Buffalo Bill Center of the West
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In the shadow of litigation, the Buffalo Bill Center returns two valuable film reels to their owner – despite adamant claims they were not under their control. In a surprising twist, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has returned valuable property to a former employee. It’s the latest development in a civil lawsuit currently…
Rebecca West discussed her new role as executive director and CEO of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West during KODI’s “Speak Your Piece with Darian Dudrick” Tuesday morning. West, who was named to her new position last month, started at the BBCW as an intern in 1994. Most recently, she served as curator of…
A lawsuit alleging employment discrimination and wrongful termination has been filed against the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and several current and former employees. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West faces more litigation in 2021. But the museum won’t be facing this lawsuit in Park County – it was filed in a federal…
The Buffalo Bill Center looked inwards for its new executive director, hiring one of its longtime employees to take the helm of Cody’s top tourist attraction. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West Board of Trustees Executive Director Exploratory Task Force and the Board’s Executive Committee announced the promotion of Rebecca West to Executive Director…
The group of Cody High School students will use their Smithsonian award for a sage grouse conservation project with the Bureau of Land Management. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Youth Advisory Board has received a grant from the Smithsonian Institution for a conservation project benefitting Cody and northwest Wyoming. The Smithsonian is the…
The lawsuit claims the Buffalo Bill Center of the West won’t return a former employee’s property worth thousands of dollars – two years after she was fired. Civil Action 30016 was filed in the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District (Park County) on Monday, Jan. 25, which accuses the Buffalo Bill Center of the…
W. Michael and Katleen O’Neal Gear of Cody are being honored for their lifetimes of western writing, dedicated to the prehistory of the American West. The Western Writers of America announced that the 2021 Wister Award – the non-profit guild’s highest honor – is being awarded to W. Michael and Katleen O’Neal Gear, the “international…
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West‘s Executive Director and CEO Peter Seibert announced his resignation from the museum Wednesday morning. A statement released by the museum says Seibert is pursuing a new opportunity in Philadelphia. “Director Peter Seibert is embarking on a new adventure in 2021: he has accepted a new position as Director…
New studies of the American West will be undertaken in honor of a modern Western hero. The University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center is working with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West to establish the Peter K. Simpson Fellowship on the American West, a new collaboration to fund original research advancing knowledge, understanding and…