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The museums of the Western United States are some of the country's premier cultural and artistic locations for remembering, learning and discovering the old west. Besides the old west's history and cultture, the museums include some the best examples of the world's people, artists, culture, and heritage.

Find the perfect collection of the wild west experience. Western paintings, archeological and marine exhibits, indian culture, wild west artifacts and more -- America's museums of the west help preserve the spirit of the past.
The New West Mall is constantly updating the museums on this site -- Sheriff Dan will be adding more museum links on a regular basis. If you wish to provide a favorite museum link, and/or corrections, please contact us at: newwestmall@newwestmall.com

Museums

ALASKA
  Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum - Anchorage
  Alaska Museum of Natural History - Anchorage
  Alaska Native Heritage Center - Anchorage
  Anchorage Museum - Anchorage
  The Imaginarium - Anchorage
  Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and Museum - Bethel
  Cordova Museum - Cordova
  Eagle Historical Society & Museums - Eagle
  Pioneer Air Museum - Fairbanks
  Pioneer Museum - Fairbanks
  University of Alaska Museum of the North - Fairbanks
  The Hammer Museum - Haines
  Sheldon Museum - Haines
  Pratt Museum - Homer
  Alaska State Museum - Juneau

  Juneau-Douglas City Museum - Juneau
  Tongass Historical Museum - Ketchikan
  Alutiiq Museum - Kodiak
  Baranov Museum - Kodiak
  Kodiak Maritime Museum - Kodiak
  Kodiak Military History Museum - Kodiak
  Colony House Museum - Palmer
  Chugach Museum - Seward
  Sitka Historical Society and Museum - Sitka
  Trapper Creek Museum - Trapper Creek
  Museum of the Aleutians - Unalaska
  Valdez Museum - Valdez
  Dorothy Page Museum - Wasilla
  Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry - Wasilla
  Wrangell Museum - Wrangell

ARIZONA
  Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum - Bisbee
  Museum of Northern Arizona - Flagstaff
  The Bead Museum - Glendale
  Butterfly Lodge Museum - Greer
  Mohave Museum of History and Arts - Kingman
  Mesa Historical Museum - Mesa

  Hall of Flame Fire Museum - Phoenix
  Phoenix Museum of History - Phoenix
  Phoenix Police Museum - Phoenix
  Smoki Museum - Prescott
  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Tucson
  International Wildlife Museum - Tucson

CALIFORNIA
  Humboldt State University Natural History Museum - Arcata
  Bakersfield Museum of Art - Bakersfield
  Kern County Museum - Bakersfield
  Benicia Historical Museum - Benicia
  Habitot Children's Museum - Berkeley
  Big Bear Valley Museum - Big Bear City
  Bolinas Museum - Bolinas
  Leonis Adobe Museum - Calabasas
  Sharpsteen Museum - Calistoga
  Capitola Historical Museum - Capitola
  Carpinteria Valley Museum of History - Carpinteria
  Homestead Museum - City of Industry
  Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology - Claremont
  Coronado Historical Association - Coronado
  Blackhawk Museum - Danville
  UC Davis Design Museum - Davis
  Cabot's Pueblo Museum - Desert Hot Springs
  Escondido Children's Museum - Escondido
  Healdsburg Museum - Healdsburg
  Tahoe Maritime Museum - Homewood
  Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla
  Laguna Art Museum - Laguna
  Lomita Railroad Museum - Lomita
  Long Beach Museum of Art - Long Beach
  Museum of Latin American Art - Long Beach
  Los Altos History Museum - Los Altos
  California African-American Museum - Los Angeles
  Chinese American Museum - Los Angeles
  Fowler Museum at UCLA - Los Angeles
  Hammer Museum - Los Angeles
  Heritage Square Museum - Los Angeles
  Hollywood Entertainment Museum - Los Angeles
  J. Paul Getty Museum - Los Angeles
   Japanese American National Museum - Los Angeles
  Korean American Museum - Los Angeles
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Los Angeles
  Museum of California Design - Los Angeles
  Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles
  Museum of Tolerance - Los Angeles
  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Los Angeles
  Petersen Automotive Museum - Los Angeles
  Southwest Museum of the American Indian - Los Angeles
  Wildling Art Museum - Los Olivos
  March Field Air Museum - March Air Reserve Base, Riverside
  Merced County Courthouse Museum - Merced
  Monterey Museum of Art - Monterey
  Stagecoach Inn Museum - Newbury Park
  William S. Hart Ranch and Museum - Newhall
  Newport Harbor Nautical Museum - Newport Beach
  Orange County Museum of Art - Newport Beach
  Sierra Mono Museum - North Fork
  Oakdale Cowboy Museum - Oakdale
  California Surf Museum - Oceanside
  Carnegie Art Museum - Oxnard
  The Stowitts Museum & Library - Pacific Grove
  Palm Springs Art Museum - Palm Springs
  Museum of American Heritage - Palo Alto
  Petaluma Museum - Petaluma
  Plumas County Museum - Quincy
  San Bernardino County Museum - Redlands
  Maturango Museum - Ridgecrest
  U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology - Ridgecrest
  Mission Inn Museum - Riverside
  The California State Military Museum - Sacramento
  California State Railroad Museum - Sacramento
  Maritime Museum of San Diego - San Diego

