Olivia Weitz

Poet and actor Evan Wambeke stands in the Whitney Western Art Museum with two paintings featuring interpretations of Buffalo Bill. Wambeke gave a poetry reading and workshop in the summer of 2024 at the Whitney Western Art Museum as part of an artist in residency program.
October 4, 2024

‘All our dreams star Buffalo Bill’: a poet reflects on the showman’s presence in Cody

‘All our dreams star Buffalo Bill’: a poet reflects on the showman’s presence in Cody A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public…

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William F. Cody, Chief Iron Tail, and Mike Russell (lower left front) with a hunting party of Native American and European American men holding rifles in a snow covered wooded area. Handwritten caption, "The life I love. Camp head of Shoshone river Wyo. Nov. 20th 1901. W. F. Cody." MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.1062
August 16, 2024

William F. Cody hunted often outside of Yellowstone using a Winchester rifle

Later in life William F. Cody hunted often outside of Yellowstone using a Winchester rifle A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public…

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Lever action shotgun, New Haven Arms Company. Designed by Oliver Winchester, ca. 1866. 1988.8.161
August 8, 2024

What a Paris-made firearm can tell us about Winchester’s founder

Later in life William F. Cody hunted often outside of Yellowstone using a Winchester rifle A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public…

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Competitive shooter Julie Golob's Smith & Wesson M&P. L.2019.5.1
August 2, 2024

The pistol that took shooting sports athlete Julie Golob around the world

The pistol that took shooting sports athlete Julie Golob around the world A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaAugust 2, 2024…

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Adolph and Elizabeth (Plinky) Topperwein were a couple and sharpshooting duo. MS 20 Winchester Repeating Arms Company Collection. P.20.2986
July 18, 2024

The Fabulous Topperweins: a couple famed for their sharpshooting skills

The Fabulous Topperweins: a couple famed for their sharpshooting skills A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJuly 18, 2024 A 1-minute…

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Schuetzenfest rifles are on display in the shooting sports section of the Cody Firearms Museum.
July 2, 2024

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

Coors connection: beer company used firearms to try to bring back marksmanship festival A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJuly 2,…

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