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Draper groundbreaking

Left to right: Byron Price, Charles R. Preston, Alan K. Simpson, Colin Marshall, Nancy-Carroll Draper, and Willis McDonald IV breaking ground for the Draper Natural History Museum, 2000.

Treasures from Our West: Draper Natural History Museum groundbreaking shovels

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Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2017 Shovels used in 2000 groundbreaking ceremony for the Draper Natural History Museum The year 2002 brought a significant milestone for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West: the opening of the Draper Natural History Museum completed the story of the American West at the Center. Much […]