Museum Minute: The Self-Portrait of a Sculptor
Alexander Phimister Proctor was a known as the sculptor in buckskin. Born in Canada, he fell in love with the American West and most… Read More
Museum Minute: The Rowland Made Wheellock Rifle
The wheellock rifle was invented in the 1500s. These were incredibly popular guns in England during the 1600s so there are many that… Read More
Museum Minute: Theodore Roosevelt’s Special Saddle
Theodore Roosevelt worked hard during his presidency to conserve the natural resources of the United States. As such, he was often traveling around… Read More
Museum Minute: Why An Everyday Dress Is Unique
At the turn of the century, ethnologists and anthropologists were trying to collect objects from different Plains Indian cultures, since they believed… Read More
Museum Minute: The Heyday of the Fur Trade
The painter, Alfred Jacob Miller, was an early artist explorer depicting the American West. But it turns out, he only went out to the… Read More
Museum Minute: Who Really Designed The M1 Carbine?
The M1 Carbine is a short, light weight rifle that was introduced during World War II and then used throughout most of the rest… Read More
Museum Minute: The Bighorn Rams of Christmas Eve 2000
It’s Christmas Eve 2000. The curator of the Draper Museum of Natural History, Dr. Charles Preston and his wife… Read More
Museum Minute: Commodity Cheese Box
Native American women used whatever materials they had to create objects. Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, came across… Read More
Museum Minute: Zoroaster Peak
Thomas Moran was one of the artist documenting the expansion to the West. He was on the first formal expedition in 1871 to Yellowstone… Read More
