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PR Image: Cody Firearm Museum entrance, 2015. Photo by Nancy McClure.

Cody Firearms Museum curator earns major Shooting Sports Communicator award

January 23, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Cody Firearms Museum Curator Ashley Hlebinsky of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has been awarded the Professional Outdoor Media Association’s (POMA) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) […]

(L-R) Dr. Charles R. Preston, Draper Natural History Museum curator; Bruce Eldredge, Center of the West Executive Director; Barron Collier II, Chairman of the Center’s Board of Trustees; HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco; Dr. Craig M. Lee, University of Colorado; Dr. Gregory T. Pederson, U.S.G.S. Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center; and Dr. David McWethy, Montana State University.

Center of the West taps Yale as next “Invisible Boundaries: Exploring Yellowstone’s Great Animal Migrations” venue

November 9, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Here’s what happens when a scientist and a photographer win the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Camp Monaco Research Prize. They recruit an artist—and a filmmaker, of course—and all […]

Boyhood Home, Play Area in Greever Garden

Center of the West opens western-themed play area

October 12, 2016 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West welcomes kids and their families to our American West-themed play area, opened in the fall of 2016. Located in our Cashman Greever Garden, […]

Josh Elliott. "Morning Blue," 2014. Oil on linen. Museum purchase from William E. Weiss Memorial Fund. 1.18 (detail)

35th Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show generates $934K in western art sales

September 30, 2016 by Nancy McClure

By the time the auction gavel dropped for the final time on September 23, 2016, more than $930,000 in contemporary western art had been sold during the 35th annual Buffalo […]

Frederic Remington (1861–1909). "The Mess Tent at Night," 1890 –1891. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, USA. Appeared in "Harper's Monthly," November 1891. Museum Purchase. 11.7

Peter Hassrick working harder than ever as Director Emeritus for Center of the West

September 28, 2016 by Nancy McClure

Please note: Peter Hassrick passed away in 2019. He is greatly missed. One might question whether Peter Hassrick realizes he’s retired; clearly his Buffalo Bill Center of the West “director […]

Horse drawn wagons loaded with wool in downtown Cody, Wyoming, 1910. F.J. Hiscock photo. MS 089 Jack Richard Photograph Collection, McCracken Research Library. PN.89.110.21178.04

Center of the West announces launch of “Historic Downtown Cody” on TravelStorys Mobile App

September 21, 2016 by Nancy McClure

With the likes of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his cohorts as town founders, it’s no surprise that Cody, Wyoming, has a tale to tell. In fact, it has […]