Buffalo Bill Center of the West
About Buffalo Bill Center of the West
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, formerly known as the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, is a complex of five museums and a research library featuring art and artifacts of the American West located in Cody, Wyoming. The five museums are the Buffalo Bill Museum, Plains Indians Museum, Whitney Western Art Museum, Draper Natural History Museum, and Cody Firearms Museum. Founded in 1917 to preserve the legacy and vision of Col. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is the oldest and most comprehensive museum complex of the West.
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- Founded
- 1917
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01WyomingPaul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0
02Buffalo Bill Historical CenterNicole Cranson · Public domain
03Cody Firearms MuseumNickeyrc · Public domain
04Indian Artifacts, Weapons and PipesRosa Bonheur · Public domain
05John James Audubon - Great American Cock (Wild Turkey)John James Audubon / William Home Lizars · Public domain
06Statue of Baffalo Bill in Cody, WyomingFurkah · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 2.5 miles of Buffalo Bill Center of the West; the closest, Cody Dug Up Gun Museum, is about a mile away.
