As I’m writing this, the Cody Firearms Museum here at the Center of the West has just begun preparing the top floor for its big renovation. A temporary exhibit and some placement of guns throughout the other museums will have to tide us all over until that’s complete. The new museum will open next year […]
Cody Firearms Museum – Science of Firearms As the foremost institution in the nation for interpreting firearms, the Cody Firearms Museum is undergoing an exciting renovation in order to be an even stronger destination for both firearms enthusiasts and the general public. Opening in the summer of 2019, there will be more firearms on exhibit, […]
Hi! I’m Conor McCracken-Flesher and, as I often have to remind myself, I’m a historian. I’m also the new Firearms Records Intern at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. As of a month or so ago I graduated from Boston University, with a BMus in Musicology and a BA in History. Together those two […]
Hey guys! My name is Rebecca Hoback and this summer I will be the Cody Firearms Museum Intern, as well as the Firearms Records Intern at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. This opportunity has already been such an exciting experience. I can only imagine how fun this summer is going to be in […]
[I am] Going back west of the Mississippi and spending my pile out there in the country which an American statesman once said was fit only for the coyote and the rattlesnake. That’s my home country and that’s the place I love. Do I want to go back there? You just bet your life I […]
Firearms are great artifacts and collectors items due to their recorded history in factory records and archives. Here is a take on my records experience when I had an interesting heirloom gun that I wanted to know more about. After I graduated college my grandfather said he had something to give me. It had been handed down […]