Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Fingerprints are an important concept in the world of outlaws and lawmen. After checking out outLAWman make art with your fingerprints!
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. After checking out outLAWman, create a mini jail cell to be used by your outlaw or lawman personas.
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. After checking out You have Died of Dysentery, Playing Cowboy and ARToons, make your own toy paddle boat and partner with a Museum educator to test its water-worthiness in …
Drop by and participate in family friendly activities. Create a different make-and-take craft each day. Free for members or with Museum admission. Available while supplies last. Use the mysterious scratch art paper to make colorful spring art!
Grab your toy chest and get to playing! Join us in the Annie Oakley Center for fun game-themed crafts and activities. Design your very own Western board game and create a clothespin horse to go along with it! Enjoy Western ring toss and storytime at 10:30and 11:30 a.m. Be sure to check out the Playing …
The National Cowboy Museum is proud to be a Certified Autism Center and recognize April as Autism Awareness Month. Stop by the Museum Heritage Table to learn about a great Westerner on the autism spectrum—Temple Grandin! Learn all she did to help the West and find out what it means to think in pictures. For …
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 …
Aloha! Did you know that May is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month? Paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) have been ranching long before ranches began in North America. Learn about paniolo’s heritage and be introduced to one of the most famous paniolos—Ikua Purdy! While you are here, stop by the Heritage Table to create a 3-D hibiscus …
Join the Cowboy in celebrating May as Jewish American Heritage Month by paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the West’s culture and society. Learn about one of the most famous Jewish Americans of the Old West, Levi Strauss, and how his invention is still used by people all over the …
Storytelling is all around us! Some artists use comics and cartoons to share different stories from their lives, just like Western artists like Duane Bryers and Tom Ryan. Learn about comic and cartoon techniques to add to your artist toolbox with Literati Press Comics and Novels. Play a game to create your own caricature character …
