Curator Conversation: The Dutch Oven
Dutch ovens were used on cattle drives to feed the cowboys and are still used today by chuck wagon cooks. However, these cast iron pots have a much deeper history. …
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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 and create your …
Read the West Book Club: The Big Sky
Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Sky is the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim …
Heritage Table: Immigrant Heritage Month
In celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month, learn about the diverse immigrant heritage stories that are told in Museum galleries and that make up the West as we know it. Stop …
Red Earth Festival
The 37th annual Red Earth Festival is returning to our regular dates – the First Weekend in June. We invite you to join us June 2-3, 2023, at the spectacular National Cowboy Museum …
Kids Take Over the Cowboy: Desert Life
Grab your binoculars and a lot of water, we’re venturing out in the scorching desert! It is time to learn what kind of plants and animals live amongst the rocks …
“My Story as a Chinese American Artist who Paints Native American Subject Matter” Z.S. Liang, Prix de West Artist
Seminars open to the public with Museum admission.
“The Comeback Kid: Trumpeter Swans in Art and History Their remarkable story and how artists promote wildlife conservation.” Andrew Peters, Prix de West Artist
Seminars open to the public with Museum admission.
“Exploring the Human Condition – Unpredictable” Dean Mitchell, Prix de West Artist
Seminars open to the public with Museum admission.
Artist Talk: Kyle Polzin, 2022 Prix de West Purchase Award Winner
Seminars open to the public with Museum admission
