The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is a complex of museums

displaying artifacts and art of the American West located in Cody,

Wyoming.

The museums include the Buffalo Bill Museum, which features

general western articles and historical items that help tell the story

of W. F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's life. A large amount of

background and historical information is provided so as to put his

life into context with what was going on in the country, especially

out west, at that time.

The Plains Indians Museum featuring exhibits related to the

culture and people of Wyoming's Native American tribes. There is

a large collection of artifacts and informative exhibits.

The Whitney Gallery of Western Art features paintings and

sculptures having to do with the theme of the American west.

There are many original works by painter and sculptor Frederic

Remington, and a lifesize replica of the home in which Remington

did most of his artwork. Other classic Western artists include

George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, Thomas Moran, Albert

Bierstadt, Charles M. Russell, Alexander Phimister Proctor, W.R.

Leigh, Joseph Henry Sharp and N.C. Wyeth. More contemporary

Western artists include Harry Jackson, James Bama, Deborah

Butterfield and Fritz Scholder.

The Cody Firearms Museum houses the most comprehensive

collection of American firearms in the world. The collection

includes firearms ranging from a 16th Century hand cannon to

guns of modern manufacture. The museum includes guns from

almost every significant gun manufacturer in the world. The

largest collection of DuBiel Arms Company rifles in the US today

is owned by this museum.

The most recent addition to the Historical Center is The Draper

Museum of Natural History, which opened on June 4, 2002. It is

the first American natural history museum to be opened in the

twenty-first century.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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