My research on William Mason’s toggle link prototypes into expanded into a small research project working with our archived material. That first project started from seeing one of the prototypes […]
Cody Firearms Museum Blog: Unloading the Myth
The Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West houses over 7,000 historically significant firearms with more than 15,000 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.
Mythical Ithaca: Discovering a Story in the Records
One of the best feelings in the world comes from looking at a collection of records before anyone else. To give a brief overview, this gun company started in 1883 […]
Cody Firearms Museum Curator Ashley Hlebinsky honored in “40-under-40” in Wyoming
Ashley Hlebinsky, Cody Firearms Museum Curator at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, has just joined the ranks of Wyoming’s “40-Under-40,” a group of young professionals selected by Wyoming […]
William Mason’s Experimental Toggle Link Firearms
The late 19th and early 20th century saw a broad push by arms manufacturers to build self-loading firearms. In this blog post I will be highlighting several of the Winchester […]
Setting the Records Straight: A Glimpse into the Archives
Do you keep a journal? A secret diary? A to-do list on a post-it note? I know the idea of writing with paper and pen seems foreign in today’s technologically […]
Right Turn at Albuquerque
Hello everyone! My name is Kyle Hestand and I am one of two summer interns at the Cody Firearms Museum (CFM). I am a senior majoring in history at the […]
