This is Shelly Buffalo Calf, student at the University of Oklahoma, working on a Master’s Degree in the Museum Studies program. Interning in conservation at the Center of the West […]
The Conservation Department
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.
Conservation of a taxidermy swallowtail butterfly
This is a report from conservation intern, Laura Siegfried: Visitors to the Draper Natural History Museum may remember the sculpture, at the bottom of the spiral ramp, of a taxidermy […]
Cody Culture Club
The conservation department presented analytical techniques at the Cody Culture Club event on the evening of March 20th. We enjoyed the lively discussions and intelligent questions asked by the participants. […]
Ethics in Conservation?
Different Approaches to Conservation: Decorative Arts Objects vs. Ethnographic Collections Thoughts from Robin Allison, Graduate Student at the University of Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies – Museum Studies. https://www.ou.edu/cls/grad/mams One […]
Tapestry Conservation
You wouldn’t think that the conservation lab at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West would be involved in the preservation and restoration of a European tapestry that might possibly […]
Conservation cleaning Plains Indian exhibitions
The Sparkle Team began its winter cleaning of the exhibits at the Center. The team is made up of interns and volunteers. Every winter we make our way among the […]
