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The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City is America’s premier institution of Western history, art and culture.
Through its three Halls of Fame, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum honors and memorializes the men and women who have through their exemplary lives, careers, and achievements embodied and perpetuated the heritage of the American West.
Rodeo Historical Society (RHS) awards the Hall of Fame awards, which are determined through voting by the society membership. The museum includes three halls of fame, including the Hall of Great Westerners for actual people who lived through the frontier era to present.
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum hosts several temporary and traveling exhibitions throughout the year. The Museum’s exhibitions strive to preserve and interpret the evolving history and cultures of the American West.
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy educates the public about rodeo, its history and impact on Western American culture, and provides recognition to rodeo notables of the past and present and serves as an inspiration for the future.
Sep 12, 2022 · Just a few of the nearly 30 bronze busts are on display now, but tucked in the boardroom, not where most people can see them — those prominent cattlemen and others who started what was first known as the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in the 1950s.
Founded in 1955, the Museum, located in Oklahoma City, collects, preserves and exhibits an internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring dynamic educational programs to stimulate interest in the enduring legacy of the American West.
