressors, were invented […]
Museum Minute: Tall Fringed Bluebell
The Plains Indian Museum has a collection of pressed plants that were used for medicinal uses. The book includes the tall fringed blue bell. Hunter Old Elk, the Plains Indian […]
Museum Minute: Sally James Farnham
Sally James Farnham was a sculptor from a prominent family in upstate New York. Farnham didn’t start sculpting until she was 32. “She began modeling in clay while she was […]