What do buffalo hide, knives, war clubs, miniature tipis, moccasins, and cannon shot have in common? All are part of a couple hundred items from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s vast artifact collections that have never had photographs online until now. Most of them from the world-famous Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection, […]
Yes, you can win stuff UPDATE: Click here to see the entries so far! We launched our Online Collection—information and images of more than 22,000 of our museum objects— over two years ago. Now we’re celebrating with a contest! And just in case the satisfaction of winning isn’t reward enough, we have PRIZES! Yes, actual, […]
Hello Virtual Visitor, It’s my privilege to announce the release of our new web application iScout. The purpose of iScout is to expose additional layers of information throughout the exhibits here at the Center. For those who cannot visit in person, iScout provides access to the same information via the “Browse Stops” menu option. If […]
Hello Virtual Visitor, It’s my privilege to announce the release of our new Online Collections. From the ordinary to the extraordinary, we’re providing access to almost every photographed object in our collection. Why? The concept of displaying museum objects online is nothing new—we’ve had our collections visible online for over a decade now. For us, […]
Here is some information from our database of treasures. Ghost dance clothing is rich with symbols of earth, sky, and animals of the spirit word: crows, eagles, and magpies, messengers to the heavens; and turtles, representatives of the earth. Ghost Dance Dress Remarks: Dress and Adornment – Religious Attire. Ghost dance dress – white buckskin dress, sinew […]
Today I thought I would showcase a feature in the upcoming online collections. Sorry, we don’t have any working code right online now, but we hope to have it finished in the next few months. For the images, we are planning on using Zoomify. I remember using this product several years back, so I was […]