For decades, the GRVM has preserved and shared local history and culture.

 

With a campus of seven buildings featuring diverse and detailed exhibits the GRVM brings to life a shared history between Pioneers, Native Americans, Homesteaders, and others who would eventually create the communities of Sublette County we know today. Thousands of locally donated artifacts compose a collection that is bound to have something for everyone who visits.

As always, admission to our museum is free.

 
 
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Delivery! This is a Coastal Express train set from the early 1990’s and was a part of our Holiday display. All it needed was some new batteries! #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #museum #train #trainset #toy #toys #antique #antiques #holidays #winter #delivery #coffee #display #exhibit
A few World War 2 U.S. post cards. Keeping it light hearted in times of war. #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #ww2 #postcard #comic
A few World War 2 U.S. post cards. Keeping it light hearted in times of war. #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #ww2 #postcard #comic
Burney’s & Co. has been the Big Piney grocery store for over 100 years! This Model T was used for deliveries in and out of the store to make deliveries all around the area. #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #greenrivervalleymuseum #cars #car #antique #antiques #museum #history #west #ModelT #ford
Whenever summer school comes to tour, we always ask the kids if they know what a record is. Fewer and fewer know each year! It makes one feel a little older, doesn’t it? #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #music #johnnycash #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #record #records #history #learning #tour
Whenever summer school comes to tour, we always ask the kids if they know what a record is. Fewer and fewer know each year! It makes one feel a little older, doesn’t it? #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #music #johnnycash #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #record #records #history #learning #tour
The old Big Piney Examiner printing press setup. @pinedaleroundup #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #tourism #travel #history #greenrivervalleymuseum #museum #news #newspaper #printmaking #printing #press #media #antiques #antique #west
The old Big Piney Examiner printing press setup. @pinedaleroundup #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #tourism #travel #history #greenrivervalleymuseum #museum #news #newspaper #printmaking #printing #press #media #antiques #antique #west
The White brand truck has sat at our museum for nearly 20 years, and sat alone on a ranch for another 50. It was used to deliver mail in the summer of ~1900-1920s. #trip #museum #travel #cold #tourism #sublettecounty #subletter #bigpiney #greenrivervalleymuseum #car #cars #antique #antiques #wyoming
The White brand truck has sat at our museum for nearly 20 years, and sat alone on a ranch for another 50. It was used to deliver mail in the summer of ~1900-1920s. #trip #museum #travel #cold #tourism #sublettecounty #subletter #bigpiney #greenrivervalleymuseum #car #cars #antique #antiques #wyoming
Here comes the snow! Wyoming is one of the few places I know of where it has to “warm up” before it can snow. Imagine homesteading in this sort of weather and worse 100 years ago! #sublettecounty #BigPiney #greenrivervalleymuseum #snow #snowday #winter #Wyoming #history #trip #travel #tourism #cold #museum
Playing #reddeadredemption2? Check this out! An above/below comparison between the Sears catalog here at the GRVM and the one from the game. Cool to see pop culture inspired by real world items from the Old West! #greenrivervalleymuseum #sublettecounty #BigPiney #OldWest #WildWest #museum #rdr2 #videogames #Wyoming #tourism #travel
Playing #reddeadredemption2? Check this out! An above/below comparison between the Sears catalog here at the GRVM and the one from the game. Cool to see pop culture inspired by real world items from the Old West! #greenrivervalleymuseum #sublettecounty #BigPiney #OldWest #WildWest #museum #rdr2 #videogames #Wyoming #tourism #travel
A steam powered 125 volt DC generator used in the oil fields in the 20s and 30s. It was used on drilling rigs to power lights. #greenrivervalleymuseum #bigpiney #sublettecounty #antiques #antique #museum #west #Wyoming #oil #steam #history #naturalresources #steampowered #greatdepression #wood #old
@uw_geological_museum we don’t have any dinosaur fossils... but we’ve got some bison bones from the Wardell Buffalo Trap! #museumselfieday2019 #uwgeologymuseum #greenrivervalleymuseum
@uw_geological_museum we don’t have any dinosaur fossils... but we’ve got some bison bones from the Wardell Buffalo Trap! #museumselfieday2019 #uwgeologymuseum #greenrivervalleymuseum
The Front Building of the GRVM actually used to be the Big Piney jailhouse. It burned down in the late ‘40s from a lamp fire, no one was injured but the only thing left standing was the jail cell. It was still functioning so the Sheriff still used it to lock up drunks and fools for one or two night durations. #sublettecounty #western #travel #antiques #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #bigpiney #Wyoming #tourism #sheriff #exhibition
Our Veteran’s Display also features “loot” and other items our Sublette County vets brought home from overseas. This particular item is a German Luftwaffe uniform from World War Two. The yellow badges on the collar indicate that this pilot flew with the Condor Legion, a bomber unit that aided Nationalist Spain in the Spanish Civil War. This item really shows how there’s a bit of everything at the GRVM thanks to our community, who has always been dedicated to preserving history. #ww2 #war #sublettecounty #travel #antiques #western #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #veterans #museum #Wyoming #military #preservation
