The day we drove down to Jackson Hole we saw a strange building.
So we went there.
It turns out the “strange building” is the National Museum of Wildlife Art and houses the largest collection of wildlife art in the nation (maybe the world according to one docent). The museum started when two families gifted each other with wildlife art. As the collection grew they decided to put it all together. The actual museum building was modeled after ruins of Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
I love stuff like that.
LOVE!!!
Big pink-puffy-paint-heart love.
Hey, we have lots of nice art.
Yeah.
Let’s put all our rad stuff together and start a museum.
OK.
But instead of a regular museum, we’ll build the ruins of a Scottish castle in Wyoming.
Hells yeah!
At least that’s how I like to imagine the conversation went down.
The art was lovely, but we spent our time in the small but power-packed Children’s Discovery Gallery. The whole area is interactive, complete with an art area, animal dress-up costumes puppet show stage, and a reading nook.
Dear National Museum of Wildlife Art,
It took all my restraint to not snip a few of those amazing leaves in the entry to the kids area, and pop them into my purse. They are just lovely and I want to fill the celling of the kids playroom with them.
Sincerely,
Kara Noel (who would never actually steal anything from anywhere)
Outside there is a great trail with almost 30 outdoor sculptures and a marmot den. See if you can find the marmot a couple of pictures down…
Things to know, if you go:
- Walk the sculpture trail around the museum.
- Upon entry they will give each child an age appropriate satchel – called a Critter Case – filled with fun stuff to keep them busy in the museum. It’s awesome! Four satchels was way too much for my young kids and I ended up holding everything. If you have older kids or fewer kids you’ll be fine.
- There is a café in case you are in a bind for food.
View our whole trip here:
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sharon garofalow says
Oh my gosh. When I got to the second photo I was like, why is her family in the exhibit! But then I realized it was a photo area. Phew! That looks like a really cool place!
pattie cordova says
so cool! hells yeah – let’s start a museum LOL Love the pictures too. and I totally want that bungee corner sitting space.
Kyla @ Funky PolkaDot Giraffe says
Hee, hee. Love your imagined convos 🙂 JT would go nuts here. Guess we’re going to Wyoming!
tania luviano says
Loving your road trip!
Jill says
I am totally copying you and taking this road trip next year!
Dinah says
You. Crack. Me. Up! Seriously! Your posts are hilarious, the pictures are GORG, and they’re so informational! XOXOXOXO!!!