Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2009 Celebrating the First 50 Years of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art* *Ed. note: the Whitney Gallery of Western Art was renamed the Whitney Western Art Museum in 2013. The Whitney was completely redesigned and reinterpreted in 2009, so now in 2019 we share this article from 10 […]
Why I Support the Center of the West… Arnold A. Brown of Poulsbo, Washington For the past hundred years, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association has benefited from the support of thousands of individuals across the nation and around the world. We’re honored that so many of our members choose to remain loyal supporters long after […]
Why I Support the Center of the West Forrest Fenn Since its inception, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association has benefited from the support of thousands of individuals across the nation and around the world. We’re honored that so many of our members choose to remain loyal supporters after joining, in many cases for the rest […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2017 Buffalo Bill commemorative rifle As the Center of the West celebrated its Centennial throughout 2017, the special exhibition Cody to the World shared many special objects illustrating the past 100 years. One such object is the Buffalo Bill Commemorative Rifle pictured below—the 100,000th one of the […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2017 Photograph: Buffalo Bill’s family at construction site of first Buffalo Bill Museum Seven years after the death of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in 1917, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association coordinated an iconic sculpture in his honor, Buffalo Bill—The Scout by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 1926, […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West—a complex of five museums and a research library dedicated to sharing the colorful, rugged ways of the American West—celebrates its year-long Centennial. From the establishment of the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association in 1917 to the highly anticipated June 2nd opening of our two special Centennial exhibitions, the Center […]