Wyoming Humanities, along with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the Wyoming Arts Council, welcome Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to Cody and the Bighorn Basin on Thursday, September 13. As part of his visit, Chairman Peede presents a free public talk, Public Humanities and Arts: […]
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Hunter Old Elk receives prestigious diversity fellowship
“Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens. It must therefore foster and support a form of education, and access to the arts and the humanities designed to make people of all backgrounds and wherever located masters of their technology and not its unthinking servants.”[1] On November 13th-15th, 2017, Hunter Old Elk, Curatorial Assistant for […]
Nation’s leading firearms museum gets extreme makeover
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West has announced that its Cody Firearms Museum is about to undergo a full-scale renovation. When complete, the renovated museum will exhibit more firearms than currently on display and feature a more interpretive experience for all museum visitors. “The transformation of the Firearms Museum promises to be extraordinary,” says […]
NEH awards grant to Center of the West for Cody Firearms Museum upgrades
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West has learned that it is a recipient of a “Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The project upgrades environmental controls, and improves fire and security systems in the Cody Firearms Museum (CFM). The $300,000 NEH award requires a $100,000 match from […]
NEH awards Papers of William F. Cody $300,000 grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a nearly $300,000 grant to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for its continued work on the Papers of William F. Cody (the Papers). The latest award of $299,756 brings the total of NEH grants for the project to $700,000. In its latest round of […]
Papers of William F. Cody honored in National Endowment for the Humanities’ 50th anniversary
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has chosen the Papers of William F. Cody at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West as one of its success stories the grant-administering agency features in honor of its 50th Anniversary. The selection of top grants appeared online through the “National Endowment for the Humanities Celebrating 50 […]