Read the West Book Club: Rise of Wolf 8
Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves — but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought …
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Brown Bag Lunch Series: Tequila!
Join National Cowboy Museum Curator Nathan Jones in exploring the landscape, culture, and traditions that gave birth to tequila, the West’s homegrown spirit. The talk will feature the photographs of …
Brown Bag Lunch Series: Transformers and Tricksters: Mythology in Art on the Northwest Coast
Join National Cowboy Museum Curator of Ethnology Eric Singleton in a discussion on the origin of the world and the mythic tales that shaped its development. These stories reflect social …
Curator Conversation and Exhibition Openings: Aliento a Tequila and Sombreros Texanas and Bosses of the Plains: Cowboy Hats from the Permanent Collection
Join the National Cowboy Museum for an evening filled with programming! Kick off the evening with the Curator Conversation with special guest Dr. Marie Sarita Gaytán, Associate Professor of Sociology …
Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sombreros
Every cowboy hat tells a story. Not only stories of the wearer(s), but also where the hat was worn and used. Join McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of …
Read the West Book Club: Empire of Shadows
In a radical reinterpretation of the 19th century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history — the passion for exploration, the violence …
Brown Bag Lunch Series: Looking Through the Windows to the West
From 1991 – 1996, Wilson Hurley (1924 – 2008) devoted his life and artistic skill to creating five enormous triptychs that depict the grandeur of the American West landscape. Known …
Traditional Cowboy Arts Workshop: Engraving and Design
In conjunction with the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association (TCAA), this workshop will focus on aspects of design, layout and engraving and inlay techniques. Learn from experts in the field to …
Col. Zack Mulhall Stock Saddle
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 …
En Casa del Agave (Place of the Agave)
Explore your creative side in a fun and informal drawing session. Borrow drawing materials from the Visitor Services desk in the Museum Lobby (while supplies last) or bring your own! …
