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  • Buffalo Bill
    Museum

    Witness the spectacle he created and discover the West he loved.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
  • Whitney
    Western Art Museum

    See the West through the eyes of its artists.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
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    Firearms Museum

    Discover how firearms shaped the history of the West.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
  • Plains Indians
    Museum

    Experience the lives and legends of the Plains Indian people.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
  • Draper
    Natural History Museum

    Marvel at the power and beauty of the Yellowstone region.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
  • McCracken
    Research Library

    Dig deeper into our amazing stories, photos, and documents.Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Click here to explore our blogs from the museums, library, and staff of the Center of the West.

Buffalo Bill with children and birthday cake. MS304

Cody celebrates namesake William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s 170th birthday

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Nancy McClure

It’s a tradition in Cody, Wyoming: The town named after William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody celebrates the showman and entrepreneur with several events centered around… Read More

A Treasure from Our West: The "Flamboyant Fraternity": left to right, Elisha P. Green, James Butler Hickok, William F. Cody, John B. "Texas Jack" Omohundro, and Eugene Overton, 1873. R.H. Furman photograph. Museum Purchase, Garlow Collection. P.6.908

Treasures from Our West: The “Flamboyant Fraternity”

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2014 Photograph: The “Flamboyant Fraternity” of William F. Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and friends When they first… Read More

Yellowstone elk, December 15, 2015. NPS photo. YNP Facebook page.

Wildlife migration focus of Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s “Invisible Boundaries”

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Nancy McClure

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem lies right in the path of some of the most significant animal migrations on the planet. However, major challenges await these… Read More

Calendar of Events

Steve Buskirk
Mar 03

Lunchtime Expedition: Mammals of Wyoming and Yellowstone

Lunchtime Expedition, March 3, 12:15 p.m. Steve Buskirk, PhD Wild Mammals of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park Dr. Steve Buskirk, Professor Emeritus of Zoology and…

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Mark Jenkins in Burma, from Jenkins’s blog posts at National Geographic’s Adventure Blog.
Mar 04

Lecture: Burma's Resurrection by Mark Jenkins

Burma's Resurrection: An Expedition Deep into a Forbidden Land By Mark Jenkins, National Geographic and the University of Wyoming Part of the UW World to…

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Cody Firearms Museum entrance
Mar 05

Coffee & Curators for Members: Cody Firearms Museum

Coffee & Curators Join us for refreshments and a talk with Jesi Bennett, Cody Firearms Museum Records Specialist. Our Coffee & Curators series invites members…

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Buffalo Bill Center of the West  
720 Sheridan Avenue Cody, Wyoming 82414
+1 307-587-4771

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March 1 - April 30
10 a.m.-5 p.m.

May 1 - September 15
8 a.m.-6 p.m.

September 15 - October 31
8 a.m.-5 p.m.

November 1 - November 30
10 a.m.-5 p.m.

December 1 - February 28
Thu-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Closed New Year's, Thanksgiving, & Christmas days

Rates

Members Free

Adult $19

Seniors $18
age 65 & older

Students $16
age 18 & older
with valid student ID

Youth $12
ages 6-17

Group tour rates
call 307-578-4114

Children Free
age 5 & younger

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