Traditional Tattooer Holly Mititquq Nordlum discusses Inuit people, place, history, colonization, healing and wearing sacred markings in a modern context. Nordlum is one of a few women internationally bringing back …
Join us for a professional development opportunity for teachers (best suited for grades 6 –12) at the National Cowboy Museum in collaboration with the College of Education and Professional Studies, …
Experience the old west in a new way! Watch history come alive as re-enactor Esther Bates shares the hopeful and sometimes harrowing story of the Exodusters and the Black migration …
Enjoy an exciting day of learning and exploring! See galleries filled with Western art and artifacts. Explore Liichokoshkomo’, an outdoor interactive, multi-cultural education space that introduces the American West through …
It’s time for a road trip! Open your maps and explore the different railroads, trails and roads of the wild West. Discover the history of the Santa Fe Trail. Create …
Come participate in a workshop focusing on music and featuring previous Western Heritage Award winners Mary Kaye Holt and Adrian Brannan, musician Finis Smith and Western entertainer R.W. Hampton. Moderated …
Explore the traditions and artistic expressions in Tattooing: Religion, Reality and Regret. Grab a stool and listen to invited artisans discuss their craft. Hear from tattoo artists and tattooed living …
Read the 2022 Western Heritage Award-winning Western novel The Removed by Brandon Hobson. In the 15 years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota …
On the second Sunday of the month, explore your creative side in a fun and informal drawing session. Borrow drawing materials from the Visitor Services desk in the Museum Lobby …
Explore the West by “taking the highway that is best” with Samantha Schafer and Nathan Jones, curators of the exhibition Mother Roads. Ride along on a trip that covers the …
