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Greater sage-grouse habitat exhibit in the Draper Natural History Museum
March 8, 2021

BBCW Youth Advisors awarded environmental project grant from Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution has awarded $500 to the Youth Advisory Board (a group of Cody High School students) at the Buffalo Bill…

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Firearms and the West gallery, Cody Firearms Museum.
February 8, 2021

Cody Firearms Museum celebrates its collection with an anniversary

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum, completely redesigned and renovated in 2019, includes about 4,200 firearms in its…

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Ithaca Single Barrel Trap Gun, 12 gauge, Serial Number 264501, owned by Annie Oakley. Oakley with a rifle. 2008.10.1 and P.69.0932
November 17, 2020

Ithaca Gun Company records find a new home with the Cody Firearms Records Office

Walter Snyder, Ithaca historian, has generously donated the surviving records from the original Ithaca Gun Company to the Center to be used…

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October 13, 2020

Thank you to all who entered the contest to name our new American Kestrel

Our Draper Museum Raptor Experience has a new member of the flock! Our newest raptor is a young, female American kestrel. She…

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Rene Duykaerts, near Laws, Owens Valley, California, 1995. Silver gelatin print by William Shepley. P.602.014 (detail)
October 8, 2020

The Equestrian West: Photographs by William Shepley

Past Exhibition (closed April 11, 2021) John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery Beginning in the 1980s, William Shepley followed his passion for the…

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March 30, 2020

Kids ask Why?

2020 Student Application – Do you love where you live?– Do you wish people knew more about Wyoming?– Do you want to…

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