National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center

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Established 1993 Website Official website		Type Interpretive Center Phone +1 307-455-3429
Location 907 West Ramshorn St. Dubois, Wyoming, United States Address 907 W Ramshorn, Dubois, WY 82513, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–4PMTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PMSaturday10AM–4PMSundayClosedMondayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Rocky Mountains, Dubois Museum, Museum of the American, Togwotee Pass, Tie Hack Memorial Profiles Facebook

The National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center is a 2,775-square-foot (257.8 m²) Interpretive Center dedicated to public education about the biology and habitat of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep with specific focus on the currently largest herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep in the coterminous United States that winter in the Whisky Basin of Whisky Mountain adjacent to the Fitzpatrick Wilderness in the Shoshone National Forest. The Center preserves and interprets the relationships of the Bighorn sheep and is located in the town of Dubois, Wyoming on U.S. Route 26 along the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway. The museum offers interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, and special events.

Exhibits

The center contains several permanent exhibits.

The Natural History of the Bighorn sheep featuring displays including the geology of the Wind River, the flora and fauna including the native cutthroat trout and bighorn sheep

The Mountain Shoshone, known as the Sheepeaters ,and how they lived as interpreted from the steatite tools, horn bows crafted from bighorn sheep horn, and petroglyphs left from ancestors

The role of creative conservation to create and preserve habitat.

References

National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center Wikipedia

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