The Chief Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum is a friend and colleague from my own museum days. I'll reach out to him and ask for more information regarding this firearm. Any info that I receive from him I will pass along here.

Large, modern museums have transitioned to glass and lighting technology that greatly reduces UV damage to artifacts. Keep in mind that exhibits and displays are designed and created for in-person visitor/education experience, not necessarily for photography.

You would be hard-pressed to find a Museum Curator around on a weekend. Most are staffed by volunteer docents on weekends and holidays (when open).

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is a large complex made up of different museums with different themes. The Cody Firearms Museum is one of those, so the chances are good that an Art Curator or Historian is not going to be an expert so to speak in firearms.

Based on that prototype being on loan from Remington, does anyone know the situation with the Remington Museum? Did they transfer everything to their new HQ since they closed the Ilion plant? They held a very nice collection, and I hope it wasn't broken up and disposed of.

I have quite a few pics I took of guns at the Cody in 2007 but I don’t remember seeing the Parker pump gun.

I’ll post some when I’m back home in a couple of days.





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After multiple attempts to contact Remington about the future of the museum, they were very unwilling to give details or even respond. I was told the collection would go to their Georgia plant, but that’s all they would say. I’m not holding my breath on the future plans for any of it.

Sara

Alright so I heard back from the Curator at the Cody Firearms Museum. They received the Parker pump-action prototype on loan from Remington Ammunition after the bankruptcy. He also said that they have around 180 other pieces from Remington on loan since the 1990's. He does not know the status of the old Remington Museum in Ilion, or that collection.

They are basically two different companies. Remington Firearms (RemArms) and Remington Ammunition. Another contact tells me that the Remington Museum collection is in storage and will at some point be transferred to a new location. He does not know if this means Lonoke, Arkansas where the ammunition facility is, or RemArms HQ.

Thanks for the update Alfred!





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