Visiting the Buffalo Bill Center of the West

When on vacation, many times families take in a museum or two to learn about the area they are in or what life was like in the past there.  One museum that we took in while we were in Cody was the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.  We had heard from my parents and the couple we rented our cabin from that this is a definite must stop on our journey.

As you pull up to the building, there are the most gorgeous statues of cowboys, Buffalo Bill, Native American teepees and various animals of the West.  They are simply gorgeous and something worth checking out before heading into the center.

The boys in front of the cowboys

In one of the teepees

Standing with Buffalo Bill

One of the neatest things about this museum is the fact that it is five, yes five, museums in one!  There is the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indians Museum, the Whitney Western Art Museum, the Draper Natural History Museum and the Cody Firearms Museum.  It was interesting to talk as a family after we had toured the center to see which museum was their favorite.  Everyone seemed to have a different favorite!  Kris, of course, loved the firearms museum and I think he could have spent days in there looking at different guns. 

Brock enjoyed the Plains Indians Museum and Jake and I really enjoyed the Natural History Museum. There is definitely something for everyone at this museum!

Brock trying out his skills in the Firearms Museum

They LOVED this part of the Draper!

This map is made out little tiles.  Very cool!

Back in the saddle

Jake and his love of wolves

The admission price gets you into the museum for two days and if you were to really take in all that the museum has to offer, it would be best to two it in that amount of time.  We spent over 6 hours in the museum and still didn't see everything, so I would definitely plan on two days.  It's a great museum for the entire family!