Wyoming Memory
Art exhibits from the National Museum of Wildlife Art
The National Museum of Wildlife Art features a collection of over 2,000 pieces of art portraying wildlife. Dating from 2000 b.c. to the present, the collection chronicles much of the history of wildlife in art, focusing primarily on European and American painting and sculpture. Our collection of American art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is particularly strong, recording European exploration of the American West. Many of these works predate photography, making them vital representations of the frontier era in the history of the United States.
Charles Belden: The Charles J. Belden Collection
The Charles J. Belden collection at the American Heritage Center consists of approximately 3,000 original negatives. Most of these photographic images were taken in the 1920s and 1930s on the Legendary Pitchfork Ranch near Meeteetse, Wyoming.
Richard Throssel: Photographs
Throssel served as photographer on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana from 1909-1910 and portrayed the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indians from 1902-1933.
Thomas Kennet-Were: Nine Months in the United State
Thomas Kennet-Were, an English gentleman and artist, traveled across the United States and part of Canada in 1868 and 1869. He documented his trip by writing an account of his travels, which he titled "Nine Months in the United States," and by painting many scenes in watercolor.
Through Lens and Brush: the Works of William Henry Jackson
A photographer and painter of the West, Jackson introduced much of the country to the Western landscape and partially contributed to the creation of national parks.
The Virginian: Owen Wister's Creation of the Great American Novel
This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the publication of this classic literary work.
