Name:
Cody Culture Club: Rock Art of the Big Horn Basin
Date:
March 14, 2024
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM MDT
Petroglyphs on rock face at Legend Rock. MS 301 Gabby Barrus Slide Collection, McCracken Research Library. SL.301.24.232
Event Description:
Rock Art of the Bighorn Basin
With Dr. Gordon Ambrosino
At Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Avenue
720 Sheridan Avenue
Join the Cody Culture Club on select Thursdays January through April. If you love Cody, you’re part of the Club! Appetizers and cash bar at every program. Tickets for individual programs are $25 each, with discounts available with our package deal; details and online ticketing at centerofthewest.org/codycultureclub.
The Bighorn Basin holds one of the richest complexes of petroglyphs (carved images) and pictographs (painted images) in the Americas. Produced by a broad diversity of peoples, these expressions reflect distinct ways of understanding and engaging both water and rock features, as well as other people, over the course of thousands of years. Plains Indian Museum Curator, Dr. Gordon Ambrosino, provides an overview of the Bighorn Basin’s rock art, shares insights on how it compares to other significant rock art regions in the Western Hemisphere, and outlines forthcoming plans for exhibitions, research, and community engagement relating to the images of the Bighorn Basin.
Thank you to our sponsors: Blair Hotels, Cody Cattle Company, Carlene Lebous & Harris Haston, NextGen Park County, REV Real Estate, and The UPS Store.
