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The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is America\u2019s premier institution of Western history, art and culture. Founded in 1955, the museum in Oklahoma City collects, preserves and exhibits an internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring dynamic educational programs and ground-breaking scholarly research to stimulate interest in the enduring legacy of our American West. More than 10 million visitors from around the world have sought out this unique museum to gain better understanding of the West: a region and a history that permeates our national culture.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum features a superb collection of classic and contemporary western art, including works by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, as well as sculptor James Earle Fraser\u2019s magnificent work, The End of the Trail. The exhibition wing houses a turn-of-the-century town and interactive history galleries that focus on the American cowboy, rodeos, Native American culture, Victorian firearms, frontier military and western performers. Outside, beautifully landscaped gardens flank the Children\u2019s Cowboy Corral, and interactive children\u2019s space.<\/p>\n

From fine art, pop culture and firearms to Native American objects, historical cowboy gear, shopping and dining, the Museum tells America\u2019s story as it unfolds across the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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