NOTE: The Smithsonian has postponed their Earth Optimism event; therefore the Center has also postponed our event as it was tied to theirs. March 14, 2020 10 a.m.–4 p.m. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, and from the Bighorn Basin, we invite you to join us for an Earth Optimism Teen […]
For the vast majority of museums and visitors, Smithsonian magazine’s annual Museum Day is a great opportunity: Museums get exposure, and visitors get free admission to a thousand or so museums throughout America. For the Buffalo Bill Center of the West? It’s a case of good news/bad news. The irony is that periodically Museum Day takes […]
Explore the history of nearly every geologic time period in ancient Wyoming at a free lecture and book signing July 28 from 12:15 − 1:15 p.m. at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Combining paleontology, geology, and artistry, authors Kirk Johnson and Will Clyde examine Wyoming as it is in present day and as it […]
For the vast majority of museums and visitors, Smithsonian magazine’s annual Museum Day is a great opportunity: Museums get exposure, and visitors get free admission to a thousand or so museums throughout America. For the Buffalo Bill Center of the West? It’s a case of good news/bad news. The irony is that periodically Museum Day […]
Beginning Wednesday, September 16, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West moves to its fall schedule—open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. This schedule is in effect through October 31. At the same time, the Center’s popular Draper Museum Raptor Experience also moves to its fall/winter schedule. The live birds of prey are on view […]
I hate to admit it, but I never believed that Judge Roy Bean was a real person. Old westerns are favorite TV fare at our house, so I’ve managed to see the judge portrayed by actors Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, and Paul Newman. I decided it was time to “google” the judge, and sure enough, […]