Olivia Weitz

Museum Minute: The Winchester Archive at the McCracken Research Library
The McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has archival materials related to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company….

Museum Minute: Wyoming’s Early Printed Books and the Shoshone Vocabulary, 1868
The McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has an extensive collection of rare books. That includes the…

Buffalo Brief: Prepping Wildlife Skeletons for Display
Editor’s Note: This story includes descriptions and images of preparing an animal skeleton, and might be a little graphic for some readers….

Museum Minute: An Unusually Shaped Water Vessel at the Plains Indian Museum
At the Plains Indian Museum, most of the water vessels carved out of horns that may have been used as spoons look…

Museum Minute: Beadwork on a Horse Mask Shows Bond Between Blackfeet Owner and Animal
Museum Minute: Beadwork on a Horse Mask Shows Bond Between Blackfeet Owner and Animal A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJune…

Museum Minute: Elk Teeth on a Crow Dress Displays Importance of Children
Listen: Some Plains Indian cultures used elk teeth to decorate clothing and make jewelry. Heather Bender, the native education outreach specialist in…