Albert Bierstadt—He’s a late 19th-century artist, most well-known for his majestic landscape paintings of the Wind River Range, Yellowstone, and the American West. But there’s more to him than paintings […]
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a creative collaboration between the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Wyoming Public Media, Multimedia Journalist Kamila Kudelska reports about the American West from Cody, Wyoming. Her stories—which include blog posts, audio, and video—can be heard on Wyoming Public Radio, and are also found on Wyoming Public Media's website as well as right here on the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's website.
This unique partnership is made possible through the generosity of the Hal R. and Naoma J. Tate Foundation.
Below, explore Kamila's fascinating stories on contemporary issues in the American West along with its art, history, culture, and much more. She's on the scene...
...Reporting from the Center of the West.
Museum Minute: Where Elegance Meets Fear
It’s a weird story not often told at museums since it’s against the rules. But at the Whitney Western Museum of Art there’s one painting visitors can’t resist touching. Contemporary […]
Museum Minute: The Gentlemen’s Agreement
The Mason Revolver During the 19th century, Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company frequently played with each other’s markets. One would manufacture double barrel shotguns another […]
Exhibit Explores George Custer’s Life Before His Last Stand
George Custer is most famous for the battle he did not survive: The Battle of the Little Bighorn. Popularly known as “Custer’s Last Stand,” it took place in Montana Territory […]
Monarch of the Skies: How Golden Eagles Reveal the Intricacies of an Entire Ecosystem
The Draper Natural History Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West opened a new permanent exhibition on June 10, 2018. The exhibition focuses on the last ten years […]
Museum Minute: A Vest Tells the Story of Its Owner
When a museum receives a mass donation of artifacts, it’s up to the museum staff to document every single object. And this is what happened when the Plains Indian Museum […]
