Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
The museum preserves Frontier Days history through wagons, saddles, clothing, trophies, posters, and rodeo figures.
Artwork inspired by Harry Jackson
The museum preserves Frontier Days history through wagons, saddles, clothing, trophies, posters, and rodeo figures. Read the event as a changing civic institution shaped by sport, tourism, labor, performance, and western self-presentation.
Historic carriages and champion biographies reward close looking, but the museum should not be mistaken for the live rodeo grounds. Compare who was celebrated in different periods and which participants or communities were left outside older narratives.
- Founded
- 1978
- Strength
- Historic carriage collection
- Allow
- 1½–2½ hours
Quick guide
- First question
- Separate museum hours from rodeo-week operations.
- Set beside it
- Historic carriage collection ↔ Read wear, repair, and craftsmanship in the carriages
A focused visit to Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
- Begin
- Trace Frontier Days by decade rather than artifact type.
- Look closer
- Read wear, repair, and craftsmanship in the carriages.
- Question
- Ask who shaped the event and who received recognition.
- Check
- Separate museum hours from rodeo-week operations.
Good to know
Frontier Days changes traffic, parking, pricing, and access. Ordinary online admission is discounted and nonrefundable; confirm the youth category and event-day arrival plan during the festival.
Notice these
- 1978
- Historic carriage collection
- Read wear, repair, and craftsmanship in the carriages.