Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2019 Long-Awaited CFM Reload is within Our Sights Editor’s Note: Wow! It’s hard to believe the Center of the West’s new, completely redesigned Cody Firearms Museum opened more than a year ago now. Here’s a fun look back at the exciting final stages of the renovation. By Ashley Hlebinsky, […]
After nine-and-a-half years as part of the Center of the West family, Cody Firearms Museum Curator Ashley Hlebinsky is moving on to pursue new career opportunities, help other museums across the country with their firearms collections, and (finally) live in the same state as her husband. While she’ll still serve us as a Curator Emerita and Senior Firearms Scholar, it’s […]
Centuries in the Making – The Modern Shooting Sports By Ashley Hlebinsky January 9, 2020 5:30–7:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Cody Culture Club: if you love Cody, you’re part of the Club! Join us one Thursday a month, January – April. Heavy hors d’ouevres and cash bar at every program. Since […]
Tom Tobin was a mountain man and bounty hunter in the late 1800s in Southern Colorado. He is most known for killing the Espinosa outlaws. The Espinosas were tormenting the San Luis Valley in Colorado by allegedly killing more than 30 people. The brothers were killing these men as retaliation for relatives killed during the […]
The Thompson Submachine Gun was invented in the early 1900s and was originally meant for the battle field. But it became notorious as the gangster gun because it has been used in some gangster crimes. One of the most well-known is the 1929 Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Most of the Thompsons that the Cody Firearms […]
The Cody Firearms Museum (CFM) at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West unveils its major—and much-anticipated—makeover on July 6, 2019. Home to one of the largest collections of firearms in the world, the museum’s reopening follows an eight-month, $12 million full-scale renovation, including major investments in advanced technology and experiential learning. The new CFM […]