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.
A Legend Remade: Ithaca Tries its Hand at the Hawken
Legends contain lessons, and humans are nostalgic beings. We like to look back at the past and pat ourselves on the backs…
Deep Diving into the Archives for Research
My research on William Mason’s toggle link prototypes into expanded into a small research project working with our archived material. That first…
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…
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,”…
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…
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…