Alex Martin

Alex Martin directs education at the Center of the West, where her journey began as an intern in 2022. She spent three years as the museum’s School Programs and Curriculum Specialist before stepping into her current leadership role as the Director of the Interpretive Education Division. Alex drives the education division’s strategic planning, exhibit interpretation, program development, fundraising, and evaluation.

Alex Martin will be speaking at the Museums & Schools Summit 2026 :

Meet Them Virtually Where They’re At

Since 2013, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Education Department has connected more than 275,000 students to the museum through virtual programming. Based in rural Wyoming, we face long winters and limited in-person access. Virtual Field Trips allow us to reach classrooms year-round, across six continents. What began as an experiment became a core outreach program, scaling rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing to grow today. This session shares how we have built, sustained, and expanded a virtual program that delivers meaningful engagement for students worldwide.