Day 39 (D-22) Buffalo Bill Center of the West

We'll visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody on the seventh day of our trip. 
First, you can learn a little more about Buffalo Bill with Voice of American Special English.  
VOA Special English
Listen here first: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/2085425.html
Then, you can read the text if you click here --> 
 http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/a-23-a-2004-05-01-2-1-83122927/123603.html 
It's rather long, but very interesting.
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Here's some information about the center, taken from Wikipedia:

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is a complex of five museums and a research library with art and artifacts of the American West. The five museums include the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indians Museum, the Whitney West Art Museum, the Draper Natural History Museum and the Cody Firearms Museum.  (It will be difficult to see all that during one afternoon!) It is the oldest and most comprehensive museum complex of the West and it is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, 1917 - 2017.

1. The Buffalo Bill Museum has us discover the fame and success William Cody achieved through his "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" and looks at his significant influence on the economic and cultural development of the American West.

2. Plains Indians Museum features the stories and objects of Plains Indian people, their cultures, traditions, values and histories, as well as the contexts of their lives today.  It contains artifacts primarily from Northern Plains tribes, such as the Arapaho, Lakota, Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfeet and Pawnee.  Look back at the maps I gave you on Day 7 to see where these tribes lived.  The Plains Indian Museum also sponsors an annual Powwow held on the third weekend in June, with dancers, artisans and visitors from all over North American.  What a pity we arrive a few days too late.

3.  Whitney Western Art Museum features paintings and sculptures of the American West.  We'll be able to see works by Catlin and Remington and other artists, and a replica of Remington's studio.

4.  Draper Natural History Museum features geology, wildlife and human presence in the Greater Yellowstone region.

5.  Cody Firearms Museum houses the most comprehensive collection of American firearms in the world.

It's going to be difficult to choose which museum(s) to visit.

https://centerofthewest.org

My best,

Jane

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-- Powwow = an American Indian social gathering (rassemblement) or fair (foire) usually including competitive dancing

-- houses =  here "house" is used as a verb; meaning to contain, to provide a place for