Buffalo Bill Museum
Debuting in summer 2012, the Buffalo Bill Museum is now in its fourth iteration. The inaugural museum opened in 1927 in a log cabin across from the current location. It was reinstalled in 1986, and now, 85 years later, is part of an impressive five-museum complex. Today's all-new Buffalo Bill Museum presents a complete 21st century experience for visitors.
Today, the museum offers a wide-ranging view of the life and times of William F. Cody, as well as the "Buffalo Bill" character he created and which made him the world's most celebrated person of his time. The story of "Man of the West, Man of the World" presents an interactive narrative of this complex man.
The museum not only showcases the fame and success Cody attained through Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, but includes the significant and long-lasting impacts he made - and continues to make - on the economic and cultural development of the American West. The exhibits also reveal an intimate portrait of this major American figure - both his personal successes and failures, and financial fortunes and misfortunes.
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