Helpful links to Archives, Museums and sources for Wyoming history and news.

Archives

• American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie
• Carbon County Museum, Rawlins
• Casper College Western History Center, Casper
• Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum, Jackson
• McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody
• Park County Archives, Cody
• Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library Wyoming Room, Sheridan
• Sublette County Fur Trade Papers, Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale
• Sweetwater County Historical Museum Archival Collections, Green River
• Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne
• Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center, Gardiner, Mont.

Museums and Historic Sites

• Anna Miller Museum, Newcastle
• Arapaho Cultural Museum, Ethete
• Bear River State Park and Visitor Center, Evanston
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Visitor Center, Lovell
• Bozeman Trail Museum, Big Horn
• Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum, Big Horn
• Buffalo Bill Dam & Visitor Center, Cody
• Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody
• Burgess Junction Visitor Center, Burgess Junction
• Call Air Museum, Afton
• Campbell County Rockpile Museum, Gillette 
• Carbon County Museum, Rawlins
• Casper Planetarium, Casper
• Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne
• Cheyenne Depot Museum, Cheyenne
• Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne
• Chinese Joss House Museum, Evanston
• Chugwater Museum, Chugwater
• Community Fine Arts Center, Rock Springs
• Crimson Dawn Museum and Park, Casper
• Crook County Museum and Art Gallery, Sundance
• Deer Creek Museum, Glenrock
• Devils Tower National Monument Visitor Center, Devils Tower
• Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center, Douglas
• Fort Bridger State Historic Site, Fort Bridger
• Fort Caspar Museum, Casper
• Fort Fetterman State Historic Site Douglas
• Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie
• Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site, Banner
• Fort Steele State Historic Site, Sinclair
• Fossil Butte National Monument Visitor Center, Kemmerer
• Fossil Country Frontier Museum, Kemmerer
• Glendo Historical Museum, Glendo
• Grand Encampment Museum, Encampment
• Grand Teton National Park visitor centers, Jackson Hole
• Green River Valley Museum, Big Piney
• Greybull Museum, Greybull
• Guernsey State Park Museum, Guernsey
• Hanna Basin Museum, Hanna
• Hans Kleiber Museum, Dayton
• Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, between Cody and Powell
• High Plains Archeology Museum, Pine Bluffs
• Historic Governor’s Mansion, Cheyenne
• Historic Occidental Hotel, Buffalo
• Historic Sheridan Inn, Sheridan
• Homesteader Museum, Powell
• Hoofprints of the Past Museum, Kaycee
• Independence Rock State Historic Site, south of Casper
• Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, Jackson
• Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum, Jackson
• JC Penney Store and Home, Kemmerer
• Jay Em Historic Homesteaders Haven Museum, Jay Em
• Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, Buffalo
• King’s Saddlery Museum, Sheridan
• Lander Children’s Museum, Lander
• Laramie Peak Museum, Wheatland
• Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie
• Little Snake River Museum, Savery
• Medicine Bow Museum, Medicine Bow
• Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site, Hyattville
• Meeteetse Museums, Meeteetse
• Mormon Handcart Historic Site, south of Alcova
• Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, Greybull
• Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale
• National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center, Dubois
• National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, Casper 
• National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson
• Nelson Museum of the West, Cheyenne
• Nici Self Museum, Centennial
• Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center, Casper
• Old Trail Town, Cody
• Old West Miniature Village and Museum, Cody
• Parco/Sinclair Museum, Sinclair
• Red Onion Museum, Upton
• Reshaw’s Bridge and other sites, Evansville
• Riverton Museum, Riverton
• Rock Springs Historical Museum, Rock Springs
• Salt Creek Oil Museum, Midwest
• Saratoga Museum, Saratoga
• Shell Falls Visitor Center, Bighorn National Forest
• Sheridan County Museum, Sheridan
• Sheridan Game & Fish Visitor Center, Sheridan
• Shoshone Tribal Cultural Center, Fort Washakie
• Sinks Canyon State Park, Lander
• South Pass City State Historic Site, South Pass City
• St. Stephens Indian Heritage Center, St. Stephens
• Stagecoach Museum, Lusk
• Story Fish Hatchery & Visitor Center, Story
• Summit Information Center, between Laramie and Cheyenne
• Sweetwater County Historical Museum, Green River
• Tate Museum, Casper College, Casper
• Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum, Ten Sleep
• West Texas Trail Museum, Moorcroft
• Texas Trail Museum, Pine Bluffs
• Trail End State Historic Site, Sheridan
• Triangle Museum, Kemmerer
• University of Wyoming Anthropology Museum, Laramie
• University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie
• University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie
• University of Wyoming Insect Museum, Laramie
• University of Wyoming Planetarium, Laramie
• University of Wyoming Williams Botany Conservatory, Laramie
• Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Ucross
• Uinta County Museum, Evanston
• Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum, Cheyenne
• Washakie Museum, Worland
• Werner Wildlife Museum, Casper College, Casper
• Western History Center, Lingle
• Wind River Heritage Center, Riverton
• Windows on the Past Interpretive Center, Pine Bluffs
• Wright Centennial Museum, Wright
• Natural History Museum of Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs
• Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis
• Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum, Rawlins
• Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum, Douglas
• Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne
• Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, Laramie
• Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum, Casper
• Yellowstone National Park Visitor Centers, Yellowstone National Park

Wyoming and Western News and History

• Americans Traveling West and Manifest Destiny, a good summary, with many links to related, more specific topics. Published by International Insurance.com.
• Casper College Oral History Cooperative, collecting and distributing oral histories of Casper College, Casper, Natrona County, and the West.
• Common-place: an online magazine of American History. Colonial times are the prime focus, but the West sneaks in from time to time. Stuff is lively and scholarly.
• Headwaters News: A daily gathering of news from around the Mountain West, especially good on public-lands issues.
• www.longcamp.com: 160 web pages at last count devoted entirely to John C. Fremont, poster boy of Manifest Destiny. Fremont came through Wyoming in 1842 on his first trip to the West, when he climbed Fremont Peak and capsized his rubber boat in Fremont Canyon. He came through again the following year, the first time he saw Oregon and California.
• WyoFile.com:  Wyoming politics, policy, economics and culture from some local writers.
• Wyoming Places: An excellent online resource about the place names of Wyoming, developed by the librarians at the Wyoming State Library and the University of Wyoming Libraries.
• Wyoming State Historical Society
• Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
• Wyoming State Library Digital Collections
• Wyoming Tales and Trails: tons of information, some of it from uncertain sources, and tons of historical photos. Guitar music in the background.
• University of Wyoming Libraries