A trip to Cody, Wyoming is not complete without a visit to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, a complex of four internationally-acclaimed museums.

The BBHC stands as the largest history and art museum between Minneapolis and the West Coast, encompassing 237,000-square feet on three levels.

With about 250,000 visitors annually, the BBHC is one of the most popular cultural attractions in Wyoming and the Yellowstone region. Its collections include thousands of priceless treasures related to the art, history, ethnology and technology of the American West.

In 1927, the museum was located in a small log cabin and was known as the Buffalo Bill Museum, the facility then housed memorabilia belonging to William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.

Cody, for whom the city is named, was an authentic western hero whose career became linked with most of the significant events in western American history. He rode for the Pony Express and during the Civil War served with a Union guerrilla group kown as the Kansas Jayhawkers. After the war, while working to supply meat for workers building the transcontinental railroad, he earned the nickname "Buffalo Bill."