The Nelson Museum of the West exhibits the broad spectrum of western culture throughout its human history, covering cowboys, Native Americans, and the United States Military. Including a 4,000 book library, the museum has over 14,000 items in its important collection. There are displays of art by the Pueblo and Plains Indians, utilitarian objects of coastal Indians and Inuit, fine art by the west’s most famous artists, and a Mexican exhibit showing decorative sombreros, clothing, and silver-mounted spurs and saddles. There is a room decorated with the artifacts of a Wyoming cattle baron, and an entire western sherrif’s office from the 1920s, along with information about criminals that were apprehended by Sherrif George Carroll.

Address: The Nelson Museum of the West, 1714 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001, Phone: 307-635-7670

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