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 […]
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 […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2018 Cody Firearms Museum Extreme Makeover By Ashley Hlebinsky Ed. Note: As the renovation of our Cody Firearms Museum moves into the final stages of reinstallation, we share here Curator Ashley Hlebinsky’s Spring 2018 Points West article that looked forward to the then-upcoming project. Firearms have existed for […]
The Cody Firearms Museum (CFM) at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West knows a thing or two about reloading—guns and rifle ammunition, that is. Today, however, instead of reloading cartridges, staffers are reloading the entire firearms museum. On the proverbial drawing Board since 2009, the time is now right for the museum to undergo […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum brings firearms experts and museum professionals to Cody, Wyoming, May 21–23 for its second Arsenals of History symposium, this year focusing on Ethic of Firearms in Museums. The three-day Arsenals of History symposium opens May 21 in the Center’s Coe Auditorium with sessions that are free and open […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is pleased to announce that Timney Triggers has pledged $500,000 toward its Cody Firearms Museum (CFM) reconstruction. The Center recently revealed its plan to fully renovate the CFM. Timney Triggers’ donation combines with several federal grants and high-level individual donations received to date for the project; however, they […]