  Mingei International Museum - San Diego
  Museum of Photographic Arts - San Diego
  San Diego Museum of Art - San Diego
  San Diego Museum of Man - San Diego
  San Diego Natural History Museum - San Diego
  Cartoon Art Museum - San Francisco
  Randall Museum - San Francisco
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco
  San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles - San Jose
  The Tech Museum of Innovation - San Jose
  Fort MacArthur Museum - San Pedro
  Marin History Museum - San Rafael
  Bowers Museum - Santa Ana
  Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Santa Barbara
  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - Santa Barbara
  de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University - Santa Clara
  Triton Museum of Art - Santa Clara
  Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History - Santa Cruz
  Santa Maria Museum Of Flight - Santa Maria
  Santa Monica Museum of Art - Santa Monica
  Aviation Museum of Santa Paula - Santa Paula
  California Oil Museum - Santa Paula
  Charles M. Schulz Museum - Santa Rosa
  Elverhøj Museum - Solvang
  Western Railway Museum - Suisun City
  Grace Hudson Museum - Ukiah
  Vacaville Museum - Vacaville
  Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum - Vallejo
  Lindsay Wildlife Museum - Walnut Creek
  Whittier Museum - Whittier
  Napa Valley Museum - Yountville
  Siskiyou County Museum - Yreka
  Community Memorial Museum - Yuba City

COLORADO
  Boulder History Museum - Boulder
  University of Colorado Museum of Natural History - Boulder
  Museum of Colorado Prisons - Caņon City
  Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum - Colorado Springs
  Western Museum of Mining & Industry - Colorado Springs
  Museum of Northwest Colorado - Craig
  Black American West Museum - Denver
  Denver Art Museum - Denver
  Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Denver
  Forney Transportation Museum - Denver
  Kirkland Museum - Denver
  Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum - Denver
  Estes Park Museum - Estes Park
  Fort Collins Museum - Fort Collins

  Fort Morgan Museum - Fort Morgan
  Georgetown Energy Museum - Georgetown
  Hotel de Paris Museum - Georgetown
  Astor House Museum - Golden
  Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave - Golden
  Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden
  Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum - Golden
  Museum of the West - Grand Junction
  Greeley History Museum - Greeley
  Southern Ute Museum - Ignacio
  Koshare Indian Museum - La Junta
  Longmont Museum - Longmont
  Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum - Pueblo
  Telluride Historical Museum - Telluride

IDAHO
  Basque Museum & Cultural Center - Boise
  Boise Art Museum - Boise
  Idaho Black History Museum - Boise
  Idaho Military History Museum - Boise
  Idaho State Historical Museum - Boise
  Lewis County Historical Society Museum - Chehalis
  The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude - Cottonwood

