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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 116 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2007 

Received and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Museum 

of Wildlife Art, located in Jackson, Wyoming, shall be 

designated as the ‘‘National Museum of Wildlife Art 

of the United States’’. 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, 

Wyoming, is devoted to inspiring global recognition of 

fine art related to nature and wildlife; 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art is an excellent 

example of a thematic museum that strives to unify the 

humanities and sciences into a coherent body of knowledge through art; 


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Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art, which was 

founded in 1987 with a private gift of a collection of art, 

has grown in stature and importance and is recognized 

today as the world’s premier museum of wildlife art; 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art is the only 

public museum in the United States with the mission of 

enriching and inspiring public appreciation and knowledge of fine art, while exploring the relationship between 

humanity and nature by collecting fine art focused on 

wildlife; 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art is housed in 

an architecturally significant and award-winning 51,000- 

square foot facility that overlooks the 28,000-acre National Elk Refuge and is adjacent to the Grand Teton 

National Park; 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art is accredited 

with the American Association of Museums, continues to 

grow in national recognition and importance with members from every State, and has a Board of Trustees and 

a National Advisory Board composed of major benefactors and leaders in the arts and sciences from 

throughout the United States; 

Whereas the permanent collection of the National Museum of 

Wildlife Art has grown to more than 3,000 works by important historic American artists including Edward 

Hicks, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Charles M. Russell, William Merritt Chase, and Alexander Calder, and contemporary American artists, including Steve Kestrel, Bart 

Walter, Nancy Howe, John Nieto, and Jamie Wyeth; 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art is a destination attraction in the Western United States with annual 


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attendance of 92,000 visitors from all over the world and 

an award-winning website that receives more than 10,000 

visits per week; 

Whereas the National Museum of Wildlife Art seeks to educate a diverse audience through collecting fine art focused 

on wildlife, presenting exceptional exhibitions, providing 

community, regional, national, and international outreach, and presenting extensive educational programming 

for adults and children; and 

Whereas a great opportunity exists to use the invaluable resources of the National Museum of Wildlife Art to teach 

the schoolchildren of the United States, through onsite 

visits, traveling exhibits, classroom curriculum, online distance learning, and other educational initiatives: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the Na3 tional Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius 

4 Road, Jackson, Wyoming, shall be designated as the ‘‘Na5 tional Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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