Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter <em>Western Wire</em>. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in autumn

Center of the West kicks off 2017 with awards from True West magazine

January 25, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Once again, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has garnered a number of True West magazine’s “Best of the West” awards. Each year, magazine editors and readers pick their […]

PR Image: Cody Firearm Museum entrance, 2015. Photo by Nancy McClure.

Cody Firearms Museum curator earns major Shooting Sports Communicator award

January 23, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Cody Firearms Museum Curator Ashley Hlebinsky of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has been awarded the Professional Outdoor Media Association’s (POMA) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) […]

James Prosek. Yellowstone Composition No. 1, 2016. Mixed media on wood panel. William E. Weiss Memorial Fund Purchase. 3.16.1 (Photography: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART)

Yellowstone: Wilderness in a Box—The Art of James Prosek

January 23, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Past Exhibition Yellowstone: Wilderness in a BoxThe Art of James Prosek January 20–June 4, 2017Cody Firearms Museum Breezeway The special exhibition Yellowstone: Wilderness in a Box, showcased the work of […]

John James Audubon (1785–1851). Printed by J.T. Bowen (1801 – 1856). “Bos Americanus," 1845–1848. Plate LVII, hand-colored lithograph on paper, 21 3/16 x 27 1/4 inches. Whitney Purchase Fund. 9.87

Fiddle in the Camp – Points West Online

January 14, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2000 Fiddle in the Camp By Lillian TurnerFormer Director of Public Programs There they lay beside the trail-Aunt Martha’s spinning wheel, Father’s […]

Centennial History Contest

January 9, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Taking a Stand in History in the American West The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is sponsoring a History in the American West contest as a part of celebrating […]

An unattended vehicle was an open invitation for this bear which appears to be taking a joyride. NPS photo, no date.

Yellowstone and Jellystone: Yogi Bear at 50 – Points West Online

January 7, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2008 Yellowstone and Jellystone:Yogi Bear at 50 By John Rumm, PhDFormer Curator, Buffalo Bill Museum He’s not only “smarter than your average […]