Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame

The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame is a museum in Fort Worth dedicated to ranching and cowboy history through multiple exhibition spaces. The displays show working equipment, historic photographs, documents, and personal belongings from prominent Texas ranches, organized thematically throughout the building.

The museum opened in 2001 and later relocated from rural Hico to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards district. It operates from restored barns originally built in the early 1900s to house livestock and mules during the cattle trade era.

The museum honors ranchers and cowboys through annual induction ceremonies that celebrate their contributions to Texas life. Visitors encounter personal stories and working objects that reveal how these people shaped the landscape and traditions of the region.

The museum is open most weekdays except Mondays, with hours extending from morning into early evening. Groups can arrange guided tours in advance to learn more details about the collections and ranching heritage on display.

The Sterquell Collection holds more than 60 antique wagons and horse-drawn vehicles from the frontier era in different styles. These carriages reveal the varied transportation methods that ranchers depended on throughout their daily work and long-distance cattle drives.