Our Veteran’s Display also features “loot” and other items our Sublette County vets brought home from overseas. This particular item is a German Luftwaffe uniform from World War Two. The yellow badges on the collar indicate that this pilot flew with the Condor Legion, a bomber unit that aided Nationalist Spain in the Spanish Civil War. This item really shows how there’s a bit of everything at the GRVM thanks to our community, who has always been dedicated to preserving history. #ww2 #war #sublettecounty #travel #antiques #western #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #veterans #museum #Wyoming #military #preservation
The GRVM Katie King Research Center has one of the largest databases on Sublette County and Wyoming history. And it’s open to the public! For FREE. If you have any questions about ancestry, events, business history, etc, this is the place to look! We have film, newspapers dating back to the 1890s, indexes, photographs, primary documents, and more! Come by when we’re open this season! #sublettecounty #western #travel #antiques #greenrivervalleymuseum #museum #research #history #Wyoming #BigPiney #family #familyhistory
One of our favorite items here at the GRVM. This vintage HAWTHORNE bicycle was owned by “Boomer” Johnson. His mother refused his requests for a bicycle so, when he had the money, he finally bought one without her knowing. After riding it, he would always hide it in the bushes for safe keeping; and that’s where it was found. Preserved by nature, the bike was sitting right where he left it over half a century ago. #antiques #sublettecounty #western #travel #bike #vintage #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #bigpiney #story
Sound on! It’s always nice to find out something so old works just like it did when it was first produced. When accessioning this crank-powered Victorian record player, we found that it still plays music! #greenrivervalleymuseum #travel #western #sublettecounty #record #recordplayer #museum #BigPiney #history #music #antique #antiques
We are ready for the season to begin. We have got some surprises this year! #western #travel #greenrivervalleymuseum #sublettecounty #history #bigpiney #museum #winter #summer #tour #nativeamerican #pioneer #localhistory #wyoming
We are ready for the season to begin. We have got some surprises this year! #western #travel #greenrivervalleymuseum #sublettecounty #history #bigpiney #museum #winter #summer #tour #nativeamerican #pioneer #localhistory #wyoming
Setting up our January window display! Getting back from sledding on a cold winter evening. #greenrivervalleymuseum #western #travel #sublettecounty #museum #history #antiques #antique #winter #sledding #old #warmingup #bigpiney
New saddle (forgive the mess, it’s cleaning season)! Beautifully designed and crafted by J.H. Schmidt a century ago. This is one of his later works; you can come by the GRVM this summer to see his earlier saddles! #sublettecounty #history #BigPiney #leather #art #artwork #craftsman #saddle #western #Wyoming #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #travel
Winter time in the GRVM cabin yard. The old library, the Black Family homestead cabin, the Halfway Post Office, and the school house are all closed off for winter. We’re open in June, start planning your trip! #sublettecounty #wyoming #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #cabins #library #museum #winter #snow #pioneer #localhistory
The cold hard days in France and Belgium in the winter of 1917 were braved by all soldiers on the Western Front. However, the U.S. soldiers were the best equipped, since they had only entered the war in the Spring of ‘17. They donned thick wool coats like the one pictured and seldom worried about supply shortages. #ww1 #thegreatwar #Wyoming #Soldiers #museum #history #clothing #coats #winter #war #sublettecounty
The cold hard days in France and Belgium in the winter of 1917 were braved by all soldiers on the Western Front. However, the U.S. soldiers were the best equipped, since they had only entered the war in the Spring of ‘17. They donned thick wool coats like the one pictured and seldom worried about supply shortages. #ww1 #thegreatwar #Wyoming #Soldiers #museum #history #clothing #coats #winter #war #sublettecounty
Delivery! This is a Coastal Express train set from the early 1990’s and was a part of our Holiday display. All it needed was some new batteries! #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #museum #train #trainset #toy #toys #antique #antiques #holidays #winter #delivery #coffee #display #exhibit
A few World War 2 U.S. post cards. Keeping it light hearted in times of war. #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #ww2 #postcard #comic
Burney’s & Co. has been the Big Piney grocery store for over 100 years! This Model T was used for deliveries in and out of the store to make deliveries all around the area. #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #greenrivervalleymuseum #cars #car #antique #antiques #museum #history #west #ModelT #ford
