With spring comes the excitement of celebrities, writers, Western musicians, directors, producers, actors and photographers who travel to Oklahoma City to accept the prestigious “Wrangler Award” at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s annual Western Heritage Awards.
This year’s award banquet will be at 5 p.m. today in the Sam Noble Special Events Center. Actor/director Lou Diamond Phillips and Wyatt McCrea, grandson of the late actor Joel McCrea, will co-host the gala. Celebrity presenters include Lynn Anderson, Bruce Boxleitner, …
Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning slave saga “Django Unchained,” Ken Burn’s documentary about “The Dust Bowl” and Kevin Costner’s miniseries about the feuding “Hatfields and McCoys” are among the winners of this year’s Wrangler Awards.
America’s premier Western museum, the Oklahoma City-based National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, marked today its 52nd anniversary with the announcement of the Western Heritage Award winners in literature, music, film and …
Due to wintry weather and road closings into the Oklahoma City metro area, the the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has canceled tonight’s (Thursday’s) opening reception for the exhibition “An Enduring Legacy: Photos of the Otoe-Missouria People,” the venue announced today in an email.
The exhibit is scheduled to be on view Friday-May 12 at the museum, 1700 NE 63. It is free with museum admission.
The small exhibition features historical photographs from the Otoe-Missouria tribe, now headquartered in Red Rock, OK. …
A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Michael Martin Murphey bringing Cowboy Christmas Ball back to Oklahoma City For the 18th year, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/musician is recreating the western yuletide tradition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
For the 18th year, Michael Martin Murphey is bringing a yuletide cowboy tradition to “the cowboy capital of our country.”
“I know that Texans would like to claim it — and I’m a Texas, so I’m …
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has on view a new special exhibit, “National Geographic’s Greatest Photographs of the American West,” a collection of Western images gathered by National Geographic over a span of some 125 years. The exhibit opened in 10 museums across the U.S. on Oct. 27. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
Today’s featured event:
See the special exhibition “National Geographic’s Greatest Photographs of the American West,” on view through Jan. 6 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63.
Lance Loury, 8, of Lincoln, Neb. practices roping during National Day of the American Cowboy at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum on Saturday, July 23, 2011. Photo by Zach Gray, The Oklahoman Archives
Celebration of the National Day of the American Cowboy would not be complete without special activities at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The museum joins venues across the country in hosting a special event to honor the iconic American Cowboy from 9 a.m. …
Country Music Hall of Famer, superstar entertainer and Oklahoma native Reba McEntire returned to her home state Thursday to receive the Annie Oakley Society Award at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
“Any time that I can be associated with the name Annie Oakley or anything to do with Annie Oakley, I am very honored and pleased,” Reba said.
Named for the famed sharpshooter and entertainer, the 2-year-old Annie Oakley Society celebrates women who demonstrate leadership and the entrepreneurial spirit of the …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, right, presents Country Music Hall of Famer and Oklahoma native Reba McEntire with the Annie Oakley Society Award Thursday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Looking on his former Oklahoma first lady Cathy Keating, one of the society's co-founders. Photo provided by www.ownbeyphotography.com
