The Best Museums in Wyoming

  • Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, WY; tel. 307/587-4771; www.bbhc.org): An art museum, a firearm gallery, the memorabilia of the West's great showman, and exhibits about the Plains Indians comprise the finest museum in the Rocky Mountains.
  • National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (Casper, WY; tel. 307/261-7700; www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/NHTIC.html): State-of-the-art exhibits give modern travelers an idea of what life on the "road" was like for the emigrants who passed through here in the mid-1800s on the Oregon, Mormon, California, and Pony Express trails.