List of museums in Wyoming

This list of museums in Wyoming encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name	Location	Region	Area of study	Summary
Anna Miller Museum	Newcastle	Northeast	Local history	Includes period displays, general store exhibit, one room school house, log cabin, fossils and local history displays
Bradford Brinton Memorial Museum	Big Horn	Central	Multiple	website, 1920s and 30s gentleman’s working ranch with collections of fine art, furnishings, historic and Native American artifacts
Buffalo Bill Historical Center	Cody	Northwest	Multiple	Complex of museums about history, Native Americans, natural history, Western art and firearms
Campbell County Rockpile Museum	Gillette	Northeast	Local history	website, includes rifles, saddles, Native American artifacts, fossils, quilts, and other memorabilia, coal mine video and exhibit, children's activities
Carbon County Museum	Rawlins	Southeast	Local history	website, exhibits include Union Pacific Railroad, pioneers, residents and outlaws, Native Americans, agriculture, and inventor Thomas Edison
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum	Cheyenne	Southeast	American West	Exhibits include Western horse-drawn carriages and wagons, Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo celebration, local history, pioneer artifacts and clothing, and Western and folk art
Chinese Joss House Museum	Evanston	Southwest	Ethnic	website, area Chinese immigration history from the 1870s through the 1930s
Chugwater Museum	Chugwater	Southeast	History	information
Cody Dug Up Gun Museum	Cody	Northwest	Military	website, opening May 2009, relic guns & other weapons from many time periods and locations
Colter Bay Visitor Center & Indian Arts Museum	Grand Teton National Park	Northwest	Native American	website, American Indian artifacts donated by the Rockefeller family
Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center	Grand Teton National Park	Northwest	Multiple	website, information, natural history, mountaineering, Western artifacts
Crook County Museum & Art Gallery	Sundance	Northeast	Multiple	website, exhibits include local history, period rooms, vintage clothing, weapons, arrowheads and art
Dancing Bear Folk Center	Thermopolis	Northwest	Folk crafts	Website
Devils Tower National Monument	Hulett	Northeast	Multiple	Visitor center exhibits about the geology, natural history and importance to area Native Americans of the monument
Dubois Museum	Dubois	Northwest	Local history	website, area Sheepeater Shoshone, petroglyphs, railroad, emigrants, geology, ranch furnishings and equipment
Fishing Bridge Museum	Yellowstone National Park	Northwest	Natural history	Wildlife found in Yellowstone National Park
Fort Bridger	Fort Bridger	Southwest	Fort	Restored barracks with museum, original buildings and reconstructed trading post
Fort Caspar Museum and Historic Site	Casper	Central	Military	Includes reconstructed log fort buildings and a museum
Fort Fetterman	Douglas	Southeast	Military	Trail through fort ruins, restored officer's quarters and an ordnance warehouse with exhibits
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Near Torrington, WY	Southeast	Military	Visitor center museum with exhibits, restored fort buildings
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site	Story	Northeast	Military	Visitor center with exhibits, tour of fort remains
Fort Steele Museum	Sinclair	Southeast	Fort	Information, Website
Fossil Country Frontier Museum	Kemmerer	Southwest	Local history	website, information
Fossil Butte National Monument	Kemmerer	Southwest	Natural history	Visitor center features fossil exhibits
Fremont County Pioneer Museum	Lander	Northwest	History	website
Glendo Historical Museum	Glendo	Central	Local history	Information
Glenrock Paleontological Museum	Glenrock	Southeast	Natural history	Information, dinosaurs, fossils and paleontology
Grand Encampment Museum	Encampment	Southeast	Open air	website, timber, mining, and agricultural history, pioneer village and two-story outhouse
Green River Valley Museum	Big Piney	Southwest	Local history	website, exhibits include livestock brands, area coal mines, Wardell Buffalo Trap, restored homesteader cabin, ranching equipment, period displays