  Gem County Museum - Emmett
  Blaine County Historical Museum - Hailey
  Museum of Idaho - Idaho Falls
  Appaloosa Museum - Moscow
  Warhawk Air Museum - Nampa
  Clearwater Historical Museum - Orofino
  Idaho Museum of Natural History - Pocatello
  Jefferson County Pioneer Museum - Rigby

KANSAS
  Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum - Abilene
  Pioneer-Krier Museum - Ashland
  Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum - Atchison
  Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum - Chanute
  Prairie Museum of Art and History - Colby
  Boot Hill Museum - Dodge City
  Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum - Ellis
  Johnston Geology Museum - Emporia
  High Plains Museum - Goodland
  Ellis County Historical Society Museum - Hays
  Sternberg Museum - Hays
  The Mennonite Settlement Museum - Hillsboro
  Roebke Memorial Museum - Holton
  Kansas Underground Salt Museum - Hutchinson
  Independence Historical Museum - Independence
  Stanton County Museum - Johnson
  Kansas Barbed Wire Museum - LaCrosse
  Central States Scout Museum - Larned
  Watkins Community Museum of History - Lawrence

  University of Kansas Natural History Museum - Lawrence
  C.W. Parker Carousel Museum - Leavenworth
  First City Museum - Leavenworth
  Museum of the Great Plains - Leoti
  McPherson County Old Mill Museum - Lindsborg
  The Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum - Logan
  Mulvane Historical Museum - Mulvane
  Norman No. 1 Oil Well and Museum - Neodesha
  Kauffman Museum - North Newton
  Central Kansas Flywheels Yesteryear Museum - Salina
  Smoky Hill Museum - Salina
  Emmett Kelly Museum - Sedan
  Frank Walker Museum - Stockton
  Combat Air Museum - Topeka
  Kansas Museum of History - Topeka
  Mulvane Art Museum - Topeka
  Wamego Museum - Wamego
  Kansas Firefighters Museum - Wichita
  Wichita Art Museum - Wichita

MONTANA
  O'Fallon Historical Museum - Baker
  Peter Yegen, Jr. Yellowstone County Museum - Billings
  Yellowstone Art Museum - Billings
  American Computer Museum - Bozeman

  Museum of the Rockies - Bozeman
  Pioneer Museum - Bozeman
  World Museum of Mining - Butte
  Miracle of America Museum - Polson

NEBRASKA
  Strategic Air and Space Museum - Ashland
  Plainsman Museum - Aurora
  Gage County Museum - Beatrice
  Museum of the Fur Trade - Chadron
  Platte County Historical Museum - Columbus
  Trailside Museum of Natural History - Crawford
  Washington County Museum - Fort Calhoun
  Farm And Ranch Museum - Gering
  Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer - Grand Island
  Children's Museum of Central Nebraska - Hastings
  Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural History - Hastings
  Nebraska Prairie Museum - Holdrege
  Mueseum of Nebraska Art - Kearney

  Dawson County Historical Museum - Lexington
  Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles - Lexington
  Larsen Tractor Museum - Lincoln
  Lincoln Children's Museum - Lincoln
  Nebraska History Museum - Lincoln
  National Museum of Roller Skating - Lincoln
  Sheldon Museum of Art - Lincoln
  Elkhorn Valley Museum - Norfolk
  El Museo Latino - Omaha
  Joslyn Art Museum - Omaha
  Omaha Children's Museum - Omaha
  Pawnee City Historical Society and Museum - Pawnee City
  Pierce Historical Society Museum - Pierce

NEVADA
  Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum - Boulder City
  Nevada State Railroad Museum - Carson City
  Northeastern Nevada Museum - Elko
  Churchill County Museum - Fallon
  Carson Valley Museum - Gardnerville

  Lied Discovery Children's Museum - Las Vegas
  Lost City Museum of Archaeology - Overton
  National Automobile Museum - Reno
  Nevada Museum of Art - Reno
  W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum - Reno
  Central Nevada Museum - Tonopah

