The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. Focused on the hardships and rough life of taming and living in the western United States, and its effects on people living there. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Resources ArtLex. ... Gallery can refer to several things: Short for Art gallery An element in architecture, a long hallway flanked with walls or rows of columns A horizontal passage in an underground mine A collection of digital photos hosted on websites, often called galleries. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. ... Oklahoma is a South Central state of the United States (with strong Southern, Western, and Midwestern influences) and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... The Western United States, also referred to as the American West or simply The West, traditionally refers to the region constituting the westernmost states of the United States (see geographical terminology section for further discussion of these terms). ... A cowboy (Spanish vaquero) tends cattle and horses on cattle ranches in North and South America. ... Steer roping Rodeo is a traditional folk North American sport with influences from the history of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... An artifact (also artefact) is a term coined by Sir Julian Huxley meaning any object or process resulting from human activity. ...

It 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 named was changed to the "National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum". In 1960 the name was changed aqain to the "National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center." The American Association of Museums gave the museum full accreditation in 2000. The name was changed again to the "National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum" on 16 November 2000. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

A large facility, currently encompassing more than 200,000 square feet of display space, its purpose is to preserve and interpret the heritage of the American West for the enrichment of the public. Among its numerous sections, the operation includes a large collection of over 2,000 works of western art, the "William S. and Ann Atherton Art of the American West Gallery", which includes over 200 works by Charles Marion Russell and Frederic Remington. The gallery also includes over 700 pieces by Edward S. Curtis, and over 350 from Joe DeYong (1894–1975). Additionally there is the "American Cowboy Gallery" depicting the life of the American cowboy from ranch to roundup, to driving the cattle to market; the "American Rodeo Gallery" showing the life of men and women engaged in American rodeo; the "Native American Gallery" showing the lives of the American Indians in the West. There is also a number of other attractions, including the "Weitzenhoffer Gallery of Fine American Firearms", which houses over a hundred examples of firearms, by Colt, Remington, Smith & Wesson, Sharps, Winchester, Marlin, and Parker Brothers, used to tame the West. Resources ArtLex. ... Charles Marion Russell was one of the greatest painters of the American West. ... The Hunters Supper, 1909, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, and sculptor who specialized in depictions of the American West. ... Edward Curtis circa 1889 From left to right are: Elizabeth M. Curtis (1896-1973) aka Beth Curtis; Harold Curtis (1894-?); Clara J. Phillips (1874-1932); and Florence Curtis (1899-?) circa 1905-1909 The North American Indian, 1907 New York Times on April 16, 1911 In the Land of the Head... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Rampant Colt—The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ... Remington Arms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A Modern Smith & Wesson Revolver (Model 629) Smith & Wesson is Americas largest manufacturer of handguns, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... A sharp was a kind of rifle built up by the nations in the Cold War. ... The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American maker of repeating weapons during the late 19th Century and the early 20th Century. ... A Marlin Firearms Company manufactures Marlin Rifles. ...

The Museum includes three Halls of Fame that honors men and women of the American West including, entertainers such as musicians and actors and those involved in the television and Western film genre in its Hall of Great Western Performers. They include from the early days: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Owen Wister, William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Harry Carey, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Rex Allen, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Richard Widmark, James Stewart, Ben Johnson all the way up to Tom Selleck. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Justus D. Barnes, from The Great Train Robbery The Western is one of the classic American literary and film genres. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... Buffalo Bill Cody Buffalo Bill (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was born William Frederick Cody in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire . ... Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 - July 21, 1938) was an American writer of western novels. ... Categories: Actor stubs | 1872 births | 1946 deaths | Cinema actors | American actors ... Thomas E. Mix (January 6, 1880 – October 11, 1940) was an American film actor, the star of many early Western movies. ... Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 - August 23, 1962) was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer. ... Ken Maynard Ken Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. ... Tim McCoy (born April 10, 1891 - died January 29, 1978 ) was an American actor. ... Harry Carey (January 16, 1878–September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent films earliest superstars. ... Dale Evans & Roy Rogers Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), became famous as Roy Rogers, a singer and cowboy actor. ... Gene Autry Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ... Tex Ritter Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor. ... Rex Allen, born December 31, 1920 - died December 17, 1999, was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... Randolph Scott (left) with Cary Grant George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987), generally known as Randolph Scott, was an American film actor whose career spanned the sound era from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. ... Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. ... Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an American film actor. ... There are several individuals by the name of James Stewart. ... Ben Johnson, Jr. ... Selleck at a formal affair, sans his trademark moustache. ...

External link

• National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum website