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Rubber Boas: The Pythons of the Rockies (only cuter)

If you’re wandering around the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and hoping to spot one of the region’s most elusive creatures, you might find yourself staring at ...

Buffalo Bill Center of the West Mourns Loss of Former Chair Alan K. Simpson

Click here to read this news release on EIN Presswire. CODY, WYO. — The staff, Trustees and Advisors of the Buffalo Bill Center of the ...

Pocket gopher specimen from the Draper Natural History Museum's research collection. DRA.305.497

There’s a pocket gopher in the Draper’s research collection

There’s a pocket gopher in the Draper Museum’s research collection A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMarch 6, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting ...

The Reinvention of Mickey Cochrane

At night, when he was a kid, Mike Cochrane would practice running down Mt. Prospect Street in his hometown of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He wanted to ...

An ice patch exhibit at the Draper Natural History museum shares human-made objects, animal remains, and other items from the past.

Ice patch exhibit shares objects from the past

Draper museum ice patch exhibit shares objects from the past A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaFebruary 12, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting ...

Skeletons of a grizzly bear and mountain lion are in the mountain meadow section of the Draper Natural History Museum.

Draper museum puts bones back together to share about Yellowstone-area wildlife

Draper museum puts bones back together to share about Yellowstone-area wildlife A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaFebruary 6, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot ...

Bison in Yellowstone National Park. Nancy McClure photograph.

How to “Read” a Bison: Basics for Visitors

Bison are some of the most iconic animals in Yellowstone. While they may appear docile, bison do not view individual humans as a significant threat. ...

Albert Bierstadt painting in the Whitney Western Art Museum

A Masterpiece Finds a New Home at the Center: Bierstadt’s ‘Wind River Country, Wyoming’

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, receives Bierstadt’s Wind River Country, Wyoming” as a gift, now prominently displayed in the Whitney ...

Western Meadowlark. Licensed through Adobe Stock (994516065)

A Golden Mystery: The Unexpected Presence of Western Meadowlarks in Winter

It truly feels like springtime when I hear the flutelike melody of the Western Meadowlark. This strikingly colorful member of the blackbird family can be ...

A taxidermied raven is on display in the mountain meadows section of the Draper Natural History Museum.

A bird trainer shares a story about a raven

A bird trainer shares a story about a raven A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJanuary 22, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a ...

Becky the Raven, Draper Museum Raptor Experience

Meet Becky the raven

Meet Becky the Raven from the Draper Museum Raptor Experience A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJanuary 16, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting ...

Wintering with Bees

As the wind, cold temperatures, and snow create icy conditions outside, our staff are working on the results of the second year of our pollinator ...

David P. Bradley (Minnesota Chippewa, b. 1954). "Tonto's Dream," 2013. Acrylic on canvas. Gift of The Alexander Bodini Foundation, in memory of Alexander Bodini. 8.13

With humor, artist looks at the commercialization of Native American cultures

Artist looks at the commercialization of Native American cultures with humor A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJanuary 9, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot ...

Stewardship in Action

Simple Ways to Protect Yellowstone’s Wildlife and Ecosystems by the Draper Natural History Museum staff The Draper Natural History Museum was established to showcase the ...

“American Three-toed Woodpecker” photograph by Larry Lamsa (detail)

Woodpeckers of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

The variety of habitats within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem makes it a perfect place for many species of woodpeckers. Learn more about these visually striking ...

Deborah Butterfield's bronze "Portal" is now a focal point in the Whitney Western Art Museum. (Museum purchase from the William E. Weiss Memorial Fund. 3.24)

Center of the West Acquires Iconic Sculpture by Deborah Butterfield

Major New Work on Display at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming The Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the ...

Long-eared Owls: Appearance, Habitat, and Behavior

Long-eared Owls are just one of about 250 species of owls living in the world. They reside on every continent except Antarctica. Nineteen of these ...

A Legacy of Learning: St. Labre School Fall Visit 2024

Students, elders, and instructors of St. Labre Indian Schools traveled to the Plains Indian Museum from Ashland, Montana, in October of 2024. Students Hanna Dudek, ...

Downy Woodpeckers: Small Drummers

Downy Woodpeckers (Dryobates pubescens) are only one of 239 species of woodpeckers worldwide. They are also the smallest woodpecker in all of North America. Although ...

Migration Season

By Chloe Winkler and Amy Phillips Fall affects us all in many different ways! As humans we tend to snuggle up inside with pumpkin-themed drinks ...

W.H.D. Koerner (1878 – 1938). "'We Been Missing You Something Frightful,' He Said," 1925. Oil on canvas. Gift in memory of Margaret Elizabeth Stewart MacFarland. 9.84

Western illustrator featured women when that was out of the ordinary

Western illustrator featured women when that was out of the ordinary A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaOctober 17, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot ...

