The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, reopened its popular Journeying West: Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian exhibition in time for the Center’s free […]
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Treasures from Our West… or rather, from the Smithsonian
Treasures from Our WestMulti-bladed folding knifeSmithsonian’s National Firearms Collection Although this object is not in our own collection, it is indeed a treasure. At the time this post was published, […]
Oregon Trail and Conestogas: Really?
True or false? Pioneers like these portrayed in the Center’s painting The Road to Oregon (The Trail Through the South Pass Had Been Worn Deep With the Wheel Tracks of […]
Past Exhibition: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Warriors
Past Exhibition: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Warriors: Photographs by Gertrude Käsebier April 10 – August 8, 2010 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Warriors: Photographs by Gertrude Kasebier was a cooperative exhibition […]
The Journey Continues: More Firearms from the Smithsonian – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2013 The Journey Continues: More Firearms from the Smithsonian (Click here to read part one) A three-cylinder revolver. Sliding breech chamber. Revolving firearm that uses […]
Journeying West, Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian – Points West Online
From Points West magazineOriginally published in Summer 2013 Distinctive Firearms from the Smithsonian In 1876, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History established the National Firearms Collection in honor of the […]