The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms
- The Road to American Liberty
- Seeds of Greatness
- The Prospering New Republic
- A Nation Asunder
- The American West
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt, Elegant Arms
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond
- For the Fun of It
- Firearms Traditions for Today
- William B. Ruger Special Exhibits
- Freedom's Doorway
The American West
Sponsored by Eldon and Edith Owens
Here, you'll learn about soldiering on the frontier, the buffalo hunters on the plains and guns that won the West, plus good old-fashioned frontier justice. And you'll meet such American notables as "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Annie Oakley and Nat "Deadwood Dick" Love.
Significant Firearms in Gallery 7:
- Springfield Officers Model Rifle
- Sharps "Big Fifty" Rifle shipped to Ft. Griffin, Texas
- Winchester M1873 Rifle In mint condition, it's unfired
- Winchester Lever-Action Rifles, a complete series
- Colt Buntline Special Revolvers
- Marlin Big-Bore Lever-Action Rifles
- Remington Single-Shot Pistol
- "Russian" and "Schofield" Revolvers Smith & Wessons
- Merwin & Hulbert Revolvers With folding hammers
- Burgess Folding Shotgun
- Three Annie Oakley Guns including a Gold Hibbard .410 shotgun