Guernsey State Park Museum	Guernsey	Southeast	Local history	Exhibits about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the natural and cultural history of the park
Hanna Basin Museum	Hanna	Southeast	Local history	website, coal mining town, ranching and railroad history
Historic Governors' Mansion	Cheyenne	Southeast	Historic house
Homesteader Museum	Powell	Northwest	Local history	information
Homesteaders Museum	Torrington	Southeast	Local history	website, includes ranching and homestead artifacts, changing art exhibits
Hoofprints of the Past Museum	Kaycee	Northeast	Local history	information
Hot Springs County Museum & Cultural Center	Thermopolis	Northwest	Local history	website, exhibits include outlaws, Native Americans, oil & gas industries, coal mining, area wildlife, period Main Street business displays
J.C. Penney Homestead & Historical Foundation	Kemmerer	Southwest	Historic house	information, information, site of first J.C. Penney's store in the U.S.
Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum	Jackson Hole	Northwest	History	Website
Jim Gatchell Frontier History Museum	Buffalo	Northeast	History	Dioramas and artifacts of Johnson County and frontier history
King Saddlery Museum	Sheridan	Northeast	History, Leather work	Information
Laramie Peak Museum	Wheatland	Central	History	Information
Laramie Plains Museum	Laramie	Southeast	Historic house	Website
Little Snake River Museum	Savery	Southeast	Open air	website, includes a doctor's office, several cabins and historic houses
Madison Museum	Yellowstone National Park	Northwest	Natural history
Medicine Bow Museum	Medicine Bow		Local history	website
Meeteetse Bank Museum	Meeteetse	Northwest	Bank	information, information
Meeteetse Museum	Meeteetse	Northwest	Local history	website, information, includes Charles J. Belden Museum of Western Photography
Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting	Greybull	Northwest	Aviation	website, aircraft include World War II bombers and transport aircraft, and firefighting planes
Museum of the American West	Lander	Northwest	Living	website, umbrella for four museums: Fremont County Pioneer Museum, the Pushroot Living History Village, the Native Americans of the Central Plains and Rockies Museum and living history complex, and the Lander Children’s Museum
Museum of the Mountain Man	Pinedale	Southwest	History
National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center	Dubois	Northwest	Natural history	website, biology and habitat needs of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center	Casper	Central	American West	website, story of America’s westward expansion, including Native Americans, explorers and mountain men, emigrants and Pony Express riders
Natural History Museum of Western Wyoming College	Rock Springs	Southwest	Natural history	information, replicas and casts of dinosaur fossils
National Museum of Wildlife Art	Jackson Hole	Northwest	Art	Fine art about wildlife
Nelson Museum of the West	Cheyenne	Southeast	Multiple	website, includes Native American, cowboy and rodeo artifacts, period room displays, weapons and military displays, natural history dioramas, fine Western art
Nici Self Museum	Centennial	Southeast	Local history	information, partially housed in a 1907 Hahn's Peak and Pacific Railroad depot, exhibits include local ranching, farming, and mining equipment and history
Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center	Casper	Central	Art	website, contemporary art
Norris Geyser Basin Museum	Yellowstone National Park	Northwest	Natural history	Geothermal geology, features of Norris Geyser and plant and animal life in thermal areas
Old Trail Town	Cody	Northwest	Open air	Includes over 26 historic buildings and artifacts, horse-drawn vehicles, Native American artifacts and memorabilia of the Wyoming frontier
Old West Wax Museum	Thermopolis	Northwest	Wax	website, information, over 50 life-size wax figures in 20 Western frontier historical dioramas.
Parco/Sinclair Museum	Sinclair	Southeast	Local history	information
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Jackson Hole	Northwest	Amusement
Riverton Museum	Riverton	Central	Local history	information
