Visitors can explore vignettes depicting life on a ranch, outlaws like the Sundance Kid, Native American heritage, and scenes of 19th-century frontier life.
Exhibits also showcase the natural and cultural legacy of the region, from geology to Native American tools. Set in a historic 1923 schoolhouse, the museum invites guests to experience the spirit of the American West.
1878 Gift Shop & Gallery
The 1875 Gift & Gallery has the best regional art for sale from bronze sculpture, colored pencil, water color, photography, collage, hand formed jewelry, pottery, and oils. The 1875 Gift & Gallery has art from wildlife, still lifes, interpretive, conceptual, and functional. This museum & art gallery has it all and something for everyone. The 1875 Gift & Gallery was formed to give our local artists a place to sell and show and give others a chance to be exposed to the art world.