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Lectures and Films Archive

Explore the American West through our lectures, presentations, and videos. Spend some time viewing past lectures here through our video archive.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
Draper lunchtime expeditions explore topics about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Lectures on Film Archive

Are you interested in learning more about some of the subjects we delve into here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West? Explore these playlists to view video of full-length lectures and presentations that have taken place here at the Center.

Click each playlist’s title below to start it, or choose a video or two from it on our YouTube channel

From the Vault: Objects of the American West
Object spotlights from our Curatorial Staff

NATURAL HISTORY TOPICS
More than 50 Lectures

WESTERN AMERICAN HISTORY TOPICS
11 Lectures

Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West—from a Whitney Western Art Museum symposium, 6/16/2018

BUFFALO BILL / WILD WEST TOPICS
22 Lectures

LOCAL HISTORY – Local Lore with Bob Richard
A growing series with host Bob Richard

FIREARMS TOPICS
4 Lectures

A Celebration of Whitney Vanderbilt Whitney
Learn more about our Whitney Museum’s namesake

In Search of Civility—A Public Forum about Civil Discourse, 9/24/2017

Looking for shorter video clips? Try these playlists.

Meet the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
9 videos introducing the Center and our museums

Skype in the Classroom
14 videos chronicling what our educators are up to with virtual teaching

Whitney Western Art Museum Selections
26 videos and clips about sculpture, painting, and the Whitney’s staff

Cody Firearms Museum Selections
28 videos and clips about specific guns and the Firearms Museum’s staff

Buffalo Bill Museum Selections
19 videos and clips including gallery multimedia, music, and our original Queen Victoria poster

Plains Indian Museum and American Indian Topic Selections
14 videos about powwow and significant objects in our collection

Draper Natural History Museum and Yellowstone Selections
36 video clips about wildlife, our own raptors, and Draper staff

“From the Vault” Videos
15 videos from historic footage in our archives and the early days of Center

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