Editing Laramie, Wyoming (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
[[File:Laramie Jubilee 2016.jpg|thumb|Laramie Jubilee, 2016]]
Laramie Jubilee Days started in 1940 to celebrate Wyoming Statehood Day on July 10. Since then, Jubilee Days has expanded to include several days around the [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]]. Events typically include food, live music, games, [[funfair|carnival]] rides, a street [[fair]], a parade, a softball tournament, and [[rodeo]] events.<ref>{{cite web | title = Laramie Jubilee Days | publisher = Laramie Jubilee Days | url = http://www.laramiejubileedays.com/ | year=2012|access-date = January 13, 2013}}</ref>

===Museums and concert halls===
The Geological Museum at the University of Wyoming is open to the public and houses more than 50,000 catalogued mineral, rock, and fossil specimens, including a dinosaur exhibit.<ref>{{cite web | title = Geological Museum | publisher = University of Wyoming | url = http://www.uwyo.edu/geomuseum/ | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref> The university's art museum offers gallery exhibits, lectures, workshops, classes, and public tours year-round.<ref>{{cite web | title = Art Museum: General Information | publisher = University of Wyoming | url = http://www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum/generalinfo.asp | access-date = October 23, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071024014630/http://uwyo.edu/artmuseum/generalinfo.asp | archive-date = October 24, 2007 }}</ref> The Fine Arts Concert Hall on campus presents frequent concerts and recitals during the school year.<ref>{{cite web | title = Concerts, Events, Recitals | publisher = University of Wyoming | url = http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/music/events.asp | access-date = October 27, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071216001446/http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/music/events.asp | archive-date = December 16, 2007 }}</ref> Housed in the Ivinson Mansion near the center of town is the Laramie Plains Museum.<ref>{{cite web | title = Historic Ivinson Mansion | publisher = The Laramie Plains Museum | url = http://www.laramiemuseum.org/index.html | access-date = October 23, 2007 | archive-date = August 31, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090831135809/http://www.laramiemuseum.org/index.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Wyoming Children's Museum and Nature Center has interactive exhibits and pottery classes for children aged three and older.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wyoming Children's Museum & Nature Center | publisher = Wyoming State Historical Society | url = http://wyshs.org/mus-wychildrens.htm | access-date = October 23, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014103507/http://wyshs.org/mus-wychildrens.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = October 14, 2007}}</ref> In 2012, the [[Wyoming House for Historic Women]] was opened in downtown Laramie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wyoming-house-for-historic-women-opens-in-laramie|title=Wyoming House for Historic Women opens in Laramie|date=June 12, 2012|work=Washington Examiner|access-date=August 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2018/03/19/top-womens-history-landmark-in-every-state/|title=A State-By-State Guide To The Top Women's History Landmarks In America|last=Bloom|first=Laura Begley|date=March 19, 2018|work=Forbes|access-date=August 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

===Libraries===
The central library of the Albany County Library system, with a wide range of materials for adults and children, is near downtown Laramie; the system's branch libraries are in [[Centennial, Wyoming|Centennial]], {{convert|28|mi|km|0}} west of Laramie and [[Rock River, Wyoming|Rock River]], {{convert|32|mi|km|0}} northwest of Laramie.<ref>{{cite web | title = Albany County Public Library | publisher = Albany County Public Library | url = http://acpl.lib.wy.us/ | access-date = October 24, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011212612/http://acpl.lib.wy.us/ | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[William Robertson Coe]] Library, the main library of the University of Wyoming, has materials for general research in business, education, fine arts, science, humanities, and the social sciences as well as audio visual and government documents collections. The Brinkerhoff Geology Library specializes in geology, geophysics, physical geography, mining and petroleum geology, and geological engineering. Also at the university are the George W. Hooper Law Library, the Library Annex, a high-density storage facility located in the basement of the UW Science Complex, the Rocky Mountain Herbarium Library, a learning resources center with materials for teachers and children, and an archives, rare book, and manuscript repository known as the American Heritage Center.<ref>{{cite web | title = Libraries at UW | publisher = The University of Wyoming | url = http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/about/branches/index.cfm | access-date = March 12, 2008 | archive-date = March 1, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080301102758/http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/about/branches/index.cfm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===National Register sites===
[[File:WY 07-05-2008 12;17;17PM.JPG|right|thumb|Marshal's carriage at Wyoming Territorial Prison]]
Twenty-one sites in Laramie, including the [[Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site|Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary]], are included on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP). The prison site includes buildings and other exhibits from a frontier community of the late 19th&nbsp;century. The other sites are the [[Downtown Laramie Historic District]], the [[Ivinson Mansion and Grounds]], [[Old Main (University of Wyoming)|Old Main]] on the University of Wyoming campus, the [[Barn at Oxford Horse Ranch]], [[Bath Ranch]], [[Bath Row]], [[Charles E. Blair House]], [[John D. Conley House]], [[Cooper Mansion]], [[East Side School (Laramie, Wyoming)|East Side School]], [[Fort Sanders (Wyoming)|Fort Sanders Guardhouse]], [[William Goodale House]], [[Lehman-Tunnell Mansion]], [[Lincoln School (Laramie, Wyoming)|Lincoln School]], [[Richardson's Overland Trail Ranch]], [[St. Matthew's Cathedral Close]], [[St. Paul's United Church of Christ of Laramie|St. Paulus Kirche]], [[Snow Train Rolling Stock]], [[Union Pacific Athletic Club]], and the [[Vee Bar Ranch Lodge]].<ref name="register">{{cite web | title = National Register of Historic Places: State listings: Wyoming: Albany County | publisher = National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior | url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/wy/Albany/state.html| access-date = February 11, 2008 }}</ref>

Two other Albany County sites near Laramie are on the NRHP. About {{convert|20|mi|km|0}} east of the city is the [[Ames Monument]], a large granite pyramid dedicated to brothers [[Oakes Ames]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]], and [[Oliver Ames Jr.]], who were influential in building the Union Pacific portion of the [[First transcontinental railroad]]. Oakes Ames was also implicated in the [[Crédit Mobilier of America scandal|Credit Mobilier scandal]] and censured by the U.S. House. The other site is [[Como Bluff]], a long ridge extending east–west between Rock River and [[Medicine Bow, Wyoming|Medicine Bow]]. Geologic formations in the ridge contain fossils, including dinosaurs, from the [[Late Jurassic]].<ref name="register" />