“I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy.”“I see by your outfit you are a cowboy too.”“You see by our outfits that we are both cowboys.”“Get yourself […]
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.
SEP-ARRA: Your Tax Dollars at Work
It was autumn of 2009, and the news was not good… The old steam boilers which provided heat and, indirectly, humidification for our 1967 building addition (the Whitney Museum, Buffalo […]
The Turkey Vulture
Suli is so homely to me that she is so cute. Being a turkey vulture, she is not as “glamorous” as some of the other raptors in the Buffalo Bill […]
On Mechanical System Shutdown in Collection Storage Areas
Our chief conservator, Beverly Perkins, returned this week from the 42nd annual conference of the American Institute for Conservation held this year in San Francisco. She thought I might be […]
Past Exhibition: African Perspectives
Past Exhibition: African PerspectivesThrough the Eyes of Nancy-Carroll Draper: A Tribute to Vision Featuring more than thirty images taken by Nancy-Carroll Draper (1922 – 2008), African Perspectives: Through the Eye […]
Past Exhibition: Audubon and Friends
Past Exhibition: Curator’s Choice: Audubon and Friends In everyday conversation, the name “Audubon” equals “birds.” John James Audubon’s greatest lifetime achievement was the publication of his Birds of America book. […]