Three adults examine an ornate exhibit titled "Cabinet of Wild West Wonders" in a brightly lit museum, engaging with its various interactive elements and displays.

Interactive Exploration: Cabinet of Wild West Wonders

Resource Type
Interactive Media
Grade Level:
3–5, 6–8, 9–12, 12+
Discipline:
Social Studies
Topic:
Cowboys, Vaqueros, Identity, Women, Communities, Native Americans, U.S. Foreign Policy

Description

Explore the Cabinet of Wild West Wonders as an interactive model! 

Click on the tags to see text and images and engage with different parts of the cabinet. This interactive is based on a display in the Autry’s Imagined Wests Gallery which explores the impact of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and other fictionalized versions of the American West from the 19th century to today.

Explore the Cabinet of Wild West Wonders

Educational Programs at the Autry are sponsored by:

Molly and Neal Brockmeyer · David F. Eisenberg · The Georgina-Fredrick Children's Foundation · The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation · Christy McAvoy · Robert E. Ronus · Brenda and Gary Ruttenberg · The Steinmetz Foundation · Virginia F. Stevenson · Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation

Land Acknowledgment

The Autry Museum of the American West acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). We recognize that the Autry Museum and its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

Autry Museum of the American West

4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462
In Griffith Park across from the Los Angeles Zoo
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