Curator Conversations: outLAWman
Join Museum Curator Michael Grauer in examining the often-thin line separating the outlaw from the lawman, i.e. the lawless from the law-enforcing in the American West. In fact, many outlaws …
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Read the West Book Club: Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood attended grade school and Smith College together, spent nine months on a grand tour of Europe in 1910 and then, bored with society luncheons and …
Basket Workshop: Liberty Basket
This liberty basket is the perfect accent to any room. Led by BasketWeavers Guild of Oklahoma, participants will create their own utilizing sea grass. Approximate dimensions: 8.5 inches x 8 …
Clue! at the Cowboy
“A crime has been committed in Prosperity Junction. A prominent citizen has been murdered. You have been deputized to help find out what happened.” Relive your childhood by playing the …
Read the West Book Club: Killers of the Flower Moon
Back by popular demand; read before seeing the movie! From #1 New York Times best-selling author David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon is a twisting, haunting, true-life murder mystery …
Curator Conversations – Forensics and Historical Objects
The National Cowboy Museum is the repository of a purse allegedly belonging to Bonnie Parker. To determine the veracity of that claim, the Museum turned to the W. Roger Webb …
Brown Bag: Toys R Western: The Lasting Pop Culture Influence of Western-Themed Play 
Western-themed toys, games, comics and other kids’ products hit their height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s alongside the TV Westerns. Yet, today they can be seen as more …
Brown Bag Lunch Series: Wild West Toys
The exhibition Playing Cowboy is drawn entirely of selections from the Johnie and Bob Terry collection in Springtown, Texas. The Terrys own and operate Wild West Toys, a company that …
Curator Conversations: Cartoons and Caricatures: The Playful Side of Western Artists
In conjunction with the exhibition ARToons, join Kera Newby, Director of the Dickinson Research Center and Curator of Archives at the National Cowboy Museum, for an evening exploring the cartoony …
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 …
