Explore the American West
Sid Richardson Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
The Sid Richardson Museum is open!
Welcome Back! The museum is reopening for visits by reservation.
Please visit our reservations page to schedule your visit.
We hope you visit us in person and remember you can also view our current exhibition virtually.
The museum hosts events and programs for all ages and experience levels for you to enjoy at home. Join us for a discussion, workshop, or hands-on studio experience and watch the art come alive for you and your family. We invite you to visit the calendar for upcoming programming.
We look forward to seeing you back at the museum soon.
From the Blog
York: Of Myth and Fact
Our current exhibit looks at different aspects of the American West, one theme of which explores Western Archetypes. As evidenced in his paintings and bronzes, artists like Frederic Remington created a cast of archetypal western heroes that he returned to again and again from the cowboy, to the brave solider, and the mountain men. One well-known western archetype is that of explorer, figures who carved [...]
The Evolution of Cowboy Culture
One of the 4 themes in our current exhibit, Picturing the American West, highlights artworks that depict the long-standing narratives of Cowboys vs. American Indians. But as scholars have shown, the conflicts between “cowboys and [...]
