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Learn About the Big Horn Basin at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center

 

Visit this gem, and experience the remarkable and permanent exhibits that feature the uniqueness of the Big Horn Basin . . . its geography, geology, archaeology and paleontology, and its world-class archaeological sites from ancient mammoth hunters to early settlers. Besides it noteworthy geologic history, the Big Horn Basin is also home to over 300 wildlife species, the most diverse in the world.

The Ancient Basin display presents mammoth hunters, dinosaurs and fossils. The Basin’s geology may, in fact, provide clues to what happened during the Eocene period, some 55 million years ago when rapid climate change occurred. Researchers are studying the Basin’s geology and fossils in hopes of unlocking global warming and its effects on the Earth.

The Last West Exhibit offers the history of the area from the 1800′s through the 1920′s and includes information on the Spring Creek Raid (The event that ended the cattle and sheep wars in the west.), Johnson County Wars, Cattle Barons, and much more. You will view exhibits here that are unique to this part of the country.

And the Washakie Museum has a fine art gallery with exhibits year-round. And if you’re here at the right time enjoy a guest lecture, theatrical performance or concert. Many are free to the public.

 
EVENTS
In Pursuit of Equality
Mini exhibit from the University of Wyoming
May 1 through June 30, 2012
An exhibit that tells the story of three women, who through their actions as elected office holders, challenged and changed the conventional understanding of equality in Wyoming during the 20th century:  Nellie Tayloe Ross, Thyra Thomson, and Elizabeth Byrd.

Piatigorsky Concert with Pianist Richard Dowling
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., Free to the Public
Hailed by The New York Times as an especially impressive fine young pianist, Richard Dowling appears regularly across the United States in solo recitals and concerts with orchestras.

Voices of the Basin: History in Your Own Words, Temporary Exhibit
May 31 through September 8, 2012
Travel back in time as you walk the Temporary Exhibit Gallery and Grand Foyer of the Museum listening to stories of real people who settled in the Big Horn Basin.

For information call 307.347.3226 ~ 877.303.3082, visit www.tensleepworlandwyoming.com or email vcouncil@rtconnect.com.