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Cover: Northeast renewal

Project map key 1. A tentative concept for 134 acres at NE 50th Street and N. Lincoln Boulevard envisions a hotel, residences, office, retail, parks and trail. Officials are currently seeking developers to contract projects throughout the property. 2. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is currently building Liichokoshkomo’ – a multimillion dollar educational expansion. […]

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Sculpting history

Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition through Sunday National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 This year is shaping up to be one of the most memorable years for prolific Norman-based sculptor Paul Moore. Not only is his massive, 45-piece Oklahoma Centennial Land Run Monument set to complete installation […]

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Cover: Home and abroad

Inspiration for the art included in National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s latest exhibit comes from every direction. Passport opens Friday and will remain on view through March 2020 at the museum, 1700 NE 63rd St. “The thing that will surprise people or maybe capture their attention is just the variety on display in Passport,” […]

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Bison rising

Ancient. Massive. Wild. — The Bison Exhibit through May 12 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Ancient. Massive. Wild. — The Bison Exhibit tells the story of the bison in a 7,000 square-foot exhibit that chronicles both the animal’s near-extinction and its […]

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Western front

Cowboys in Khaki: Westerners in the Great War through May 12, 2019 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 Before he was killed in action in Northern France on July 4, 1916, American poet Alan Seeger wrote:           Drink sometimes, you whose footsteps yet may […]

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Cowboy craftsmen

Cowboy Crossings through Jan. 6, 2019 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is hosting the 53rd annual Cowboy Crossings exhibition, an art show that captures the imagery and sentiment of the Old West while expressing its resilience as a rich piece […]

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20th-century treasure

American Indian Artists: 20th Century Masters 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 1, 2018-May 12, 2019 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 Sept. 1, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum opens one of its most meaningful and illustrious exhibitions to date. American Indian Artists: 20th Century […]

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Evolving West

Prix de West 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 1700 NE 63rd St. pdw.nationalcowboymuseum.org 405-478-2250 Free-$12.50 The “prix” in Prix de West is French for “price,” but Susan Patterson, curator of special exhibits at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, doesn’t want people to see the annual art exhibition and sale […]

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