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.
Museum Minute: The Rowland Made Wheellock Rifle
The wheellock rifle was invented in the 1500s. These were incredibly popular guns in England during the 1600s so there are many…
Museum Minute: Who Really Designed The M1 Carbine?
The M1 Carbine is a short, light weight rifle that was introduced during World War II and then used throughout most of…
Museum Minute: Jennings Rifle
The earliest known reference to the Winchester Arms Collection is a letter from Oliver Winchester to R.S. Lawrence in 1871. Oliver Winchester…
Museum Minute: The Gentlemen’s Agreement
The Mason Revolver During the 19th century, Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company frequently played with each other’s…
Center’s Cody Firearms Museum presented firearms symposium May 21–23, 2018
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum brings firearms experts and museum professionals to Cody, Wyoming, May 21–23 for…
Women and Winchester: A Match Made in Heaven
Impact of World War I on women in the workplace In 1917 the U.S. joined World War I. A year later the…