Cody Firearms Museum to host US Veterans and record their histories as they make their way across America at the CFM Veteran VIP Experience in Cody, WY CODY — January […]
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.
Museum Minute: A Toy Gun in a Firearm Collection
It turns out the Cody Firearms Museum does not only collect real guns, it also has at least one toy gun. A Thompson Submachine BB Gun, to be more specific. […]
Museum Minute: A Royal Blunderbuss
Throughout history, it was common for royalty to present another noblemen or royalty with a firearm. The gift usually symbolized peace between countries or two parties. The Cody Firearms Museum […]
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 that have survived until modern times. However, it […]
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 the rest of the 20th century. The army […]
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 asked to have the Jennings rifle for his […]
