Category Archives: exhibits

Summer Exhibit Series: Laramie Architecture

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

The summer exhibit series at the American Heritage Center celebrating Laramie’s 150th anniversary brings out a new theme this week: Buildings in Laramie. The “Hell on Wheels” tent town that greeted the official arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad in … Continue reading →

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Summer Exhibit Series: Railroads in Laramie

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

The summer exhibit series at the American Heritage Center celebrating Laramie’s 150th anniversary kicks off this week with materials relating to railroad history in Laramie. On May 4, 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad reached Laramie, bringing with it new people, … Continue reading →

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Commemorative Display about Matthew Shepard at the American Heritage Center

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

The Shepard Symposium for Social Justice begins tomorrow, April 11, at the Wyoming Union on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie. According to the symposium’s website, the Shepard Symposium, an annual event at the University of Wyoming since 1997, … Continue reading →

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Exhibit at the American Heritage Center honors Barbara Stanwyck, 1907-1990

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

The astounding and legendary life and career of Barbara Stanwyck began in Brooklyn, New York. The youngest of 5 children born to common laborers, Stanwyck was originally known as ‘Ruby Stevens.’ She became orphaned by the age of 4. After … Continue reading →

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Looking at Asia through Art and Archives

Posted on July 30, 2014 by

The University of Wyoming Art Museum has (for a few more days) a wonderful exhibition of Cyrus Baldridge’s work during his travels in China.  The exhibit is a lot like a visual travel diary, and well worth seeing.  The exhibit … Continue reading →

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Fashionable and Fanciful Clothing and Accessories: A Selection of John R. Neill’s Imaginative Illustrations in the Oz Books

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

Introducing a new exhibit in the American Heritage Center’s second-floor loggia!  The exhibit is curated by Anne Marie Lane, Head of the Toppan Rare Books Library and is sure to please Oz fans of all ages! In 1900, W.W. Denslow … Continue reading →

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History to the People: Outreach at the AHC

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

The AHC does many things to bring the contents of its collections to those individuals who are not able or interested in doing their own research here in our building.  For example, we have digitized over 100,000 texts, images, audio, … Continue reading →

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