Raise your stein and prost to autumn at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s OktoberWest, where Bavarian celebration meets the Great Plains. Enjoy an evening of live music and games while savoring German specialty foods and beer.
In conjunction with the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association (TCAA), this workshop will focus on creating figures from silver. Learn the ins and outs of creating 2 – 3 inch detailed figures to adorn your larger pieces or stand alone. Students will follow the process of drawing and design to fabrication. Instructor: Beau Compton has worked with …
Join Lindsay Linton Buk, artist of Women in Wyoming: Portraits and Interviews of Women Who Shape the West, for a conversation about her journey and vision to create her project, lessons learned from her 3 plus years on production and pathways forward for women in the West. Buk inspires and motivates others on a large-scale …
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 …
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 …
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 science, technology, engineering, arts, math and citizenship in an immersive hands-on, minds-on environment. Students can: Be sure to visit our temporary exhibitions Black Cowboys: An American …
Take a break from exploring Museum galleries and learn about Jackson Sundown – a famed saddle bronc rider whose name went down in history. Known as the first Native American to win a major rodeo championship, this Nez Perce cowboy inspires The Cowboy’s logo. Stop by the Heritage Table to learn more about Jackson Sundown’s …
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Rodeo Historical Society host the annual Rodeo Hall of Fame Weekend celebrating rodeo legends’ induction into the Rodeo Hall of Fame as well as the Ben Johnson Memorial Award and Tad Lucas Memorial Award recipients.
Join Ronald Davis, curator of the exhibition Black Cowboys, in exploring the use of enslaved labor on ranches and plantations in the U.S. South. He will trace the labor of enslaved herds people from Colonial South Carolina to Texas until the Civil War and their lived experiences. Davis will also share about the closing of …
Celebrate Oklahoma Statehood Day and watch Oklahoma history come to life in a performance by Oklahoma Opry. This program teaches Oklahoma history through music and culture. Follow along with the listening guide to reveal interesting facts about Oklahoma. Museum galleries are open for self-directed tours. Program lasts approximately one hour. Suitable for older elementary through …