Hibernation versus Torpor

Hibernation versus Torpor: What’s the Difference? by Brandon Lewis and Amy Phillips Winter is a difficult time to survive for many animals. Mule deer in ...

Conservation of Black-Footed Ferrets

Black-footed ferrets were first reintroduced to Meeteetse in 2016. Since then, there have been several subsequent releases including the one our staff participated in last ...

The Truth About Bats

Why do bats have such a bad reputation? Are they really disease-carriers, blood-drinking, flying rodents?

Black-capped Chickadees, the Birds Whose Brain Changes

If you love birds, especially if you feed birds, then hopefully you are familiar with Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus). These are cute, little, non-migratory birds ...

White-Nose Syndrome: A Battle for the Bats

In the late winter of 2006, thousands of bats began to die in the northeastern United States. Not long before they should have been emerging ...

A Summer in ‘The West’: 2024 Intern Experiences

This summer, 14 interns were selected to spend 10 weeks at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Across several departments, each ...

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

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 MediaAugust 8, 2024 ...

Competitive shooter Julie Golob's Smith & Wesson M&P. L.2019.5.1

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 A 1-minute audio ...

Taking Flight with Pinyon Jays

The Pinyon Jay is named for its characteristic behaviors of both nesting in piñon pine trees and eating their seeds. A relative of ravens, crows, ...

Caroline Lockhart: 5 Facts about Cody’s Western Novelist

In 1895, 25-year-old Caroline Lockhart wears a 246-pound diver’s suit twice her size and climbs over the edge of a tugboat, looking out at the ...

Earn Your Spurs – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2023 The Way West: Earn Your Spurs By Jim Arndt William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody wore spurs as ...

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

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 performer who may be Oglala Lakota Chief Iron Tail plays ping pong with a fellow castmate as Joe Black Fox and a group Native performers, cowboys, vaqueros, and Cossacks watch the match. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.1031

A Spirited Wild West Volley – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine History EditionWinter 2022 A Spirited Wild West Volley By Mack Frost The performers and crew who toured with Buffalo ...

Jeremy Johnston presenting at an intern luncheon at the Center of the West in 2018.

Jeremy Johnston remembered

Obituary reprinted with permission from the Powell Tribune Jeremy Monroe Johnston, 53, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by ...

Black & white graphic featuring WHD Koerner's 1931 painting of two mounted explorers with flintlock rifles across their laps leading another man and a pack string.

Enduring West: Exploration and its Impact

The American West has always been a destination to explore – by scholars, naturalists, scientists, and others. Discoveries made within the last couple of decades ...

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

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 ...

American Robins: Misbeliefs and Facts

The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) may be the most common bird in the USA. They are a frequent sight almost everywhere in the lower 48 ...

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

The firearm that gave Buffalo Bill his nickname

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Equipment of a Raptor Handler

Many individuals are fascinated by birds of prey and many facilities do educational programs with their live Avian Ambassadors. Working with raptors in captivity requires ...

French poster, "Buffalo Bill Passant en Revue les Cavaliers les Plus Aduacieux du Monde," ca 1900. International Cody Family Association (ICFA), In memory of Kit Cody, Hiram Cody, Aldus Cody. 1.69.6522

Shared artwork in Wild West show posters reveals subtle differences

Shared artwork in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show posters reveals subtle differences A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMay 23, 2025 A 1-minute audio ...

Red-winged Blackbirds: An Early Sign of Spring

Conk-la-ree! I hear it before I see it. Looking up I spot a Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) perched in the leafless tree above me. It ...

Andy Warhol, "General Custer" in Whitney Western Art Museum

Andy Warhol serigraph portrait of General Custer acquired

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is thrilled to announce a significant addition to its esteemed collection: a one-of-a-kind Andy Warhol serigraph portrait of ...

Advertising the Frontier Myth: Poster Art of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West

In 1835, P.T. Barnum bought a human being. Barnum saw an ad in the Pennsylvania Inquirer. Joice Heth, an elderly African-American, was being promoted as ...

Poster, Military Pageant "Preparedness," 1916. 1.69.2035

Military drills in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West

Military drills in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMay 16, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a museum object ...

The Herbarium of Erwin Evert

An herbarium is a collection of dried plant specimens useful for both research and education. Each specimen in the collection has a label stating who ...

Poster, The Great Train Hold-up and Bandit Hunters of the Union Pacific. Gift of Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate. 1.69.6671

The female bandit in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show poster

The female bandit in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show poster caused controversy A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMay 10, 2024 A 1-minute audio ...

Poisonous Birds

When people think of poisonous animals birds do not typically come to mind. Nevertheless there are a few birds that are poisonous. In his blog ...

