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Top 10 Western Museums of 2011 - 9. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Looking back at the best Western history and art exhibits in 2010; plus, fan favorites from our Facebook friends.
- Written by Johnny D. Boggs
- Published August 29, 2011
- Top 10 Western Museums of 2011
- 1. Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave (Golden, Colorado)
- 2. Western Heritage Center (Billings, Montana)
- 3. The Autry in Griffith Park (Los Angeles, California)
- 4. National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (Leadville, Colorado)
- 5. John Brown Museum State Historic Site (Osawatomie, Kansas)
- 6. Van of Enchantment Statewide (based in Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- 7. Draper Museum of Nat’l History (Cody, Wyoming)
- 8. Pueblo Grande Museum (Phoenix, Arizona)
- 9. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
- 10. Clark County Museum (Henderson, Nevada)
- HONORABLE MENTIONS
- 3 MUSEUMS TO WATCH IN 2011
- Art Museums of the Year
- 3 ART MUSEUMS TO WATCH IN 2011
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9. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Here’s a place that has it all: cowboys (rodeo, working, historic), Indians, art, firearms. You name it, and it’s here, including Prix de West, one of the most prestigious contemporary art shows in the West. The museum has always honored Western music, so last year, music historian Don Cusic curated “The Guitar: Art, Artists and Artisans,” which chronicled the instrument as a work of art, from a circa 1845 C.F. Martin to guitars played by Eddy Arnold and Marty Robbins.
