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August 18, 2025

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….

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August 11, 2025

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…

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July 23, 2025

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….

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July 11, 2025

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…

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June 12, 2025

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…

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Elk Tteetch sewn into a wool dress that was hand-sewn by an Apsáalooke (Crow), ca. 1890.

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…

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