NEW MEXICO
  Albuquerque Museum of Art and History - Albuquerque
  Maxwell Museum of Anthropology - Albuquerque
  New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science - Albuquerque
  San Felipe de Neri Museum - Albuquerque
  The Food Museum - Albuquerque
  The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History - Albuquerque
  University of New Mexico Art Museum - Albuquerque
  Wheels Transportation Museum - Albuquerque
  Cleveland Roller Mill Museum - Cleveland
  Farmington Museum - Farmington
  New Mexico State University Museum - Las Cruces
  Blackwater Draw Museum - Portales
  Roswell Museum - Roswell

  Tinkertown Museum - Sandia Park
  Georgia O'Keeffe Museum - Santa Fe
  Museum of Indian Arts & Culture - Santa Fe
  Museum of International Folk Art - Santa Fe
  Museum of New Mexico - Santa Fe
  Museum of Spanish Colonial Art - Santa Fe
  Poeh Museum - Santa Fe
  Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Santa Fe
  War Eagles Air Museum - Santa Teresa
  Silver City Museum - Silver City
  Harwood Museum - Taos
  Millicent Rogers Museum - Taos
  Taos Historic Museums - Taos

NORTH DAKOTA

  Dakota Dinosaur Museum - Dickinson
  Plains Art Museum - Fargo
  North Dakota Museum of Art - Grand Forks


OKLAHOMA
  Southern Plains Indian Museum - Anadarko
  Arkansas River Historical Society Museum - Catoosa
  J.M.Davis Arms and Historical Museum - Claremore
  Will Rogers Memorial Museum - Claremore
  Oklahoma Route 66 Museum - Clinton
  Fort Sill Museum - Fort Sill
  Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum - Gene Autry
  Museum of the Red River - Idabel
  Dobson Museum - Miami
  Five Civilized Tribes Museum - Muskogee
  Timberlake Rose Rock Museum - Noble
  Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History - Norman
  Harn Homestead Museum - Oklahoma City
  National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum - Oklahoma City

  Science Museum - Oklahoma City
  Oologah Historical Museum - Oologah
  Shortgrass Country Museum - Sayre
  Jasmine Moran Children's Museum - Seminole
  Shattuck Windmill Museum - Shattuck
  Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art - Shawnee
  Skiatook Museum - Skiatook
  National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum - Stillwater
  Sheerar Museum - Stillwater
  Washington Irving Trail Museum - Stillwater
  Gilcrease Museum - Tulsa
  Philbrook Museum of Art - Tulsa
  The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art - Tulsa
  Willis Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys - Tulsa
  Chisholm Trail Historical Museum - Waurika

OREGON
  Schneider Museum of Art - Ashland
  Columbia River Maritime Museum - Astoria
  Old Aurora Colony Museum - Aurora
  Oregon Trail Regional Museum - Baker City
  Bandon Historical Society Museum - Bandon
  Pacific Northwest Truck Museum - Brooks
  Linn County Historical Museum - Brownsville
  Oregon Military Museum - Clackamas
  Coos Art Museum - Coos Bay
  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - Eugene
  Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Eugene
  Grants Pass Museum of Art - Grants Pass
  Eastern Oregon Museum - Haines
  Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals - Hillsboro
  International Museum of Carousel Art - Hood River
  Heritage Museum - Independence

  Frazier Farmstead Museum - Milton-Freewater
  Jensen Arctic Museum - Monmouth
  Sherman County Historical Museum - Moro
  Coos Historical & Maritime Museum - North Bend
  Benton County Historical Society & Museum - Philomath
  Oregon Jewish Museum - Portland
  Oregon Museum of Science and Industry - Portland
  Portland Art Museum - Portland
  Washington County Museum - Portland
  World Forestry Center Discovery Museum - Portland
  A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum - Prineville
  Douglas County Museum of Natural & Cultural History - Roseburg
  Newell House Museum - St. Paul
  Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin Museum - St. Paul
  Seaside Museum - Seaside
  Sumpter Municipal Museum - Sumpter
  Tillamook County Pioneer Museum - Tillamook

SOUTH DAKOTA
  South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum - Brookings
  South Dakota Art Museum - Brookings
  Adams Museum - Deadwood

  Black Hills Mining Museum - Lead
  International Vinegar Museum - Roslyn
  National Music Museum - Vermillion
  Wounded Knee: The Museum - Wall

