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Event Spaces
Whether you're planning a party, meeting, conference, or reception, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center offers a variety of spaces tailored to your needs. Explore what we have to offer here. If you would like a personal tour of our event spaces, contact Charlene at 307.899.3305, or Bruce at 307.578.4042.
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Indoor Spaces
Click here for a floor plan of the Historical Center.
Looking for Outdoor Spaces? Click here.
Main Lobby
The Center's five museums connect in a circular pattern we call the "Hub," also known as the Main Lobby. This beautiful space offers a view of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art even while guests are seated at their tables. During an evening function, the museum is backlit. The two-story ceiling and space for podium, band, and buffet tables make this an ideal space for any size function.
Capacity: 200 seated / 500 reception-style
Double or triple the size of this space by adding the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Firearms Museum Breezeway, or Buffalo Bill Museum to the Hub area. These gallery additions to your floor plan are a wonderful indoor option for larger events
Capacity with gallery space added: 550 seated or reception-style
Draper Museum Floor Map
Our Draper Museum of Natural History's stunning tiled floor depicts a map of the Greater Yellowstone region. Above, the three-story-high ceiling is beautifully illuminated to reflect the outside environment. This space is surrounded by the natural history museum itself as it winds its way down, ending at the map. Tying in the adjoining carpeted space doubles the room size and offers a cocktail area with bar.
Capacity of both spaces: 200 seated / 400 reception-style
John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery
The elegant John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery is adjacent to the main entrance to the Draper Museum of Natural History. The coffered ceiling lends itself to a comfortable yet classic space. Three movable walls offer endless possibilities to suit lecture or banquet needs. They can be configured to customize your program.
A permanent bar can be easily opened or closed by sliding a pocket wall.
Capacity: 125 seated / 200 reception-style
Firearms Museum Breezeway
This long gallery directs visitors into our Cody Firearms Museum. The Breezeway is an intimate space that displays works by artist Joseph Henry Sharp, with a log cabin he once used as his Montana studio now on exhibit in the adjacent garden accessible from the gallery. This is a wonderful space for cocktail parties, where, if weather permints, guests can also stroll outside.
Capacity: 50 seated / 100 reception-style
Coe Auditorium
Our Coe Auditorium is the perfect location for large meetings and lectures. The state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment is ideal for high-impact presentations and, most importantly, user-friendly. The ability to operate multiple devices, from projection screen to lighting, is just a touch away. Speakers are welcome to use the provided laptop—hardwired at a podium also equipped with a microphone—and simply bring in their own program on a memory stick or CD.
Along with the auditorium, we can plan your conference for easy access to other rental spaces to accommodate break-out meetings and/or training sessions.
Capacity: 160 seated
Webster Boardroom
A traditional boardroom-style meeting room with a twenty-five-foot conference table, the Webster Boardroom lends itself to efficient meetings and conversations. A permanent projector, laptop, and conference telephone are at your disposal—we are here to help in setting up conference calls and/or web communications.
Capacity: 20 – 50 seated or reception-style
Education Classrooms
Our classrooms include seating and conference tables along with a projector and screen. Adjacent to the Draper Museum of Natural History, the classrooms are a vital key to educational programs for guests of all ages.
Capacity: 25 seated
Outdoor Spaces
Cashman Greever Garden and the Braun Garden
Designed with a natural setting in mind, these two sculpture garden spaces include plants and trees found in the Rocky Mountain region. Each garden is unique—the Braun Garden has a sunken amphitheater (click here for a view). The Cashman Greever includes the actual boyhood home of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Both gardens are settings for our collection of bronze sculptures. Weather permitting, the gardens are superb areas for your event.
Capacity of each: 100 seated / 150 reception-style
Robbie Powwow Garden
This green space includes a large outdoor amphitheater, restroom facilities, and an out-building available for catering purposes. Best suited to music performances and trade show-type events, the Powwow Garden is a perfect area, weather permitting. It is a site for the annual Yellowstone Jazz Festival; view their Web site for photos of this space in use as a musical performance venue.
Capacity: 200 seated / 700 reception-style
For more information about booking an event at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center or touring any of these event spaces, contact Charlene Magargal at 307.899.3305, or Bruce Sauers at 307.578.4042.