Help Preserve the Spirit of the American West
A 'New' Buffalo Bill Museum for 2012
Our Buffalo Bill Museum reopens to the public May 19, 2012. Join us! More info.
The renovation began in October 2011! (All other galleries have been open as usual while work proceeds on the Buffalo Bill Museum).
Check out this time lapse video of de-construction as we get started on constructing the new exhibits...
Man of the West, Man of the World: The Life and Legacy of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
The pending reinstallation of the Buffalo Bill Museum—flagship of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center—offers an unparalleled opportunity to unmask the persona of Buffalo Bill and examine the life, times, and, above all, the essential humanity of William F. Cody, someone about whom so much, and yet so little, is known.
When it reopens in May 2012, visitors to the “new” Buffalo Bill Museum will still learn about that iconic figure whose larger-than-life statue stands outside the building. More importantly, however, they will encounter someone who, it turns out, lived a life that just about everyone can relate to and identify with—one marked by triumphs, tragedies, struggles, adversities and ambiguities. As they meet William F. Cody, a “Man of the West” who became a “Man of the World,” we hope our visitors also will learn something about themselves.
The life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody had many facets. Learn about his life and times in the biography of our namesake.