A specific western furniture style was born in Cody in the 1930s. And for the past 30 years, its biggest fans have tried to spread… Read More
Museum Minute: The Heyday of the Fur Trade
The painter, Alfred Jacob Miller, was an early artist explorer depicting the American West. But it turns out, he only went out to the… Read More
Bierstadt: In Service of Manifest Destiny?
Albert Bierstadt’s paintings may have contributed to the profound changes occurring in the American West in the late 1800s. Across Bierstadt’s thirty-year career, his depictions… Read More
Center of the West shares golden eagle research in new exhibition
A new exhibition is soon to take flight at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum, Monarch of the Skies: the… Read More
How a Museum in Rural Wyoming Reaches Beyond Its Walls: Video
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is located in a rural place: Cody, Wyoming. But it works hard to reach beyond its four walls… Read More
The Center of the West Traveling Exhibit Opens Its Doors For The Last Time
For the past three years, the Whitney Western Art Museum of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody lent over eighty works of… Read More
The History And Realities Of Large Carnivore Expansion
Mountain lions, wolves, and grizzly bears are all thriving in Wyoming. But only a couple of decades ago, these large carnivores were not doing so… Read More
New Book Explores Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Exhibition Impact On Europe
When you think of the American West, you don’t often think of Europe. But William F. Cody, widely known as Buffalo Bill, did. The American… Read More
Last chance to view “That Day” photography exhibition at Center of the West
A special exhibition of the provocative and beautiful photography of Laura Wilson at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West closes at end-of-day, Sunday, August… Read More
Discover the Center of the West’s Centennial Products
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West—a complex of five museums and a research library dedicated to sharing the rugged ways of the American West—celebrates… Read More