Home » Cody Firearms Museum

Cody Firearms Museum

The Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West houses over 7,000 historically significant firearms with more than 30,000 firearms-related artifacts. We seek to provide every visitor – from gun aficionados, to firearms novices, to those without previous firearms experience – with a unique educational opportunity. This museum is more than just guns; firearms help inform the story of the West, the story of gun cultures, and the story of people.

July 8, 2025

Echoes of the Painted West: John Clymer’s Gold Train

Gold in the Hills! Colonel Mulberry Sellers in Mark Twain’s satirical novel The American Claimant prophetically decreed, “There’s gold in them thar…

Read More…

An Unsung Hero of Firearms Manufacturing

Following the American Civil War, large scale firearms manufacturing companies Winchester, Colt, Smith and Wesson, and Remington drove demand by creating niche…

Read More…

Lever action shotgun, New Haven Arms Company. Designed by Oliver Winchester, ca. 1866. 1988.8.161
August 8, 2024

What a Paris-made firearm can tell us about Winchester’s founder

Later in life William F. Cody hunted often outside of Yellowstone using a Winchester rifle A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public…

Read More…

Competitive shooter Julie Golob's Smith & Wesson M&P. L.2019.5.1
August 2, 2024

The pistol that took shooting sports athlete Julie Golob around the world

The pistol that took shooting sports athlete Julie Golob around the world A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaAugust 2, 2024…

Read More…

Adolph and Elizabeth (Plinky) Topperwein were a couple and sharpshooting duo. MS 20 Winchester Repeating Arms Company Collection. P.20.2986
July 18, 2024

The Fabulous Topperweins: a couple famed for their sharpshooting skills

The Fabulous Topperweins: a couple famed for their sharpshooting skills A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJuly 18, 2024 A 1-minute…

Read More…

Schuetzenfest rifles are on display in the shooting sports section of the Cody Firearms Museum.
July 2, 2024

A Coors connection: Beer company used firearms to try and bring back marksmanship festival

Coors connection: beer company used firearms to try to bring back marksmanship festival A Museum Minute By Olivia WeitzWyoming Public MediaJuly 2,…

Read More…