Archive: Area of Interest: History

W I D E W E S T

Panoramic photographs offer a wealth of information about the landscapes of the West and the wide variety of people that inhabited them – if only the photographs can be unrolled to view. W I D E W E S T offers an opportunity to explore the worlds captured in panoramic photographs, from... Read More

Annual Chuck Wagon Festival

Families and foodies alike will delight at the 32nd Annual Chuck Wagon Festival, a celebration of Western and Native American history, art and cuisine for all ages. Click here for more information: https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/annual-chuck-wagon.../ Read More

Read the West Book Club: The Big Sky

Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Sky is the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.’s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins and Dick Summers: traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as... Read More

Signature Tour

From Albert Bierstadt’s glowing landscape Emigrants Crossing the Plains to pieces by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, see some of the finest Western art in the country. View ethnographic material from Native Americans and mountain men and learn about frontier military life. Round out the... Read More

Sunday Spotlight: Pearl Hart’s Revolver

“There have been many female stage-robbers in books and stories, but only one in the flesh … Pearl Hart, the woman who ‘held up’ the Globe stage at Cane Springs canon, Arizona, on May 30th of this year, in company with a male partner, had lived a hard life on the frontier …”... Read More

Brown Bag: Exploring Comics

Comic books emerged in the 1930s. Through a natural evolution, cartoons developed into comic books, first through publications containing compilations of cartoon re-prints, then as books which featured unique content. Superheroes entered the world of comic books soon after, with many of the... Read More

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Playing Cowboy

Since there have been children in what is now called the American West, toys have been part of their lives. These toys often helped them “become” someone else: a brave warrior, a tough cowboy, a lawman, an outlaw. With the publication of the first dime novels and the worldwide tours of Wild... Read More

Heritage Activity Table: Women’s History

The West was built by strong and resilient women who you can find examples of in the Museum’s galleries! Stop by the Museum’s Heritage Table to learn about Stagecoach Mary Fields – the first Black woman mail carrier in the United States. Discover the importance of the stagecoach in Mary’s... Read More

Sunday Spotlight: Traditional Seminole Outfit

On the second Sunday of the month, visitors learn the specifics behind a unique artifact from the Museum’s collection, thus opening a window to learning even more about a particular culture, individual or moment in time. Afterward, venture into the galleries and enjoy the current exhibitions at... Read More