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.
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