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gallery ghost hunt oct 20-31
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Gallery Ghost Hunt!
Oct 20th - 31st
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Eeeeek! Ghosts have gotten out in our galleries!
Starting Monday, Oct 20th to the 31st, you can search our galleries and help us find all the ghosts! If you do, we’ll have some candy for you as a reward.
Come down and help us! The Museum is open Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and admission is free.
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Family Day, November 1st Dia de los Muertos
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Family Day: Día de los Muertos
Saturday, Nov 1st
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Celebrate your loved ones who have passed and learn about the traditions and history of the Day of the Dead!
We're joining Cheyenne's city-wide celebrations on Nov 1st with our annual Dia de los Muertos Family Day.
Learn about and decorate your own delicious sugar skulls; create beautiful papel picado (or “pecked paper”) decorations to take home; discover how the annual monarch butterfly migration creates an important connection between the living and the dead; see altars set up by community members and students; make paper cup lanterns; and watch dance performances.
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Unquiet Utes
Capitol Gallery
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The Unquiet Utes, a traveling exhibit from the Campbell County Rockpile Museum in Gillette, is now on exhibit in the Capitol Gallery.
The exhibit chronicles the journey of approximately 400 Ute Indians who left Utah’s Uintah Reservation in 1906, as they traversed Wyoming to South Dakota. Driven by frustration over land allocation and the harsh 1905-1906 winter, the Utes sought a new home free from government intervention. Collier’s Weekly sent photographer Thomas W. Tolman to Gillette to document the Utes and their meeting with the U.S. Cavalry. The exhibit showcases Tolman's photographs alongside Ute artifacts from the State Museum.
The Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Georgia Rowswell painting in yurt
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State Parks Artist in Residence
On Display: Nov 7th - Dec 19th
Reception: Nov 7th, 4-6 p.m.
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This year’s Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources Artist in Residence Show and Sale will open Nov 7 - Dec 19, 2025 at the Wyoming State Museum. The Show and Sale will be on display in the lobby of the museum, highlighting the works created by Georgia and Dave Rowswell, the 2025 Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources Artist in Residence, during their 10-day road trip residency in September.
Additionally, a reception for the Show and Sale will be held on Friday, Nov 7, 2025, from 4-6 p.m. at the Wyoming State Museum, 2301 Central Ave in Cheyenne. This event is free and open to the public.
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Sponsor Spotlight
Wyoming Semiquincentennial Planning Task Force
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The Wyoming State Museum is pleased to announce a new traveling exhibit through a partnership with the Smithsonian Institute Museum on Main Street program.
“Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” explores the action, reaction, vision, and revision that democracy demands as Americans continue to question how to shape the country. From the revolution and suffrage, to civil rights and casting ballots, everyone in every community is part of this ever-evolving story—the story of democracy in America.
“Voices and Votes” features historical and contemporary photos; educational and archival video; engaging multimedia interactives with short games; and historical objects like campaign souvenirs, voter memorabilia, and protest material. The exhibit will tour six Wyoming cultural institutions between April 18, 2026, and March 31, 2027.
Funding for this initiative was awarded to the Wyoming State Museum by the Wyoming Semiquincentennial Planning Task Force. The Wyoming State Museum, part of the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, is working alongside partners statewide to plan and support Semiquincentennial events and initiatives. To learn more, visit wyoming250.com or wyospcr.wyo.gov
“Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” is based on an exhibition by the National Museum of American History. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.
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