Western Art & Indian Art Museum Painting & Sculpture Photo Subject Index

Western Art collections encompass art depicting cowboys, wildlife, objects & the romance of the American West plus the arts & crafts created by American Indians (Native Americans) as they decorated their clothing, religious objects, pottery, beadwork, baskets, & everyday items. Some of these museums have joined together into an alliance called Museums West. Notable early American artists often featured in such museums include Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell & Albert Bierstadt.

Click subject to see all photos in category. See also General Art Museums
Buffalo Bill Historical Center*: W.F. Cody Collection, Cody, WY
Buffalo Bill Historical Center*: Native American Collection, Cody, WY
Buffalo Bill Historical Center*: Western Art Collection, Cody, WY
National Wildlife Museum of Art*, Jackson, WY
Nelson Museum of the West, Cheyenne, WY
Denver Art Museum Native American Arts Collection
Denver Art Museum Western Art Collection
Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art, Boulder, CO
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Woolaroc Ranch Museum, Bartlesville, OK
Gilcrease Museum*, Tulsa, OK

 Photos of art not allowed.
Amon Carter Museum*, Fort Worth, TX
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art*, Indianapolis, IN
Rockwell Museum of Western Art*, Corning, NY
Autry National Center*, Los Angeles, CA (Museum of American West)
Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, SD
National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia
Native American Arts
* Member of Museums West

Other Museums with some Western Art or Native American Content
  • Brigham Young University (BYU) Museum of Art, Provo, UT
  • Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO
  • St. Louis Art Museum, MO
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
  • Montana Historical Society Museum, Helena, MT
  • Museum of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art - Native American Collection, New York City
  • Seattle Art Museum - Northwest Coast Native American Collection, Seattle, WA
  • Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA

    See Also:
  • Buffalo Bill Cody Chronology in photos
  • George Armstrong Custer & Last Stand
  • Thomas Hart Benton
  • Albert Bierstadt
  • Frederic Remington
  • Charles Marion Russell
    • All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
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