Join Elliot Bostwick Davis, PhD, as she discusses western American art in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, with a special focus… Read More
Plains Indian Games Workshop at Buffalo Bill Center of the West August 17
Celebrate with a morning of activity and excitement at the Plains Indian Games workshop. Participants learn about the games and toys young Native Americans enjoyed… Read More
True West once again taps Buffalo Bill Center of the West as #1 Western Museum
True West magazine has once again named the Buffalo Bill Center of the West its Top Western Museum. The Center received top museum honors in… Read More
Last chance to view “That Day” photography exhibition at Center of the West
A special exhibition of the provocative and beautiful photography of Laura Wilson at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West closes at end-of-day, Sunday, August… Read More
Center of the West’s Plains Indian Museum hosts artist-in-residence Seidel Standing Elk
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s summer programming is well under way with artist Seidel Standing Elk stationed as artist-in-residence, daily August 10–13. “My… Read More
Buffalo Bill Center of the West plans special Bierstadt exhibition in 2018
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) is best known as America’s premier western landscapes artist. But he was also a renowned history painter, a rarely discussed element of… Read More
Wildlife biologist shares tales from the Alaska Peninsula at Center of the West August 16
Harold McCracken, the first director of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, became famous in the 1920s through his adventures hunting bears, filming wildlife,… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Belden photograph, pronghorn antelope boarding a plane
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2016 Charles Belden photograph of pronghorn antelope boarding a plane From the rangelands of the famous Pitchfork… Read More
Buffalo Bill Center of the West has its own piece of Amelia Earhart history
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, almost 40 at the time, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on an around-the-world flight in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and navigator… Read More
Center of the West lecturer shares the connections between Buffalo Bill and the Belgian Congo
In the early 1950s, young people in Kinshasa, Belgian Congo, became infatuated with the figure of Buffalo Bill—with his feats and exploits, and with his… Read More
