The Plains Indian Museum not only collects older artwork but also contemporary artwork. The museum has a piece of pottery by Rose Pecos SunRhodes. “[It’s] a large female figure with […]
Kamila Kudelska
Museum Minute: General James Doolittle
James Doolittle was a general during World War II. He became famous for his raid on Tokyo in 1942 just after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Danny Michael, the assistant curator […]
Museum Minute: July 1919 Cradle Board
The Salish tribes in western Montana, Idaho and Washington made cradle boards to celebrate newborns. It’s a utilitarian object because it is used as a baby carrier, but they were […]
Museum Minute: How Wounds Can Help Tell a Story
Late in the spring a couple years back, Leslie Patten went hiking and came upon something pretty spectacular. When she looked more closely, she saw that it was a dead […]
Museum Minute: Choosing of the Arrow
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 people not of the West, […]
Museum Minute: A Rifle Ahead of Its Time
The Cody Firearms Museum has a machine rifle gun from the early part of the last century that was ahead of its time in looks and functionality. The Burton Machine […]