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Exterior cascade exhibit at Autry Museum. The Autry Museum of the American West (Autry National Center) is a museum in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to exploring an inclusive history of the American West. Founded in 1988, the museum presents a wide range of exhibitions and public programs, including lectures, film, theater, festivals ...
The museum was established in 1955 as the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum, from an idea proposed by Chester A. Reynolds, to honor the cowboy and his era. Later that same year, the name was changed to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum. In 1960, the name was changed again to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center.
The Black American West Museum and Heritage Center, located in Denver, Colorado, is a museum dedicated to telling the story of African American men and women who helped to settle and develop the American West, [1] including Black cowboys. It was founded by Paul Stewart and is located in the former home of Justina Ford, the first licensed ...
Crater Lake, Oregon. The deepest lake in the nation (and in the top 10-deepest on Earth) isn’t near any large cities, but tourists still flock there for the intensity and clarity of its blue waters.
3. Bandera, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cowboy Capital of the World," this Wild West town in southern Texas was a staging ground for the last cattle drives of the 1800s. The town's cowboy roots are very ...
The American Heritage Center is the University of Wyoming's repository of manuscripts, rare books, and the university archives. [1] [2] Its collections focus on Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain West (including politics, settlement, Native Americans, and Western trails) [3] and a select handful of national topics: environment and conservation, the mining and petroleum industries, air and rail ...
Several Western artists see the history of the West as a huge part of their work. Authenticity to the current state of western culture matters a lot to Montana sculptor Scott Hayes. “ (I) tell a ...
Grand. Natural history. Visitor center exhibits about the geology, prehistory and natural history of the park. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Provo. Utah. Natural history. Part of Brigham Young University, dioramas and displays of animals, birds, butterflies, shells. Bear River City DUP Museum.