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Summer Drop-In Activities: Building Block Architecture

Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create make-and-take crafts, explore galleries and help create pixel art inspired by the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last.  After exploring the many indigenous dwellings in Liichokoshkomo’, try your hand at recreating them using building blocks.

Summer Drop-In Activities: Print Making

Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create make-and-take crafts, explore galleries and help create pixel art inspired by the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last.  Be inspired by the art of the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and learn how to …

Summer Drop-In Activities: Gallery Scavenger Hunt

Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create make-and-take crafts, explore galleries and help create pixel art inspired by the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last.  Explore the Prix de West Invitation Art Exhibition with a themed scavenger hunt. Can you find all …

Summer Drop-In Activities: Sunprints

Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create make-and-take crafts, explore galleries and help create pixel art inspired by the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last.  Experience the science and magic of cyanotypes to create art using the sun.

Kids Take Over the Cowboy: Gold Rush

It is 1848 and everyone is rushing to California to search for gold! Get your gold panning tools and rubber boots, we’re going to learn all about how gold was discovered in the American West and just how hard it was to mine. Enjoy storytime at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Free for members or with …

Sensory Playdate

Join us for sensory-friendly playtime at The Cowboy. Take a break from gallery adventuring and stop in to learn a Western dance from Aspiring Attitudes dance instructors, hear the waterfall, and create your own soothing waterfall noisemaker! These playdates provide opportunities for families and kids to enjoy the Museum in a new and accessible way. …

Kids Take Over the Cowboy: Todos Somos Americanos, We Are All Americans

Join in a celebration of the rich and varied cultures of North, South and Central America. Enjoy musical performances and dance from local cultural groups representing countries of origin from all over the Americas. Create musical crafts, explore the Museum galleries and discover the vast diversity of the American West. No matter where you are …

Heritage Table: Hispanic Heritage Month

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, explore Museum galleries and learn about the very first cowboys: vaqueros! Adventure through the Museum to look and find tools that are used by vaqueros. Stop by the Museum’s Heritage Table to create an important vaquero tool of your own — a pair of espuelas (spurs)!

Sensory Playdate

Join us for sensory-friendly playtime at The Cowboy. Take a break from gallery adventuring and stop in to learn a dance geared toward all people with all abilities under the instruction of Aspiring Attitudes dance instructors! These playdates provide opportunities for families and kids to enjoy the Museum in a new and accessible way. Enjoy …

HalloWest

Come in your best Western or Halloween get-up Trick-or-treat through Prosperity Junction and outdoor Town Square Explore the maker space and let your imagination run wild HalloWest Crafts • Face Painting • Fast-draw Target Practice • Western Dancing • Meet Chester Scissortail, the Museum’s Mascot • Historic Re-enactors • Candy-Free Treats Available • Western Stories …

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