Rosa Bonheur (1822 – 1899). "Rocky Bear and Red Shirt," 1890. Oil on board. Partial Bequest of Vernon R. Drwenski and Museum Purchase. 8.04.6

French artist was inspired by the performers in the Wild West show

French artist was inspired by the performers in the Wild West show A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaApril 11, 2024 A 1-minute audio ...

Large group of people, some with musical instruments.

Ragtime orchestra likely inspired some of the music in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show

Ragtime orchestra likely inspired some of the music in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaApril 5, 2024 A ...

Black Musicians in the Wild West

Originally published in Points West magazine History Edition, Winter 2024 Black Musicians in the Wild West: The Curious History of Ferris’s Satisfied Musical Entertainers By ...

The Harry Yount Enigma: Yellowstone’s First Park Ranger

Buried among the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradually moving farther ...

A line of American Avocet in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Spencer Smith.

Wonders of Bird Migration

What is migration Several different animal species come, spring and fall, move around between their breeding (summer) homes and their nonbreeding (winter) grounds. Deer, elk, ...

Nan Aspinwall's Remington Model 24 semi-automatic rifle, .22 Short cartridge, serial #28870. Gift of Bill and Neff Fleisig. 1.69.6393 (detail)

The firearm of the first woman who rode across the country on horseback

The firearm of the first woman who rode across the country on horseback A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMarch 21, 2024 A 1-minute ...

This scrapbook of vaqueros includes Vicente Oropeza's business card. In the middle, bottom photo Oropeza is seen throwing a lasso. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. MS6.4075.12.0

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West master trick roper Vicente Oropeza

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West master trick roper Vicente Oropeza A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMarch 14, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a ...

Draper Natural History Museum showing incline of ramp.

Dr. Charles Preston to Receive Award for Contributions to Biodiversity Science

Dr. Preston’s lifelong dedication to conservation has left an enduring legacy, showcasing the importance of preserving our natural world. The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute and the Buffalo ...

"The Wild West Music of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band" CD as performed by the Americus Brass Band in 1995. The project was directed by Mike Masterson with historical consulting from Paul Fees.

Buffalo Bill’s cowboy band played “The Star Spangled Banner” before it became the national anthem

Buffalo Bill’s cowboy band played “The Star Spangled Banner” before it became the national anthem A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMarch 7, 2024 ...

Lithograph, Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster featuring Johnny Baker, 1893. Gift of The Coe Foundation. 1.69.18

Sharpshooters and myth-making in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show

Sharpshooters and myth-making in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaFebruary 22, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot highlighting a ...

Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster featuring the Pony Express, ca. 1896. Museum Purchase. 1.69.5644 (detail)

Did Buffalo Bill ride for the Pony Express?

Did William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody ride for the Pony Express? A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaFebruary 15, 2024 A 1-minute audio snapshot ...

Jade Vaquero auction benefits Cody Firearms Museum

“The Jade Vaquero” – A Masterpiece by Paul Lantuch – Auctioned to Benefit the Cody Firearms Museum Update, January 27: The auction has concluded. Thank ...

Winchester 1805 (1988.8.3888) and Colt Walker 1847 (1996.12.1)

Pommel & Pistol: A brief history of handguns on horseback – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2022 Pommel & Pistol: A brief history of handguns on horseback By Danny Michael Since the invention of firearms ...

Common Raven: Do They Sing and Other Interesting facts

When it comes to ravens, it seems that people’s opinions range from hate to love. How about you? What do you think of when you ...

Birth of Global War display in the Cody Firearms Museum.

A Cautionary Tale: Modified 98k Mauser – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2023 Reloaded: A Cautionary Tale By Steve Sanetti In 1964, my father was a recently divorced shoemaker with little ...

“There wasn’t any make-believe or made-up stuff:” the Western Work of James Bama

Don Schmalz was riding up Trout Creek. The year was 1973. The wind was coming straight out of the north and it was snowing. He ...

How trees survive winter

When trees first evolved, they existed only in the tropics and for good reason—50 percent of the tree is water. Cold temperatures turn water into ...

Bald eagle in flight, with snow flakes in the air. Photo by Rob Koelling. (detail)

Photo: Bald Eagle in Flight – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2021 How I Got That Shot: Bald Eagle in Flight By Rob Koelling New York photographer Jay Maisel ...

Buffalo Bill Center of the West embarks on a digital journey with Bloomberg Connects

Smithsonian Affiliate partners with Bloomberg Connects app for digital guide, enhancing visitor experience, accessibility, and global outreach. The Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill ...

James Bama photography exhibition hanging in the John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery.

Exhibition Explores Photos by Artist James Bama – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2023 Exhibition Explores Photos by Artist: James Bama – Portraits of the West By Susan Floyd Barnett Are westerners ...

