The Museum’s traveling exhibitions draw from the Museum’s permanent collection. Each exhibition includes supplemental educational and media materials. For more information on bringing one of these unique exhibitions to your institution, please email akowalski@cowgirl.net.
Escaramuza, The Poetics of Home
Escaramuza, The Poetics of Home features 42 works in various sizes of the most recent photographic study of award-winning photographer Constance Jaeggi. The project was a 2024 Lensculture Critics’ Choice Awards winner. Nineteen original poetic works from 2023 Texas Poet Laureate Ire’ne Lara Silva, and Angelina Sáenz, award-winning educator, poet, and writing project fellow at UCLA complement the exhibition, considering themes of identity, family, and gender within the escaramuza community.
Tough by Nature: Portraits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West
Exhibition of 64 portraits by Lynda Lanker capturing the spirit of women who have shaped the economy and ecology of the West. Additional artifacts available from featured Hall of Fame Honorees available upon request.
Hard Twist: Western Ranch Women by Barbara Van Cleve
Exhibition of 62 black and white photographs celebrating the lives of ranch women from the northern Rockies to the Mexican border. Additional artifacts available from featured Hall of Fame Honorees available upon request.
The Cowgirl Who Became a Justice: Sandra Day O’Connor
This exhibition, celebrating Hall of Fame Honoree Sandra Day O’Connor, demonstrates the intersection of her ranch life and her bench life. It features family and public-life photos, ranch artifacts on loan from the Day family, and selected editorial cartoons. If you would like information regarding the rental of this exhibition please contact akowalski@cowgirl.net.