Rock Springs Community Fine Arts Center	Rock Springs	Southwest	Art	website
Rock Springs History Museum	Rock Springs	Southwest	Local history	website
Salt Creek Museum	Midwest	Northeast	Industry	information, history of the Salt Creek Oil Field and oilfield industry, period room displays
Saratoga Museum	Saratoga	Southeast	History, geology	website, exhibits include gems, minerals, Wyoming jade, fossils, pioneer home life artifacts
Sheridan County Historical Society and Museum	Sheridan	Northeast	History	Website
Shoshone Tribal Cultural Center	Fort Washakie	Northwest	Native Americans	Information
South Pass City State Historic Site	South Pass City	Southwest	Open air
Stagecoach Museum	Lusk	Southeast	Transportation	website, information
Stolen Bell Museum	Diamondville	Southwest	Local history	information
Sweetwater County Historical Museum	Green River	Southwest	Local history	website
Tate Geological Museum	Casper	Central	Geology	website, part of Casper College, gems, fossils, minerals
Tecumsah's Old West Miniature Village & Museum	Cody	Northwest	History	website, indoor miniature village depicting the frontier history of Wyoming throughout the nineteenth century, located within Tecumseh's Frontier Trading Post
Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum	Ten Sleep	Northeast	History	information, pioneer life and artifacts
Trail End State Historic Site	Sheridan	Northeast	Historic house	website, website, mansion home of Governor John B. Kendrick
Trona Mining Museum of Bridger Valley	Lyman	Southwest	Mining	information, mining and uses of the mineral trona
Uinta County Museum	Evanston	Southwest	Local history	website, includes local history, ranching, household, railroad, fashion, military, Native American, and Chinese displays
University of Wyoming Anthropology Museum	Laramie	Southeast	Anthropology	website
University of Wyoming Art Museum	Laramie	Southeast	Art	Website
University of Wyoming Geological Museum	Laramie	Southeast	Natural history	website, fossils, rocks, and mineral specimens
University of Wyoming Insect Museum	Laramie	Southeast	Natural history	Website
Upton Red Onion Museum	Upton	Northeast	Local history	information
Warren ICBM & Heritage Museum	Cheyenne	Southeast	Military	website, history of F. E. Warren Air Force Base
Washakie Museum	Worland	Northwest	Multiple	website, fossils and Colby mammoth kill site display, Shoshone artifacts, art, pioneer and local history
Werner Wildlife Museum	Casper	Central	Natural history	website, part of Casper College, information
Western History Center	Lingle	Southeast	Local history, paleontology	information
Wright Centennial Museum	Wright	Northeast	History	Information
Wyoming Arts Council Gallery	Cheyenne	Southeast	Art	website
Wyoming Children’s Museum and Nature Center	Laramie	Southeast	Nature center	Website
Wyoming Dinosaur Center	Thermopolis	Northwest	Paleontology
Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum	Rawlins	Southeast	Prison	Information, information
Wyoming Governor's Mansion	Cheyenne	Southeast	Historic house
Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum	Douglas	Southeast	History	website, period displays, antiques and pioneer artifacts
Wyoming State Capitol	Cheyenne	Southeast	Historic site
Wyoming State Museum	Cheyenne	Southeast	Multiple	website, includes Wyoming history, art, natural history and fossils, industry, Native Americans, pioneers and cultural heritage
Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site	Laramie	Southeast	Prison	website
Wyoming Transportation Museum	Cheyenne	Southeast	Transportation
Wyoming Veterans' Memorial Museum	Casper	Central	Military	website, located at the Casper/Natrona County International Airport

National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole

See also

• Botanical gardens in Wyoming (category)
• Historic landmarks in Wyoming
• Houses in Wyoming (category)
• Forts in Wyoming (category)
• Museums list
• Nature Centers in Wyoming
• Observatories in Wyoming (category)
• Registered Historic Places in Wyoming

External links

• Wyoming Museums - list at Wyoming State Museum
• Wyoming Historical Society - List of Museums in Wyoming
• Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums