Curators, staff and docents work hard to keep their great collections ready for the public.
Western Museums Face the Challenge
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Features & Gunfights
An Artist with a Lens —and Eye— for History
Frank A. Rinehart’s American Indian portraits from the Omaha World’s Fair of 1898 are timeless.
Phantom Of The Desert
The Apache Kid is as elusive in death as he was in life.
A Man For All Seasons
Alchesay of the People of the White Mountains (Dził Łigai Si’án N’dee)
Wear It Like a Western Star!
Tack up with one of these great companies and live large like one of your cowboy-movie heroes.
Punch Your Ticket West!
Western heritage railways and railroad museums are open and ready for passengers.
True West Moments
Life on the Western frontier was not easy for anyone, but strong-willed women who settled the West were determined to not just survive, but to thrive.
Battle Tested, Battle Scarred
The 1873 .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield was issued to troopers just before the Battle of Little Bighorn, and its success and failure that fateful June day in 1876 is still highly debated.
When Whiskey Ruled The West
From Lewis and Clark until Prohibition, the golden elixir was as good as gold.
Satin, Lace and Cherry Pie
The true story of how a small-town Texas girl became legendary madam, Big Bertha.
Locked and Loaded!
Pearl Hart and a posse of sharpshooting Western women shaped the West from the barroom to the courthouse.
Homesteaders, Heroines and Hell-Raisers
It was a century ago that American women were granted suffrage, but they had been proving their equality in the settlement of the West long before.