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PR Image: Cody Firearm Museum entrance, 2015. Photo by Nancy McClure.
January 23, 2017

Cody Firearms Museum curator earns major Shooting Sports Communicator award

Cody Firearms Museum Curator Ashley Hlebinsky of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has been awarded the Professional Outdoor Media Association’s…

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(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.
November 9, 2016

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

Here’s what happens when a scientist and a photographer win the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Camp Monaco Research Prize. They…

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Boyhood Home, Play Area in Greever Garden
October 12, 2016

Center of the West opens western-themed play area

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West welcomes kids and their families to our American West-themed play area, opened in the fall…

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Josh Elliott. "Morning Blue," 2014. Oil on linen. Museum purchase from William E. Weiss Memorial Fund. 1.18 (detail)
September 30, 2016

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

By the time the auction gavel dropped for the final time on September 23, 2016, more than $930,000 in contemporary western art…

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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
September 28, 2016

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

Please note: Peter Hassrick passed away in 2019. He is greatly missed. One might question whether Peter Hassrick realizes he’s retired; clearly…

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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
September 21, 2016

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

With the likes of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his cohorts as town founders, it’s no surprise that Cody, Wyoming, has…

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