The Museum of the American West

MAW INFORMATION

The Museum of the American West, located on the northwest edge of Lander, Wyoming, is on a popular route to Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. The Museum of the American West (MAW) is part of a museum complex that includes a living history village, a county-owned museum, a picnic pavilion, an outdoor performance arena. A creek flows through this site along which there is a walking path that will take you to a xeriscape garden.

For more information about this complex please contact the MAW office at 335-8778 or contact us via email. The hours for museum operation are:

October through May: 11AM to 2PM

May through September: 10AM to 4PM

Special arrangements for tours of the living village may be made by calling the above number.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Events:

March-April Shoshone National Forest Exhibit
May 1-May 30, 2008 "Wyoming Stockgrower's" photo Exhibit
May 15 "The Martin's Cove Controversy: Public Land, Sacred Land? at 7 p.m.
June 14 "Calamity Jane Comes to Life at the Pioneer Village" at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
June 19, 2008 "She's Been Workin' on the Railroad" at 7 p.m.
June 21, 2008 Fremont County Pioneer Association Garage Sale
July 1-July 31, 2008 "Chief Washakie" and "J.K. Moore" Photo Exhibit
July 9, 2008 Native American Indian Dances at 7 p.m.
July 16, 2008 Native American Indian Dances at 7 p.m.
July 17, 2008 Jalon Crossland Concert at 7 p.m.
July 19, 2008 Fremont County Pioneer Association Flea Market
July 23, 2008 Native American Indian Dances at 7 p.m.
July 24, 2008 "Sharp Nose-A Photographic History of the Last Northern Arapaho Chief" at 7 p.m.
July 30, 2008 Native American Indian Dances at 7 p.m.
August 2, 2008 Prickly Pair Concert
August 16, 2008 Buffalo Barbecue
August 21, 2008 "Beyond Classrooms: Historic Schools as Symbols of Community"
For more information please call the museum office. (307) 335-8778

Tours:
Tours of Pioneer Village by appointment. Call 1-307-335-8778 for information.

Meetings:
Museum of the American West Board - Wednesdays at 10AM in the Thompson Building.

Fremont County Pioneer Association - Second Friday of the month at 4:30PM in the Thompson Building.