The latest Cody Firearms acquisition is a set of 3D printed firearms. Danny Michael, the associate curator of the museum, said one of them made national news at one point. “You might be familiar with the Liberator pistol that caused quite a stir a few years ago and became probably the most well known of […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2019 Cody Firearms Museum: On Target, Then and Now Center newsletters tell the CFM story Edited by Marguerite House I wish I could thank personally all the people who have come forward to help us so generously in supporting this new museum. Certainly, millions of visitors in the decades […]
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 […]
The Cody Firearms Museum has one of the only three 1910 silencers that survived. It’s on the Springfield Model 1903 Bolt Action Rifle. Silencers, also known as suppressors, were invented around 1902. Ashley Hlebinsky, the Cody Firearms curator, said they were invented for the enjoyment of target shooting since it reduced the sound. It didn’t […]
Coffee & Curators: Cody Firearms Museum Join us on Facebook Live for this program! Go to facebook.com/centerofthewest at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2 to do so. You don’t need to have a Facebook account to view the program. If you do, please ask questions in the comments for presenter Danny to answer. You can also send […]