Center Of The West Kicks Off 2017 With Four Awards

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Once again, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has garnered a number of True West magazine’s “Best of the West” awards.

Each year, magazine editors and readers pick their favorites of everything from western apparel and firearms to historic forts and cemeteries.

A compilation of all the votes determines the Editor’s Choice Award and the Reader’s Choice Award in each category.

For 2017, the Center earned the following:

• Readers’ Choice Award for Best Western Museum
• Readers’ Choice Award for Best Western Art Gallery (Whitney Western Art Museum)
• Editors’ Choice Award for Best American Indian Collection (Plains Indian Museum)
• Editors’ Choice and Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Commemorative Rifle
• The award-winning rifle is the Center’s Centennial Winchester 1873, currently being crafted in partnership with Navy Arms to celebrate the Center of the West’s 100th anniversary.

The editors also chose the City of Cody as Best Old West Art Town, the Irma Hotel as …Read the Rest

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