More of Buffalo Bill Museum

Ahh, did I say Indians? It appears between my phone, Bob's phone and his camera, we took 0 pictures of the Plains Indian Museum, seriously!

But we did get this beautiful statue in the courtyard. It is called the "Statue of the Plains Indian." Once again, the museum was full of history and memorabilia from days gone by and a culture lived by only a few today.

We also saw a demo on raptors. These two gorgeous birds were injured, brought in, nursed back to health and became part of the program. 

They didn't fly, but only sat and looked at us like they were very bored.

The top bird is a Red-Tailed Hawk and the owl is a Great Horned Owl.

From there we walked around the Whitney Western Art Museum. The art work includes paintings and sculptures. The paintings were oil, watercolor, pen and ink, etc., all very detailed and exquisite in color.




I didn't know what Bob was taking pictures of so can't say who the artists are, but they are super examples of some of the art.

Several of the sculptures were outside in the courtyards. Many were done by Frederic Remington. But there is a 'who's who' of western art included in the collection.







"The Scout, a bronze statue of a mounted rider outside the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, was placed in 1924 to commemorate the town's most famous resident and de facto founder, Buffalo Bill Cody. Heiress and artist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculpted the piece." (Taken from Wikipedia)

Walking thru Cody, we found this statue of two male Elk fighting. It defies gravity, as many of the statues do, by having only 3 hoofs actually touching the base. There is one other point helping the front Elk stay in place.