Explore the American West
Sid Richardson Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
Museum Closure
The Sid Richardson Museum and Store are currently closed and will remain so until further notice. Museum staff is currently exploring the best way forward to reopening to the public while ensuring the health and safety of our visitors, staff, and volunteers.
Museum programming and tours continue to be suspended during this time. Please refer to the programs page of our website https://sidrichardsonmuseum.org/programs/ for news on upcoming events. Please continue to take precautions to stay healthy and safe. We encourage everyone to refer to the CDC website https://www.cdc.gov/ for best practices.
Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to inviting you back to the Sid Richardson Museum soon.
From the Blog
Blast From The Past
As the museum looks towards how we can reopen in the near future, we thought this would be a great time to look back at where we've been. Let's take a stroll down memory lane. Fort Worth Star-Telegram article, January 23, 1981 Sid Richardson began collecting art in 1942, primarily through Newhouse Galleries in New York, the same art gallery from which Sid's [...]
The Sid from Home
Infectious disease has always been a presence in Anglo-settled North America. Some of the earliest were dysentery and fevers in 17th-century colonial settlements. Then came about the smallpox and diphtheria of the early 18th century. [...]