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer points a rifle at a mounted man, whose hands are up. Charles M. Russell (1864-1926). "When Law Dulls the Edge of Chance," 1915. Oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches. Gift of William E. Weiss. 28.78

Charlie Russell’s Tough Year

1917 was a tough year for Charlie Russell. His good buddy, bullwhacker Johnny Matheson, was dying. Johnny ran the last horse-drawn freight line between Great ...

What are Preening and Rousing?

“Why did that bird shake?” This is a question I am occasionally asked when a visitor observes one of our birds ruffling up its feathers ...

Ned Buntline and the Discovery of Buffalo Bill; or, how a Miscreant Created the First World Celebrity

One thing I’ve learned since coming to work at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is that every prominent American frontiersman is that way ...

St. Labre Spring Visit April 2023

For the sixteenth spring, the Plains Indian Museum hosted high school students, tribal elders, and instructors from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana. The ...

What is phenology and why does it matter?

The Draper Natural History Museum (Draper) is debuting a new monitoring project on the Paul Stock Nature Trail this summer. Staff and volunteers will be ...

Tony Foster painting in his chosen site for his Squaretop painting. Photograph courtesy of Karen Brooks McWhorter.

A Green River Journey – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2023 A Green River Journey: Pursuing the Perfect Vantage Point with Artist Tony Foster By Karen Brooks McWhorter On ...

Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874). "Trappers Saluting the Wind River Mountains," ca. 1864. Oil on canvas, 21.9375 x 35.8125 inches. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming. Gift of The Coe Foundation. 10.70 (detail)

A Rendezvous Revisited – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2022 A Rendezvous Revisited: Special Exhibition explores Alfred Jacob Miller’s art like never before By Tessa Baker Traveling deep ...

"All Roads Lead to Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster, 1894. Museum purchase. 1.69.20 (detail)

The Wild West at Ambrose Park – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2022 By the Numbers: The Wild West at Ambrose Park In its early years, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West often ...

Flora of Wyoming specimen, Pedicularis bracteosa, 1994. DRA.701.2577

What is an herbarium and why do they matter?

By Amy Phillips, Curatorial AssistantDraper Natural History Museum The Draper Natural History Museum maintains two herbarium collections. One is a sister collection to the Rocky ...

William Sweeney and the Cowboy Band with Mt. Vesuvius in background, 1890. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.989

Mike Masterson’s legacy marches on

When visitors to the Center of the West tour our Buffalo Bill Museum, they pause to watch actual footage of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. The ...

Two great blue herons show off their plumage at a nesting site. Photo by Rob Koelling.

Spring Wings – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2021 Spring Wings: Birds Flock to Yellowstone Region By Michaela Jones If you have a tendency to gaze longingly ...

Bird Nests – Types, Material, & How You Can Help

There are a huge variety of bird nests throughout the world. These vary in materials used as well as types and shapes. Birds may nest ...

Buntline and Burke – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2022 Buntline and Burke: Buffalo Bill’s Peerless Promoters By Ruffin Prevost William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was an authentic ...

Chicken Soup – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2020 Good Enough to Eat: “Bowl of the Wife of Kit Carson” Chicken SoupAdapted from The Fort Restaurant Cookbook ...

Beaded storage bag, ca. 1885. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Irving H. Larom. NA.106.22A

Indigenous Art Tools – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2022 Tools of the Trade: Indigenous Art Tools Indigenous artists and crafters cherish the tools of their trade. Historically, ...

Lorna and Milward Simpson with their sons Al (L) and Pete, ca. 1940. MS 089 Jack Richard Photograph Collection, McCracken Research Library. PN.89.107.21020.02.4 (detail)

Reflecting on the Center’s Past, Imagining its Future – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2018 Pete and Al: Reflecting on the Center’s Past, Imagining its Future By Michaela Jones For one hundred years, ...

Bison group in the road near Frying Pan Spring. (National Park Service photo by Jacob W. Frank)

Less is More When ‘Wrangling’ Bison – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2019–20 How would you round up 95 bison after their escape from a private ranch, and return them to ...

Cody-based ice climber Aaron Mulkey makes his way up a frozen waterfall called Bitches Brew, named after the song by Miles Davis. Doug Shepherd photo.

Climbing Cody’s Elusive South Fork Ice – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2021 Frozen Treasure: Climbing Cody’s Elusive South Fork Ice By Ruffin Prevost All kinds of people come from all ...

Tony Lama Co. cowboy boot, 1976, Gift of Charles and Joan Eagler. 1.69.2560

Choosing the right cowboy boots

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2021 The Way West: Choosing the Right Cowboy Boots By Jim Arndt William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody outfitted many ...

Pheasant flying over snow. Photo by Rob Koelling.

Pheasant Flying Over Snow – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2021 How I Got That Shot: Pheasant Flying Over Snow By Rob Koelling Pheasants are common throughout the agricultural ...