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Olivia Weitz

Olivia Weitz is a Multimedia Journalist for Wyoming Public Radio. She works out of a recording studio inside the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. She covers Yellowstone National Park, wildlife, and arts and culture throughout the region. She produces the “Museum Minute” series, which features objects from the Center of the West’s collections.

Adolph and Elizabeth (Plinky) Topperwein were a couple and sharpshooting duo. MS 20 Winchester Repeating Arms Company Collection. P.20.2986

The Fabulous Topperweins: a couple famed for their sharpshooting skills

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The Fabulous Topperweins: a couple famed for their sharpshooting skills A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJuly 18, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a museum object from the […]

Schuetzenfest rifles are on display in the shooting sports section of the Cody Firearms Museum.

A Coors connection: Beer company used firearms to try and bring back marksmanship festival

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Coors connection: beer company used firearms to try and bring back marksmanship festival A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJuly 2, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a museum […]

Photo, Lucretia Borgia. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.6.0879

The firearm that gave Buffalo Bill his nickname

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The firearm that gave William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody his nickname A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJune 20, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a museum object from […]

Roosevelt’s Winchester that he took to Africa tells us about his hunting days

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Theodore Roosevelt’s Winchester that he took to Africa tells us about his hunting days A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJune 12, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a […]

Punt guns, Cody Firearms Museum

The surprising origin of the phrase, ‘get your ducks in a row’

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The surprising origin of the phrase, ‘get your ducks in a row’ A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJune 6, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a museum object […]