Whenever summer school comes to tour, we always ask the kids if they know what a record is. Fewer and fewer know each year! It makes one feel a little older, doesn’t it? #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #travel #tourism #music #johnnycash #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #record #records #history #learning #tour The old Big Piney Examiner printing press setup. @pinedaleroundup #subletter #sublettecounty #bigpiney #wyoming #trip #tourism #travel #history #greenrivervalleymuseum #museum #news #newspaper #printmaking #printing #press #media #antiques #antique #west The White brand truck has sat at our museum for nearly 20 years, and sat alone on a ranch for another 50. It was used to deliver mail in the summer of ~1900-1920s. #trip #museum #travel #cold #tourism #sublettecounty #subletter #bigpiney #greenrivervalleymuseum #car #cars #antique #antiques #wyoming
Here comes the snow! Wyoming is one of the few places I know of where it has to “warm up” before it can snow. Imagine homesteading in this sort of weather and worse 100 years ago! #sublettecounty #BigPiney #greenrivervalleymuseum #snow #snowday #winter #Wyoming #history #trip #travel #tourism #cold #museum
Playing #reddeadredemption2? Check this out! An above/below comparison between the Sears catalog here at the GRVM and the one from the game. Cool to see pop culture inspired by real world items from the Old West! #greenrivervalleymuseum #sublettecounty #BigPiney #OldWest #WildWest #museum #rdr2 #videogames #Wyoming #tourism #travel
A steam powered 125 volt DC generator used in the oil fields in the 20s and 30s. It was used on drilling rigs to power lights. #greenrivervalleymuseum #bigpiney #sublettecounty #antiques #antique #museum #west #Wyoming #oil #steam #history #naturalresources #steampowered #greatdepression #wood #old
@uw_geological_museum we don’t have any dinosaur fossils... but we’ve got some bison bones from the Wardell Buffalo Trap! #museumselfieday2019 #uwgeologymuseum #greenrivervalleymuseum
The Front Building of the GRVM actually used to be the Big Piney jailhouse. It burned down in the late ‘40s from a lamp fire, no one was injured but the only thing left standing was the jail cell. It was still functioning so the Sheriff still used it to lock up drunks and fools for one or two night durations. #sublettecounty #western #travel #antiques #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #bigpiney #Wyoming #tourism #sheriff #exhibition
Our Veteran’s Display also features “loot” and other items our Sublette County vets brought home from overseas. This particular item is a German Luftwaffe uniform from World War Two. The yellow badges on the collar indicate that this pilot flew with the Condor Legion, a bomber unit that aided Nationalist Spain in the Spanish Civil War. This item really shows how there’s a bit of everything at the GRVM thanks to our community, who has always been dedicated to preserving history. #ww2 #war #sublettecounty #travel #antiques #western #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #veterans #museum #Wyoming #military #preservation
The GRVM Katie King Research Center has one of the largest databases on Sublette County and Wyoming history. And it’s open to the public! For FREE. If you have any questions about ancestry, events, business history, etc, this is the place to look! We have film, newspapers dating back to the 1890s, indexes, photographs, primary documents, and more! Come by when we’re open this season! #sublettecounty #western #travel #antiques #greenrivervalleymuseum #museum #research #history #Wyoming #BigPiney #family #familyhistory
One of our favorite items here at the GRVM. This vintage HAWTHORNE bicycle was owned by “Boomer” Johnson. His mother refused his requests for a bicycle so, when he had the money, he finally bought one without her knowing. After riding it, he would always hide it in the bushes for safe keeping; and that’s where it was found. Preserved by nature, the bike was sitting right where he left it over half a century ago. #antiques #sublettecounty #western #travel #bike #vintage #history #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #bigpiney #story
Sound on! It’s always nice to find out something so old works just like it did when it was first produced. When accessioning this crank-powered Victorian record player, we found that it still plays music! #greenrivervalleymuseum #travel #western #sublettecounty #record #recordplayer #museum #BigPiney #history #music #antique #antiques
We are ready for the season to begin. We have got some surprises this year! #western #travel #greenrivervalleymuseum #sublettecounty #history #bigpiney #museum #winter #summer #tour #nativeamerican #pioneer #localhistory #wyoming
Setting up our January window display! Getting back from sledding on a cold winter evening. #greenrivervalleymuseum #western #travel #sublettecounty #museum #history #antiques #antique #winter #sledding #old #warmingup #bigpiney
New saddle (forgive the mess, it’s cleaning season)! Beautifully designed and crafted by J.H. Schmidt a century ago. This is one of his later works; you can come by the GRVM this summer to see his earlier saddles! #sublettecounty #history #BigPiney #leather #art #artwork #craftsman #saddle #western #Wyoming #museum #greenrivervalleymuseum #travel
Winter time in the GRVM cabin yard. The old library, the Black Family homestead cabin, the Halfway Post Office, and the school house are all closed off for winter. We’re open in June, start planning your trip! #sublettecounty #wyoming #greenrivervalleymuseum #history #cabins #library #museum #winter #snow #pioneer #localhistory
The cold hard days in France and Belgium in the winter of 1917 were braved by all soldiers on the Western Front. However, the U.S. soldiers were the best equipped, since they had only entered the war in the Spring of ‘17. They donned thick wool coats like the one pictured and seldom worried about supply shortages. #ww1 #thegreatwar #Wyoming #Soldiers #museum #history #clothing #coats #winter #war #sublettecounty