National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is an art museum in Oklahoma City dedicated to the history and culture of the American West. The rooms spread across multiple floors and hold paintings, bronze sculptures, photographs and everyday objects from the frontier era.

Chester A. Reynolds established the institution in 1955 as the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum to preserve the legacy of ranchers and cattle drivers. In 2000 the building received its current name to better reflect the diversity of Western culture.

The name honors both the cowboy heritage and the history of Native peoples, visible in galleries through paintings, sculptures and personal belongings. Visitors see original saddles, clothing and tools that show how people lived and worked in the West.

The hallways are wide and the building has elevators, making all floors accessible. A visit usually takes two to three hours, depending on how much time one spends in the individual galleries.

Prosperity Junction is a complete replica of a Western town around 1900, located entirely indoors. Visitors can walk through streets with wooden houses, a store and a blacksmith shop and imagine what life on the prairie looked like.

Location: Oklahoma City

Inception: 1955

Official opening: 1955

Address: 1700 NE 63rd St.

Phone: +(405)4782250

Website: http://nationalcowboymuseum.org

GPS coordinates: 35.53560,-97.48310

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:24