Museum Minute
“Museum Minute” is a series of one-minute audio snapshots highlighting museum objects from the collection of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming.
Created by Wyoming Public Media in partnership with the Center of the West, Multimedia Journalist Olivia Weitz works with the Center’s curators, who share insights into the objects they are inspired by every day. Learn more about these objects and find out why they are significant stand-outs from the collection.
Museum Minute: An Unusually Shaped Water Vessel at the Plains Indian Museum
At the Plains Indian Museum, most of the water vessels carved out of horns that may have been used as spoons look…
Museum Minute: Beadwork on a Horse Mask Shows Bond Between Blackfeet Owner and Animal
Museum Minute: Beadwork on a Horse Mask Shows Bond Between Blackfeet Owner and Animal A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJune…
Museum Minute: Beaded bag is ‘both art and utility’
Museum Minute: Beaded bag is ‘both art and utility’ A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMay 15, 2025 A 1-minute audio…
Museum Minute: A cradleboard tells the story of a flower and a Blackfeet legend
Museum Minute: A cradleboard tells the story of a flower and a Blackfeet legend A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMay…
The Draper Museum documents pinyon jays in Wyoming
The Draper Museum documents pinyon jays in Wyoming A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaMay 5, 2025 A 1-minute audio snapshot…
The northern flicker in the Draper Museum is a unique member of the woodpecker family
The norther flicker in the Draper Museum is a unique member of the woodpecker family A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public…