The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum is America’s premier institution of Western history, art, and culture. It was founded in 1961 and 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 the American West. You can learn more about the museum by browsing the categories located at the top of the homepage. These categories are: Home, Information, Events, Collections, Education, Involvement, Research Center, and Store. The museum commands a rare view of the American West. In half century it has grown from a Hall of Fame honoring the Cowboy to a world-class institution housing extraordinary collections of art, artifacts and archival materials. Although western fine art has long been its primary focus, the museum today collects a broad array of material that reflects the variety of peoples, cultures, and historical currents found in the West.