Carriages and Wagons Western Art Collection

Exhibits

The Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Old West Museum Exhibits offer something for everyone. Carriages and Wagons offers an in-depth look at the settlers modes of  transportation. Our Western Art Collection is one of the most complete in the state.

Come see our new permanent exhibit!

 In an effort to capture this sense of what makes Cheyenne Frontier Days™, the world’s greatest outdoor rodeo, special the Old West Museum is proud to announce the opening of its new permanent exhibit “Cheyenne Frontier Days™: A Legend Walking Tall.”  The new display allows the visitor to explore CFD™ from its early beginnings.  Like any living thing the rodeo has changed and redefined itself as it grew to become the celebration it is today.  Visitors see past events that have come and gone, they see how the contestant in the rodeo evolved from a ranch-hand looking for a good time and a few extra bucks to a professional athlete who makes the rodeo his livelihood.  The visitor also sees how volunteers saved CFD™ from extinction and how celebrities, Indians and the military have given the celebration its special flavor and its prestigious acumen.

Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Hall of Fame

The first class of the Hall of Fame inductees included twenty-five recipients who have had a significant impact upon Cheyenne Frontier Days™ and the community of Cheyenne.

Hall of Fame Membership Information

2002 INDUCTEES:                                                                                                           Dazee Bristol           Margaret Boice        Shawn Davis      Verne Elliott         C. B. Irwin      Arlene Kensinger    Don Kensinger          Larry Mahan     Reba McEntire    E. A. Slack Wilbur Plaugher       Mabel Strickland      T. Joe Cahill      Charlie Daniels    Tad Lucas Marietta Dinneen    Gus Fleischli              Ed McCarty      Chuck Parkison    Ed Storey Jim Shoulders           Princess Blue Water Casey Tibbs      Union Pacific Railroad Steamboat

2003 INDUCTEES:

John Bell                    George Bruegman   Paul Bruegman             Dutch Buckles           Johnny Cash              John Cole                 E. O. Davis                   Quail Dobbs                 Lane Frost                 Turk Greenough      Robert D. Hanesworth Tuff Hedeman       Charlie Hirsig            Hirsig Family           Chris LeDoux               Clark McEntire      Midnight                    Norma Bell Morris  Mel Potter                    Everett Shaw               USAF Thunderbirds  J.D. Vandewark       Harry Vold                    Duane Von Krosigk   Shoat Webster

"Standing Apart Together"

As we live through these uncertain times, it is a source of comfort to know that there are people who we can turn to who will defend our nation, keep it running, maintain our sense of identity and offer aid when they can.  You can frequently identify these people by the uniforms they wear.  Uniforms in all their guises, both military and civilian, have a special place in our society.  They are used not only to distinguish people as being members of a unique group, but they are also a symbol of what binds people together in a common cause.  On February 15^th, the Old West Museum opened a new textile exhibit titled “Standing Apart Together” a display of uniforms from various occupations from the museum’s collection.  On display will be military uniforms from the First and Second World Wars as well as those from the Union Pacific Railroad, the Red Cross and even United Airlines to name a few.  The exhibit will remain up through September 2004 so come see it if you can!