Upcoming events, programs, and exhibits:

Through August 31st - High School Rodeo Exhibit

The Campbell County Rockpile Museum is pleased to announce the opening of a temporary High School Rodeo exhibit in conjunction with this summer’s National High School Finals Rodeo in Gillette. The exhibit presents the history of high school rodeo in Wyoming and features photographs and objects from former and current rodeo participants. Photos include early rodeo clubs, all the rodeo events, families with multiple generations of contestants, and national champions from the area. The exhibit will open June 15 and run through the end of August.

Saturday, August 21, 2010 - Pumpkin Buttes Trip

The Rockpile Museum Association is excited to announce that we will be going back to the Pumpkin Buttes this year on our annual field trip. This year's excursion will be taking us to the confluence of Indian Butte and South Middle Butte. From there one can hike up either butte.

Denise Tugman from the Pumpkin Buttes Chapter of the Wyoming Archaeological Society will be on the trip to discuss the Ruby Bison Kill Site and the general pre-history of the area.

Departure time is 8:00 am from the Community Center parking lot (Soup Kitchen). Lunch will be provided, so bring as picnic blanket or camp chair. As always, prepare for any type of weather and bring along any sunscreen or bug spray you may need. We should be back in Gillette around 4:00 or 4:30. Space is limited, so please call the museum at 682-5723 to reserve your spot today.

September - More Pronghorn Than People

Starting in September, the Rockpile Museum is hosting a new traveling exhibit from the American Heritage Center about the pronghorn. The story of the pronghorn in Wyoming is a story of abundance. The pronghorn can be seen in all four corners of the state and most everywhere in between. Few travelers in the state will return home without seeing herds of pronghorn along the highways. In fact, currently there are more pronghorn in Wyoming than there are human residents.

More Pronghorn Than People is an exhibit that highlights that abundance. The images in the exhibit show some of the many ways that people and the pronghorn have interacted, while other images feature the important role the pronghorn maintains in this state as well as around the world.

PAST EVENTS:

Highlights from Wyoming artist Tom Lucas' presentation on the horn bow at the Campbell County Rockpile Museum on November 7th, 2009. Tom Lucas' interest and passion of ancestral tool making has led him to be documented on PBS in such films as Sheep-Eaters: Life in the Mountains and Archers of the Yellowstone. Known as Tomahawk Tom in the Mountain Man arena, Tom has mastered replicating Indian artifacts (Big-horn sheep bows, War-bonnets, beaded clothing and shoes, horn scoops, knives, arrowheads, etc) many of which are subjects in his paintings and are on exhibit in museums in Wyoming. For more information visit his website at www.tomlucas.us.

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