Conservation
The conservation department works to preserve all the collections held at the Center and has become an international training center for young conservation and preservation professionals.
Danny Gonsowski, #FashionForConservation
Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, Danny Gonsowski is interning with the conservation department at the Center of the West. He has earned a…
From the Streets to the Academy: the Charles G. Clarke Story
Charles G. Clarke (1899 – 1983) may not have been present for the settling of the American West, but he sure was…
Donor Impact: Mary Hiestand
Charles G. Clarke was a pioneering Hollywood cinematographer, one of the first to film “talkies.” His real love, though, was history, especially…
Center of the West Conservator Beverly Perkins receives Sheldon & Caroline Keck Award
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Chief Conservator, Beverly Perkins, has been named a recipient of the Sheldon & Caroline Keck…
Analyzing Obsidian Lithics using Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF)
Revealing how Plains Indians traversed the Washakie WildernessBy Alyssa Rina and Kate Breitenstein At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (The…
The One with the Tapestry
My first textile conservation project at the Center of the West was a sixteenth century European tapestry privately owned by one of…