Greater Yellowstone Adventure: Three Interconnected Exhibit Galleries Exploring the Relationships Binding Humans and Nature in the Greater Yellowstone Area

September 15th, 2001 - August 31st, 2004 | PROJECT

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center will develop the "Greater Yellowstone Adventure project," encompassing 1,719 square meters of exhibits in the Center's newly constructed Draper Museum of Natural History. The exhibits and associated programming constitute a major cultural and educational resource for underserved residents of rural, northwestern Wyoming and approximately 500,000 annual visitors to the region. The goal of Greater Yellowstone Adventure is to promote understanding of the relationships binding humans and nature and the use of science in exploring those relationships. The exhibits are orgainized into three galleries: Expedition Trailhead, Braided Paths and Tangled Destinies, and Seasons of Discovery.

Project Website(s)

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Team Members

Charles Preston, Principal Investigator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Maryanne Adrus, Co-Principal Investigator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Eugene Reber, Co-Principal Investigator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Robert Pickering, Co-Principal Investigator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Marcia Britton, Former Co-Principal Investigator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0104578
Funding Amount: 1337164

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Rural
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Geoscience and geography | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits