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Conquest

GENERAL INFO

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Museum of the American West at Griffith Park
Ongoing Exhibit

The Conquest gallery picks up the story of the American West after the Civil War. The flood of Americans into the West overwhelmed native people and created new and deadly conflicts. The gallery examines the conquest of the West through military, cultural and technological means and its consequences. Highlights in this gallery include a restored 19th century stagecoach, military equipment, including items from 7th Cavalry soldiers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and Plains Indian artifacts.