American Cowboy

The Jack and Phoebe Cooke American Cowboy Gallery, comprising 8,000 square feet, interprets the cowboy’s history and culture from Spanish colonial times to the 20th century. The gallery presents the most extensive collection on the working cowboy in the United States.

In-depth presentations reveal how various elements of cowboy equipment, such as saddles, bits and spurs, changed over time, with regional styles discussed and displayed.