Cody is home to one of the country’s supreme cultural
attractions—the five museum complex
 of
the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Its third of a
million square feet of exhibition space certainly makes
it one of America’s largest museum complexes. The
Whitney Gallery of Western Art presents an outstanding
collection of masterworks of the American West,
including original paintings, sculptures and prints from
the early 19th century to the present. The Cody Firearms
Museum houses the world’s largest and most important
assemblage of American arms, as well as European arms
dating to the 16th century. The Plains Indian Museum
ranks as one of the nation’s finest Native American
collections. The museum presents a varied tapestry of
Plains Indian art and artifacts displayed in realistic
settings. The Buffalo Bill Museum contains a wealth of
material related to the life of Buffalo Bill Cody. The
newest member of the museum group, The Draper Museum of
Natural History, is a state of the art natural history
museum that explores human interaction with the natural
world associated with the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
Highly interactive, it’s a hit with youth and adults
alike.
The Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center (BBDVC) is
located 6 miles west of Cody on the way to Yellowstone
National Park, at the Buffalo Bill Dam (just through the
tunnels).
Open annually approximately May 1 through September, the
Visitor Center is operated by the BBDVC Board of
Directors, a manager and assistant manager, and
volunteers. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily
and admission is free.
Cassie's Supper Club is one of the oldest most
established clubs in the state of Wyoming. Originally
opened in the 1920's, Cassie's was operated as a "house
of ill fame" by its founder Cassie Waters. During the
prohibition era Cassie served bootleg whiskey that was
brewed and bottled in a cellar under the dance floor.
The club is furnished with antiques from around the Cody
Country, including a buggy lap robe and other items that
belonged to Cassie.
Today Cassie's Supper Club is famous for its fine dining
and great western atmosphere.
In 1900, Agnes Chamberlin moved from Kansas to Cody and
went to work for Buffalo Bill at the Cody Enterprise
newspaper office. Agnes opened her first boarding house
across the street from the newspaper office in 1903 and
over the next 14 years, several buildings were combined
to create the Chamberlin Hotel.
Agnes Chamberlin was a pillar of the community. Her
hotel dining room hosted the first Cody Club Chamber
meeting and the first Buffalo Bill Memorial Association.
She was instrumental in the building of the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches and later donated land for the
Cody Airport. Agnes was active in civic affairs until
her death in 1947.
During the 1920's and 30's, the Chamberlin Inn was the
place to stay in Cody. The guest registers display the
signatures of numerous actors, authors, politicians,
opera singers, movie stars, and tycoons, such as Ernest
Hemingway, Marshall Fields and Larry Larom.
Cody Murals Visitors Center
The magnificent Cody Mural
covers a domed ceiling 36 feet in diameter and 18 feet
to the top of the dome. Perfectly blended into the mural
are selected historical scenes from the first seventy
years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Edward T. Grigware, the artist, termed the mural his "masterpiece".
In an adjoining part of the building are displays and
art telling the story of the colonization of the Big
Horn Basin in Wyoming. Families are welcome and free
guided tours are provided daily.
 Cody
Trolley Tours utilizes two live narrators, poster-sized
historical photos, pass-around relics and entertaining
audio clips to share the story of world-famous William
F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody while we spotlight historical
sites, scenic vistas, geology, wildlife and old and new
west attractions. Our 60-minute, 22-mile tour is
performed while you ride in the cozy oak interior of our
festive red & green trolley. A Cody Trolley tour is the
best and fastest way to gain an overview of all that
Cody, Wyoming has to offer.
And Cody is rodeo!
Billing itself as “Rodeo Capital of the World,” Cody
provides a unique opportunity to capture the excitement
of a real rodeo in a dramatic western setting. The Cody
Nite Rodeo is the only seven-night-a-week rodeo in the
country. From June through August, the Nite Rodeo
features professional and on-their-way-up cowboys and
cowgirls competing under the lights against a
picturesque backdrop of the Shoshone Canyon and Heart
Mountain. The Cody Stampede is one of the country’s
premiere Fourth of July rodeo celebrations and has been
playing host to the top cowboys and cowgirls for more
than 80 years!
Cody Nite Rodeo - Nightly June 1 through August 31 -
Nightly performance at 8:30 pm
Cody 4th of July Stampede Rodeo - July 1, 2, & 3 -
performances at 8:00 pm, July 4th performance at 5:00 pm
Headquartered in Cody, Wyoming,
the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep has been
the leading voice in wild sheep conservation for nearly
30 years. the FNAWS visitor features extensive wild
sheep exhibit, hand on displays, and Animal Wheels for
children.
Another authentic Cody
landmark, smack dab in the middle of town, is the Irma
Hotel. Built by buffalo Bill as a luxury hotel
epitomizing the essence of western hospitality, he named
it for his youngest daughter and opened it with suitable
fanfare in 1902. Highlighting the Irma's dining rooms is
the huge carved French-made Victorian cherrywood backbar
presented to Buffalo Bill by Queen Victoria in 1900 in
appreciation for his command Wild West Show performance.
Old Trail Town is an eclectic
collection of historic buildings representing and old
Wyoming town created with frontier structures dating
from 1879 to 1900. Included in the collection are the
Hole in the Wall Cabin used by Butch Cassidy, the
Sundance Kid and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang; Curley's
Cabin, the Crown Indian scout to General Custer in the
Battle of the Little Big Horn; and the River Saloon
which was frequented by cowboys, outlaws and gold miners.
Bullet holes can still be seen in the door. Old Trail
Town is located where Buffalo Bill and his associates
surveyed the town site for Cody in 1895. The Trail Town
Cemetery is the final resting place of Jeremiah "Liver
Eat'n Johnson and other colorful hard-living characters
of the Old West.
Open daily, 8 am - 8 pm, May
through September.
The Old West lives on at the
Tecumseh's Old West Miniature Village and Museum located
with Tecumseh's Trading Post. Thousands of miniature
figures trace the history of Wyoming and Montana from
the 1600s to the late 1890s at the indoor village
located near the Cody Rodeo Grounds and Old Trail Town.
The museum section of the complex includes thousands of
Western and Indian artifacts. Including full size
wildlife mounts, guns of the Frontier and fur trade
artifacts.
Free admission! Open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. mid-May
through mid-September. During the winter season, hours
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Chamberlin
Inn