My name is Maria, and I am the Cody Firearms Records Office intern this summer here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. This summer I will spend time […]
epiCENTER: Explore the CENTER of it all with our staff!
Enjoy the observations and interests of the people who work at the Center of the West here in our staff blog. Just note that these are the personal perspectives of individual staff members, and are not meant to be official representations of Center expertise or policy.
Frank Tenney Johnson: a fatal kiss
“Frank Tenney Johnson was at the apex of his career as a painter of America’s West in December 1938 when he and his wife accepted an invitation to have dinner […]
My Way West: Introduction and Reflection from a Cody Firearms Museum Intern
Hello all! My name is Ryan Hodges and this is my first official blog post as the new Cody Firearms Museum intern for this summer. I am thrilled to be […]
Buffalo Bill’s spurs torched—on purpose.
Sometime around 1959, Cody, Wyoming’s, iconic statue sustained a mishap due to vandals. Evidently, some nefarious ne’er-do-wells nabbed the spurs off Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s (1875 – 1942) monumental sculpture […]
Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley
Past Exhibition Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley June 6 – August 29, 2015Special Exhibitions Gallery Today, 150 years after the Smithsonian gallery housing his paintings burned to the […]
Wyoming Grasslands, Photographs by Michael P. Berman and William S. Sutton
Past Exhibition Wyoming Grasslands: Photographs by Michael P. Berman and William S. Sutton The major touring exhibition Wyoming Grasslands featured the black and white images of Michael Berman and the […]
