Laura Hansen

Laura Hansen of Smithsonian Affiliations made the announcement at the center's board of trustees meeting.

"I'm so pleased to be here in Cody to welcome the wonderful Buffalo Bill Historical Center as the first Smithsonian Affiliate in Wyoming," Hansen said.
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Laura Hansen of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program presents the Smithsonian Affiliates flag to BBHC Deputy Director, Dr. Robert Pickering. BBHC photo.Laura Hansen of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program presents the Smithsonian Affiliates flag to BBHC Deputy Director, Dr. Robert Pickering.

Laura Hansen of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program presents the Smithsonian Affiliates flag to BBHC Deputy Director, Dr. Robert Pickering. BBHC photo.Laura Hansen of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program presents the Smithsonian Affiliates flag to BBHC Deputy Director, Dr. Robert Pickering.
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Laura Hansen of Smithsonian Affiliations made the announcement at the center's board of trustees meeting.

"I'm so pleased to be here in Cody to welcome the wonderful Buffalo Bill Historical Center as the first Smithsonian Affiliate in Wyoming," Hansen said.

Laura Hansen of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program presents the Smithsonian Affiliates flag to BBHC Deputy Director, Dr. Robert Pickering. BBHC photo.

Smithsonian curator Laura Hansen says she designed one of the exhibits after meetinga resident of Martinsburg, Indiana, who remembered riding the school bus as a child and its unusual "heating system"."She's got bricks, what her neighbor used to give her because they didn't have a heater on the bus.They used to wrap bricks heated on the stove in newspaper, and she'd hold them during the ride to keep warm," she says.