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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) We open in Mayy with the East Gate of
Yellowstone National Park.
School groups and Tours should call in advance
307-527-6076. Pre-season calls should be directed to the Cody Country
Chamber of Commerce at 307-587-2297, they will forward you to our
pre-season contact. Audio Tours are Free to educational groups.
Opened in May 1993 as a combination Visitor Center and Wyoming Highway
Rest Area, the Visitor Center is operated by the Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor
Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation formed to provide 50% financing for
construction of the facility and operation of it thereafter. Actual
running of the Center is performed in conformance with a Memorandum of
Understanding between BBDVC, Inc., the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US
Bureau of Land Management, and the US Forest Service.Design of the
displays
and exhibits represent each participating entity's particular messages
of general interest. An Exhibit
 Oversight Committee (EOC) is responsible
for periodic review and updating of the displays.
The BBDVC, Inc. Board of Directors is
responsible for the operation and maintaining of the entire Center and
finances this through the sale of engraved paving
blocks, donations, and sale of dam-related items in the Gift Shop.
A
manager is employed to supervise the approximate 35 volunteers and one
person each from the government entities involved, who run the Gift Shop
and meet and greet visitors.
It is just minutes away from Cody's famous Buffalo Bill Historical
Center, which includes the The
Buffalo Bill Museum, The
Whitney Gallery of Western Art, The
Cody Firearms Museum, The
Plains Indian Museum  and the newest addition, the Draper
Museum of Natural History.
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.
A non-profit organization, the Visitor
Center relies solely on sales of merchandise, donations, and the sale of
Paving
Blocks, which occupy the walkway to the Center. |