TEXAS
  The Grace Museum - Abilene
  Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo
  Blanton Museum of Art - Austin
  Texas Memorial Museum - Austin
  Texas Military Forces Museum - Austin
  Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum - Austin
  Art Museum of Southeast Texas - Beaumont
  Crow Collection of Asian Art - Dallas
  Dallas Museum of Art - Dallas
  Meadows Museum - Dallas
  Museum of Nature and Science - Dallas
  Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza - Dallas
  Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum - Denton
  Insights El Paso Science Museum - El Paso
  Amon Carter Museum - Fort Worth
  Kimbell Art Museum - Fort Worth
  Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - Fort Worth
  Sid Richardson Museum - Fort Worth
  Vintage Flying Museum - Fort Worth
  Pioneer Museum - Fredericksburg
  Texas Seaport Museum - Galveston

  Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum - Galveston Island
  Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - Houston
  Houston Maritime Museum - Houston
  Houston Museum of Natural Science - Houston
  Rice University Art Gallery - Houston
  The Menil Collection - Houston
  The Museum of Fine Arts - Houston
  The Health Museum - Houston
  The Museum of Printing History - Houston
  Hopps Museum - Keene
  Longview Museum of Fine Arts - Longview
  Museum of Texas Tech University - Lubbock
  Heard Natural Science Museum - McKinney
  Museum of the Gulf Coast - Port Arthur
  Fort Bend Museum - Richmond
  San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts - San Angelo
  Magic Lantern Castle Museum - San Antonio
  McNay Art Museum - San Antonio
  Wooden Nickel Historical Museum - San Antonio
  Dr Pepper Museum - Waco
  Star of the Republic Museum - Washington
  Kell House Museum - Wichita Falls

UTAH
  Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery - Cedar City
  Topaz Museum - Delta
  The Kimball Art Center - Park City
  The College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum - Price

  Discovery Gateway - Salt Lake City
  Church History Museum - Salt Lake City
  Utah Museum of Fine Arts - Salt Lake City
  Springville Museum of Art - Springville
  Syracuse Museum - Syracuse

WASHINGTON
  Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art - Bellevue
  Bellingham Railway Museum - Bellingham
  Whatcom Museum of History and Art - Bellingham
  Pioneer Farm Museum - Eatonville
  Snohomish County Museum - Everett
  Maryhill Museum of Art - Goldendale
  East Benton County Historical Museum - Kennewick
  World Kite Museum - Long Beach
  Washington State Railroads Historical Society Museum - Pasco
  Jefferson County Historical Society Museum - Port Townsend
  B Reactor Museum - Richland
  Three Rivers Children's Museum - Richland
  The Whale Museum - Friday Harbor, San Juan Island

  Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture - Seattle
  Frye Art Museum - Seattle
  Museum of History & Industry - Seattle
  Nordic Heritage Museum - Seattle
  Seattle Art Museum - Seattle
  The Children's Museum - Seattle
  The Museum of Flight - Seattle
  Wing Luke Asian Museum - Seattle
  Museum of Glass - Tacoma
  The Northern Pacific Railway Museum - Toppenish
  Fort Walla Walla Museum - Walla Walla
  Kirkman House Museum - Walla Walla
  Westport Maritime Museum - Westport
  Yakima Valley Museum - Yakima

WYOMING
  Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum - Buffalo
  Nicolaysen Art Museum - Casper
  Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum - Cheyenne
  The Nelson Museum of the West - Cheyenne

  Wyoming State Museum - Cheyenne
  Sweetwater County Historical Museum - Green River
  National Museum of Wildlife Art - Jackson Hole
  Fossil Country Frontier Museum - Kemmerer
  Museum of the Mountain Man - Pinedale

Museums


The museums of the Western United States are some of the country's premier cultural and artistic locations for remembering, learning and discovering the old west. Besides the old west's history and cultture, the museums include some the best examples of the world's people, artists, culture, and heritage.

Find the perfect collection of the wild west experience. Western paintings, archeological and marine exhibits, indian culture, wild west artifacts and more -- America's museums of the west help preserve the spirit of the past.