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MUSEUM UPDATES:
IN PREPARATION FOR THE EXPANSION GRAND OPENING, THE COWGIRL WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BEGINNING OCTOBER 19TH AND WILL RE-OPEN NOVEMBER 7TH WITH A MEMBER ONLY PREVIEW AT 10 A.M. AND A PUBLIC OPENING AT NOON.
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National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
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    The artists, ranchers, rodeo champions, activists, and trailblazers who shape the West.
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    Expansion Grand Opening
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    November 7, 2026

    Expansion Grand Opening

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    November 5, 2026

    50th Annual Induction Luncheon

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    An ornate silver belt buckle reads Girls Rodeo Association 1969 Champion Cowgirl Wanda Bush with decorative scrollwork on a black background.
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National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
All Honorees
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2017

Reba McEntire

OklahomaInducted 2017

The legendary Oklahoma native, Reba McEntire, has achieved a rare pinnacle with 35 No. 1 singles and over 56 million albums sold worldwide. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl member has won 15 American Music Awards, 14 ACM Awards, 9 People’s Choice Awards, 7 CMA Awards and 2 Grammy Awards, in addition to an ACM Career Achievement Honor and 50th Anniversary Milestone Award for the Most Awarded ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, as well as the first-ever American Country Countdown NASH Icon Award and a National Artistic Achievement Award from the U.S. Congress. The Grand Ole Opry member has also received the Andrea Bocelli Foundation Humanitarian Award and Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award. During her 2011 All the Women I Am Tour, Pollstar and Billboard’s Boxscore named McEntire the No. 1 female country touring artist with a combined total of over 9 million tickets sold in her career. McEntire is also an acclaimed actress with 11 movie credits to her name, including Tremors, North, and The Little Rascals. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut in Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, which the New York Times hailed “without qualification the best performance by an actress in a musical comedy this season.” She also starred in the six-season television sitcom Reba.

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1982

Sallie Reynolds Matthews

Black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and satin blouse, posed seated with one hand resting on her knee.
1994

Florence Hughes Randolph

Vintage sepia portrait of a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat and Western outfit, seated with decorative fringed shawl and boots.
2006

Bonnie McCarroll

Come. Be Inspired.

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National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame

1720 Gendy St
Fort Worth, TX 76107
817.336.4475

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