Join us for the monthly speaker series! The speaker series provides participants the opportunity to engage with their fellow community members on a rotating series of topics from local and regional experts. The talks run 1-2 hours in the evening based upon the speaker’s presentation. The cost is $8 for members and $10 for non-members with pre-registration available.
Interested in presenting or hearing about a specific subject?
Contact the museum educator at 307-347-4102 or email educator@washakiemuseum.org
Interested in presenting or hearing about a specific subject?
Contact the museum educator at 307-347-4102 or email educator@washakiemuseum.org
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The Speaker Series Frequent Learner Card provides admission to six knowledge-building presentations for the price of five.
Museum Members: $40 | Non-members: $50
Available at the Washakie Museum or call at 347-4102 |
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Hump & Crazy Horse:
Aftermath of the 1868 Treaty
Presentation by
DONOVIN SPRAGUE
Thursday, September 21 | 5:00-6:00pm
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Listen to a heart-wrenching personal history of Lakota war chief, Hump (High backbone), and Crazy Horse during an attack on the Shoshone tribe following the effects of the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty.
FREE
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Donovin Sprague was born and raised on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota where he is an enrolled member of the Minnicoujou Lakota. He is a university instructor, author of ten books, and a historian.
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Worland Through the Looking Glass
Presentation by
STEVIE KOWALCZYK
Presentation by
STEVIE KOWALCZYK
Thursday, October 26 | 6:00 to 7:00pm
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Rico Stine was the first resident to open a photography studio in Worland, Wyoming. The Washakie Museum accessioned over 100 glass plate negatives from his studio, ranging from the early 1900s to the 1920s.
Join Stevie Kowalczyk as she presents on the process of preserving this Worland history and the role of “citizen science” in providing context to these depictions of the young, growing Big Horn Basin. $8 Members | $10 Non-Members
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Stevie Kowalczyk has been the Curator at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center for over two years now. She holds BAs in Anthropology and Archaeological Science as well as an MA in Cultural Heritage Management. Stevie is excited to share in conversations about Worland history provoked by the Stine images.
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