Take a break from your day and enjoy a series of presentations over the lunch hour, Wednesday, September 11 and September 18. Hear curators discuss topics related to the National Cowboy Museum exhibitions Cheyenne Ledger Art from Fort Marion and The Western Trail: The Greatest Cattle Trail of Them All at 150. Join Eric Singleton, …
In partnership with the Cherokee Nation, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum presents a Cherokee Cultural Celebration. Students will experience activities connected with 19th Century Cherokee culture and lifestyle, including hands-on participation in Cherokee games like stickball, marbles and chunkey. Demonstrations in pottery making and finger weaving will show the unique Cherokee lifestyle of …
Celebrate the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association’s 25th anniversary with two days of seminars exploring the traditions and origins of the cowboy arts. Learn from those dedicated to preserving and promoting the skills of saddlemaking, bit and spur making, silversmithing and rawhide braiding by producing modern works of functional art based on these traditional cowboy crafts. …
Celebrate the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association’s 25th anniversary with two days of seminars exploring the traditions and origins of the cowboy arts. Learn from those dedicated to preserving and promoting the skills of saddlemaking, bit and spur making, silversmithing and rawhide braiding by producing modern works of functional art based on these traditional cowboy crafts. …
Join Let’s Talk About It, a book club for people who love to read and discuss great literature! Read There There and participate in a discussion led by Ken Hada. Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in …
From Albert Bierstadt’s glowing landscape Emigrants Crossing the Plains to pieces by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, see some of the finest Western art in the country. View ethnographic material from Native Americans and mountain men and learn about frontier military life. Round out the tour with a look at the evolution of the working …
Weather is such a huge part of life in Oklahoma, and we want your kids to know how to be safe when storms roll through. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Chief Meteorologist David Payne and the News 9 Weather Team to learn about the different types of severe weather in our state and what …
Explore the galleries with the Museum mascots and the Kids Guide! Select which cowpoke and trail you would like to follow and learn more about all the fun and fascinating things at The Cowboy. Join Chester the Scissortail Flycatcher, Hopalong the Jackrabbit, Ma’ii the Coyote and Cisco the Mustang and solve the Cowboy Code. Free …
Gather ‘round for a Halloween hoedown that’s sure to be the talk of the prairie. Come in your best Halloween get-up and enjoy mixin’ the spirit of the West with the spooks and specters of All Hallows’ Eve. Activities for the evening include trick-or-treating through the Museum’s turn-of-the-century town, Prosperity Junction, and Town Square, HalloWest …
