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    • Facility RentalsThe Center is the perfect place for your next event.
    • Visiting YellowstoneYour best stop on the way to or from Yellowstone.
    • LodgingSelect from a variety of local accommodations.
    • ItinerariesDiscover some quick day trips in and around Cody.
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    • WorkshopsExplore hands-on programs for kids, families, and adults.
    • Conservation InternshipsTraining for conservators from all over the world.
    • Pre-K ProgramsSet up a guided tour for your preschool class.
    • Field TripsInvestigate outdoor adventures for adults and children.
    • Highlights MapsDiscover collection highlights in each of our museum.
    • Games and InteractivesLearn about the collection through online interactives.
    • Lectures & FilmsPlan for future talks and view past program videos.
    • Western EssaysDelve into historical information on western topics.
  • Shop
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    • Clothing and Accessories
    • Gifts
    • Native American Replicas
    • Fine Art
    • Quality Leather
    • Native American Jewelry
    • Navajo Rugs
    • Pottery
    • Prints
    • Media
    • Baskets
  • Research
    • McCracken Research LibraryFind books, photos, archives, media, and more.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
    • Digital CollectionsExplore our extensive photo and manuscript collections.
    • Archival Collection List and Finding GuidesBrowse inventories of archival collections.
    • The Papers of William F. CodyDiscover scholarship on the man and the myth.
    • Fellowship ProgramContribute to new scholarship using Center collections.
    • Buffalo BillUncover in-depth information about William F. Cody.
    • Greater Yellowstone Natural HistoryLearn more about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
    • Western ArtDelve into the lives and works of western artists.
    • Plains IndianDiscover more about Plains Indian tribes and collections.
    • FirearmsFind a firearms bibliography, glossary, and more.
    • ConservationFind out how we preserve Center collections.
    • Rights and ReproductionsLicense or reproduce images from our collections.
  • Support
    • Planned GivingLeave your legacy with a bequest or estate gift.
    • Patrons BallAttend our annual gala fundraiser.
    • MembershipBecome a supporter and receive great benefits.
    • VolunteerSupport the Center with your time and talent.
    • Our next raffle car: a 1967 Pontiac GTOBuy your tickets online for this amazing prize!
    • Give TodayMake a donation to programs and operations.
    • Why I SupportSee what motivates donors to give to the Center.
    • We have a winner for the car raffle for 2019Winner: from Lusk, Wyoming, with ticket #0553
    • Raptor ExperienceHelp provide care for our avian friends.
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Home > Archives for art

Museum Minute: Choosing of the Arrow

September 10, 2019 by Kamila Kudelska

When a visitor enters the Whitney Western Art Museum one sculpture might confuse the visitor. Choosing of the Arrow by Henry Kirke Brown might remind… Read More

Filed Under: Reporting from the Center of the West, Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: art, Museum Minute, sculpture, whitney western art museum

 

Museum Minute: Morning Blue

December 27, 2018 by Kamila Kudelska

Josh Elliot (b. 1973). Morning Blue, n.d. Oil on linen, 36 x 48 inches. Museum purchase from William E. Weiss Memorial Fund. 1.18

Josh Elliot is a Montana born and raised artist of Western landscape. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said Elliot’s landscapes… Read More

Filed Under: Newsroom, Reporting from the Center of the West, Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: art, Josh Elliott, morning blue, western landscape, whitney western art museum

 

Museum Minute: Artistic Expression Through A Tin Cup

December 6, 2018 by Kamila Kudelska

Cup, Lakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca.1900. Metal, rawhide, tin cones, glass beads, porcupine quills, tanned hide, wool cloth, cotton thread, dyed horse hair; NA.506.146. Courtesy of the Plains Indian Museum.

During the Reservation Era, roughly from the 1870s to the 1920s, Native Americans were required to move onto allotments of land. Rebecca West, the curator… Read More

Filed Under: Plains Indian Museum, Reporting from the Center of the West
Tagged With: art, culture, Museum Minute, Plains Indian Museum, reservation, tin cup

 

Museum Minute: Imperfections Are Beautiful

October 26, 2018 by Kamila Kudelska

  Often the uniqueness of a piece stands out more than something that follows the trend. For Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the… Read More

Filed Under: Plains Indian Museum, Reporting from the Center of the West
Tagged With: art, Museum Minute, Plains Indian Museum, Salish, symmetry

 

Albert Bierstadt: A Conservationist

June 4, 2018 by Kamila Kudelska

Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830–1902). The Last of the Buffalo, ca. 1888. Oil on canvas, 60.25 x 96.5 inches. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, USA. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund Purchase. 2.60

  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… Read More

Filed Under: Reporting from the Center of the West, Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: Albert Bierstadt, art, whitney western art museum

 

John Mix Stanley: Artist as Entertainer

April 13, 2015 by Emily Wilson

In the nineteenth century, many artists looked to market their art to the masses. The panorama (figure 1) offered artists a way to combine their… Read More

Filed Under: Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: amon carter, art, Civil War, entertainer, expedition, explorer, issac stevens, john mix stanley, nineteenth century, panorama, yale

 

Sandra Dal Poggetto: Hidden in the Wide Open

November 4, 2014 by Emily Wilson

Sandra and her dog in Montana

Montana artist, Sandra Dal Poggetto, traveled to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West on June 26, 2014 to present a lecture on her body… Read More

Filed Under: Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: abstract, american fork #4, art, artist, contemporary, landscape, lecture, Montana, Sandra Dal Poggetto, whitney western art museum

 

An Artist’s Visit: Jared Sanders

September 26, 2014 by Emily Wilson

Paula and Jared Sanders next to their painting in the Whitney Museum.

It is always an exciting time when artists in our permanent collection make the trip out to Cody to come see us. This past weekend… Read More

Filed Under: Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: abstract, art, contemporary, jared sanders, landmark, logan, painting, realism, utah, whitney western art museum

 

July 18 Family Fun Day celebrates art with a garden “pARTy!” at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West

July 2, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Garden activities at the Center of the West

With beautiful sculptures, picturesque landscapes, and blooming flowers all around, what better place to celebrate art than the garden spaces of the Buffalo Bill Center… Read More

Filed Under: Newsroom
Tagged With: art, arts & crafts, arts and crafts, family activities, family fun day, family program, R. Harold Burton Foundation

 

An Artist in Residence Reflects: Michele Z. Farrier

July 2, 2014 by Emily Wilson

By Guest Artist and Blogger Michele Z. Farrier During the enjoyable experience of being Artist in Residence in the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo… Read More

Filed Under: Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: art, artist, artist-in-residence, contemporary, michele z farrier, oil, plein air, summer series, whitney western art museum

 

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