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Heritage Table: Autism Awareness Month
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 …
Heritage Table: Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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 …
Heritage Table: Jewish American Heritage Month
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 …
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Indigenous Foodways
Indigenous Foodways
Join Native American Chef Sonny Fields (Pawnee) as he discusses the importance of traditional foodways in indigenous cultures and demonstrates how to make a special dish. After the presentation, enjoy samples to supplement your sack lunch. The program begins at 10:30 a.m. and is approximately one hour. Bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the …
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Homeschool Day
Homeschool Day
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 outLAWman, You Have …
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Kids Take Over the Cowboy: ARToons
Kids Take Over the Cowboy: ARToons
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 …
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Mother’s Day Card Decorating Presented by the Annie Oakley Society
Mother’s Day Card Decorating Presented by the Annie Oakley Society
Kids and their families are invited to create a special Mother's Day card to take home to Mom! Available all-day May 6 and12-2 p.m. on May 7 while supplies last.
