The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave will mark William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s birthday with a free history program entitled The Culture of Celebrity: Buffalo Bill in England-Oscar Wilde in America in the Foss Auditorium of the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street, Golden, Colorado, on Monday, February 27 at 6:30 pm. 

William “Buffalo Bill” Cody boasted about having tea with playwright and poet Oscar Wilde and

his wife Constance at their home in London. Hear how a rare piece of ephemera in the

museum’s collection inspired historian Gregory Hinton to research Cody’s time in England and Wilde’s lecture tour of America.

Gregory Hinton is a nationally renowned playwright, historian, and keynote lecturer. Hinton’s work explores diverse cultural themes and how they relate to the community-at-large. A son of the rural Rocky Mountain West, Hinton devotes his energies to Out West™, his national museum program series offering lectures, films, plays and gallery exhibitions dedicated to shining a light on LGBTQ history and culture in the American West. 

Doors open at 6pm. Admission is free but registration is highly recommended to ensure a seat. For more information and to register for the talk go to https://tinyurl.com/BuffaloBill2023. 

The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave at 987 ½ Lookout Mountain Road is in Lookout Mountain Park and is part of Denver Parks and Recreation’s Denver Mountain Parks system. The park has breathtaking views of Golden and Denver. The museum is currently open Tuesdays through Sundays (closed Mondays) from 10 am to 5 pm.  For more information visit BuffaloBill.org or call (720) 865-2160.