Nancy McClure

Buffalo Bill Center of the West with tipi
October 1, 2015

Center of the West asks, “If the Supervolcano were about to erupt, what museum objects would you save?”

If catastrophe were imminent for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and everyone served as curators, what would each snatch as…

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Lakota breastplate. NA.203.236 (detail)
September 30, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Lakota breastplate

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2011 Of Lakota origin, this breastplate from approximately 1890 is made of bone hair…

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William F. Cody in front of his Wild West show tent, ca. 1900. MS47 David R. Phillips Collection. PN.47.17
September 29, 2015

Papers of William F. Cody honored in National Endowment for the Humanities’ 50th anniversary

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has chosen the Papers of William F. Cody at the Buffalo Bill Center of the…

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September 27, 2015

Bear-ly Making It – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West in Spring 2002 Bear-ly Making It: Can Homo Sapiens and Ursus Arctos Horribilis Make History and Coexist?…

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Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909). Untitled (Impressionistic winter scene of stream, rocks, and trees). Oil on board. Gift of The Coe Foundation. 75.67
September 26, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Impressionistic winter scene by Frederic Remington

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2008 By Dr. Henry Sayre “I sometimes feel,” Frederic Remington once said, “that I…

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Buffalo Bill's gauntlets. 1.69.1049 (detail)
September 23, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Buffalo Bill’s gauntlets

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2010 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s gauntlets The Buffalo Bill Museum is fortunate to…

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