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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.
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    • 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
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    • Pottery
    • Prints
    • Media
    • Baskets
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    • 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 Grizzly bear

Museum Minute: Yellowstone’s “Most” Famous Bear: Bear 104

May 3, 2018 by Kamila Kudelska

Bear 104 was a female grizzly bear who made her home on the edge of Yellowstone National Park and Shoshone National Forest, near a very… Read More

Filed Under: Draper Natural History Museum, Newsroom, Reporting from the Center of the West
Tagged With: bear 104, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, draper natural history museum, Grizzly bear, Museum Minute, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming Minute, Yellowstone National Park

 

Treasures from Our West: Grizzly bear

December 2, 2015 by Nancy McClure

A Treasure from Our West: log 134: Grizzly bear. DRA.305.159

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2012 Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) Each year, visitors to the Greater Yellowstone region cite the grizzly bear… Read More

Filed Under: Treasures from Our West
Tagged With: draper natural history museum, Endangered Species List, Grizzly bear, Harold McCracken, treasures from our west, ursus arctos horribilis

 

Points West Online: Bear-ly Making It

September 27, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Illustration by Barbara Harmon.

Originally published in Points West in Spring 2002 Bear-ly Making It: Can Homo Sapiens and Ursus Arctos Horribilis Make History and Coexist? Ed. note: More… Read More

Filed Under: Points West Online
Tagged With: Grizzly bear, Northern Rockies, Points West archive, Points West online, Wyoming Game and Fish

 

Buffalo Bill Center of the West curators collaborate on updated version of historic book

September 21, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Preston and Johnston discuss their edition of "Wahb."

After a trip to northwest Wyoming in 1899, Ernest Thompson Seton published Wahb: The Biography of a Grizzly through a series of three articles for… Read More

Filed Under: Newsroom
Tagged With: Biography of a grizzly, Charles Preston, Ernest Thompson Seton, Grizzly bear, Jeremy Johnston, Wahb

 

Treasures from Our West: Grizzly bear exhibition

September 19, 2015 by Nancy McClure

A Treasure from Our West: Bear exhibit.

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2012 Grizzly bear exhibition in the Mountain Meadow Environment While individual museum objects can be treasures in… Read More

Filed Under: Treasures from Our West
Tagged With: bear safety, bear safety videos, draper natural history museum, Grizzly bear, treasures from our west

 

Sculpture Guide: Big Hal

August 18, 2015 by Nancy McClure

"Big Hal" by Michael Coleman. Outdoor sculpture at the Center of the West. 6.04

Big Hal By Michael Coleman Modeled 2002, cast 2003 Location: Yellowstone Regional Airport in east Cody Michael Coleman’s grizzly bear sits mischievously on top of… Read More

Filed Under: Whitney Western Art Museum
Tagged With: Big Hal, Grizzly bear, Michael Coleman, outdoor sculpture, Sculpture guide, Yellowstone Regional Airport

 

Points West Online: On the Trail of a Bear Named Wahb

August 12, 2015 by Nancy McClure

A Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear. National Park Service photo. Jim Peaco, 2005.

Originally published in Points West in Spring 2009 On the Trail of a Bear Named Wahb: Two Professors on a Bear Hunt By Jeremy Johnston… Read More

Filed Under: Points West Online
Tagged With: Biography of a grizzly, Ernest Thompson Seton, Grizzly bear, Jeremy Agnew, Jeremy Johnston, Wahb

 

When “Real” Isn’t Real Enough: Virtual Reality in Museums

July 10, 2015 by Levi Meyer

Imagine waking up one morning, hopping out of bed, and trotting into the Center’s Draper Natural History Museum. You can hear the sounds of wolves… Read More

Filed Under: Education
Tagged With: Buffalo Bill, draper natural history museum, Frederic Remington, Grizzly bear

 

Author Leslie Patten explores “The Wild Excellence” at May 7 Lunchtime Expedition

April 28, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Leslie Patten

Living in wilderness among large predators and prey—grizzly bears, pumas, wolves, and elk—can give rise to some interesting stories. At a free talk May 7… Read More

Filed Under: Newsroom
Tagged With: free lecture, Grizzly bear, Leslie Patten, Lunchtime Expedition, The Wild Excellence

 

Wild Wonderland: Yellowstone Arts and Crafts

September 8, 2014 by Leah Madsen

“A thousand Yellowstone wonders are calling, ‘Look up and down and round about you…whatever your fate, under whatever ignorance or knowledge you may afterward chance… Read More

Filed Under: Education, Staff
Tagged With: Art in the Garden, Dr. Seuss, Gerald McGrew, Grizzly bear, John Muir, mountain lion, National Park, Old Faithful, theodore roosevelt, Thomas Moran, Three Tetons, wolves, yellowstone animals, yellowstone grizzly bear, yellowstone in art, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, yellowstone wildlife, Yellowstone wolves

 

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