National Cowboy Museum News

See Native American Basket Weaving Feb. 10

Native American Art Demonstration
February 10, 2012
10:30 a.m. – Noon and 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

The Museum offers Native American art demonstrations in conjunction with the exhibitions “Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery” and “The Sun and His Wife.”

Today’s guest artist is basket weaver Sue Fish (Chickasaw/Choctaw).

Free with Museum admission

Make Reservations for An Evening with Baxter Black Feb. 24

Described as “probably the nation’s most successful living poet” by the New York Times, this former veterinarian turned storyteller will bring his own unique sense of humor of everyday cowboy life to the Sam Noble Special Events Center for a can’t miss performance.

Come spend an evening at the Cowboy Museum filled with wholesome entertainment for the whole family. Show-only tickets and buffet dinner/show packages available. Reservations required for buffet packages and seating is limited.

Make reservations online, (405) 478-2250, Ext. 219.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day At The Cowboy

The National Cowboy Museum’s Dining on Persimmon Hill restaurant invites guests to enjoy a buffet dinner and dancing in the lovely Sam Noble Special Events Center. The Museum galleries will be open for viewing and champagne and wine will be available for purchase. Reservations are required (405) 478-2250, Ext. 281. Cost is $44.98 per person.

Menu:

Crunchy Romaine Salad

Cauliflower Cashew Salad

Broccoli Salad

Marinated Vegetable Salad

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Beef Wellington

Tender Marinated Roast Beef

Roasted Chicken Breast w/Cherries & Black Pepper Glaze

Pork Loin w/Pomegranate Jalapeno

Lasagna Spinach Rollups

Smashed Yukon Gold Potatoes

Wild Rice w/Craisens & Almonds

Roasted Vegetables

Fresh Steamed Green Beans

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

Red Velvet Cake Bites

Chocolate Truffles

Bread Pudding

Chocolate Martini Dessert

Cheese Cake w/Fruit Salsa

Orange Italian Cream Cake

Visit New Native American Art Exhibit

From the Museum’s Arthur and Shifra Silberman Collection, The Sun and His Wife, this exhibition depicts the ceremonial and domestic life of Southwest Indians as seen in their art. Approximately 50 works represent artists of Navajo, San Ildefonso, Hopi, Cochiti, Taos, Zuni and more. It a wonderful complement to the Pueblo to Pueblo: the Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery.

Don’t miss this exhibition that will be on display from January 28, 2012 – May 13, 2012. General admission will apply. For group tour rates call (405) 478-2250, Ext. 241.

See Traveling Exhibition of Southwest Pottery

The Museum is the first stop for the traveling exhibition, Pueblo to Pueblo: the Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery, from the rich collections of The Kansas City Museum & Union Station Kansas City Inc. Pueblo pottery of the Southwest is one of the most beautiful and enduring artistic traditions in all of Native North America, and this exhibit features 74 pottery vessels illustrating the remarkable variety of pottery created from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries.

This one of a kind exhibition will be on display from January 28, 2012 – April 8, 2012. General admission will apply. For group tour rates call (405) 478-2250, Ext. 241.

New Exhibition Features Will James Collection

The National Cowboy Museum opened a new exhibit on December 9, 2011 that will be available for viewing until October 14, 2012 that is dedicated to the collected works of Will James.

Will James’ tales and drawings of cowboy life have delighted generations of readers for decades. This traveling collection, owned and curated by Abe Hays, explores the works that exposed readers to the everyday world of the working cowboy and how James positively-influenced the American perception of the West in the early 20th century.

Museum Honored as State's Top Nonprofit

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
was honored as Oklahoma’s Top Nonprofit
by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits
April 2, 2011
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Museum is appreciative of the $10,000 monetary award as the Overall Winnner.
We also received two commemorative vases, including one as the category winner for Arts & Humanities
The National Cowboy Museum was among 70 nominations with 27 finalists

Find out how you can get involved with Oklahoma’s Top Nonprofit! Become a member today

Podcast Features French Saddlemaker

Enjoy Museum Podcasts Presented by Persimmon Hill Magazine

Have you watched and listened to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum free podcasts? Presented by the Museum’s quarterly magazine Persimmon Hill, these features explore the people and events that keep our Western Heritage alive. From celebrity interviews to features focusing on the cowboy life, the National Cowboy Museum podcasts keep listeners and viewers up to date on what is going on at the Museum and around the West.

The January podcast is an interview with French saddlemaker Jean Luc Parisot. He visited the Museum in September 2010 to instruct a class on leather case making. Past interviews feature actor Tom Selleck, Oklahoma cowboy Jet McCoy, chuck wagon cooks Sue Cunningham and Jean Shepherd Cates, and artist Herb Mignery.

Listen to a single podcast or click on the free subscription option available through iTunes. Subscribers are notified when the next podcast is posted in this ongoing series. Additions are expected nearly monthly throughout 2011.

To get started, simply click on the headphones icon on the lower right corner of the Museum’s homepage to view the complete library.

New Native American Art Exhibit Opens October 1

New Photography Exhibit Opens in Old West Town, July 23

July 23, 2010 – January 10, 2011

Flying High and Crash Landing: Bull Wrecks in Rodeo

Images in Osborn Studio from the Museum’s Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center

Sure audiences love to see cowboys ride bulls for the required eight seconds, but they also get a thrill out of watching wild and crazy wrecks. Featuring the photography of Ralph R. Doubleday, Devere Helfrich and Bern Gregory, this exhibit focuses on rides and wrecks in photos circa 1913-1971.