• The BBDVC opens every season on May 1st - September 30th

• 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 per-season contact.

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).

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 retail merchandise. The BBD

VC is a non-profit organization, staffed with 30 volunteers. dam-related items in the Gift Shop.

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.