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MUSEUM UPDATES: The Cowgirl will have delayed opening Sunday, September 20, at 2 p.m.  due to a private event.
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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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    Desert Rose Luncheon
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    September 16, 2026

    Desert Rose Luncheon

    Female speaker in a leopard-print dress and pink cowboy hat speaks at a clear podium on a lit stage, addressing an audience in cowboy hats.
    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
National Cowgirl
Hall of Fame
The artists, ranchers, rodeo champions, activists, and trailblazers who shape the West.
2026 Honorees
Woman in a red blazer kisses a large gold trophy at a celebration, with a bottle of Woodford Reserve visible in the foreground.
2026

Cherie DeVaux

Woman in a red blazer leaning on a white-and-blue railing outdoors, smiling at the camera with a U.S.SA emblem on the blazer area (sports setting).
2026

Laura Kraut

Smiling woman in a beige cowboy hat and red patterned shirt outdoors at a ranch, with long blonde hair and red earrings.
2026

Kenda Lenseigne

A woman in a white blouse and a black skirt with white designs stands smiling by a window, resting one hand on her hip in a stylish, modern room with yellow seating and decorative pillows.
2026

Lela Rose

Woman with short red hair and glasses stands with arms crossed in a fabric/leather shop, shelves of rolls behind her.
2026

Lisa Sorrell

Victorian-era woman in a dark military-style dress with medal, standing beside a table.
2026

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

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Smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat holding a fluffy cat outdoors.
1981

Bonnie Gray Harris

Portrait of an older woman in a white cowboy hat, blazer, and ruffled blouse, looking slightly to the right in a studio portrait.
1981

Billie Hinson McBride

Young girl wearing a straw cowboy hat and braided pigtails, smiling outdoors in a vintage photo
1981

Ann Lewis

Black-and-white portrait of a cowgirl in a wide-brimmed hat and fringed jacket, holding a coiled lasso, with 'Cowgirls Hall of Fame' script at the bottom.
1979

Vera McGinnis (Farra)

Cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat stands on the saddle of a horse, twirling a lasso overhead.
1979

Reba Perry Blakely

Watercolor portrait of a thoughtful woman with short red hair wearing a blue dress, resting her head on her hand.
1979

Narcissa Prentiss Whitman

A woman wearing a white cowboy hat and neck scarf leads a light horse by the reins indoors, smiling at the animal.
1979

Nancy Binford

Portrait of a smiling woman wearing a large wide-brim hat, satin blouse, and a bow tie in a vintage studio portrait, 1920s style.
1979

Mary Parks

Smiling older woman wearing a white cowboy hat, scarf, and denim jacket in a black-and-white portrait.
1979

Isora DeRacy Young

A cowboy in a white shirt and hat rides a horse through a dirt arena, navigating tires and vertical poles as obstacles.
1979

Dora Waldrop

Portrait of a woman in a large white cowboy hat, braided hair, and a zebra-like patterned jacket, looking softly at the camera.
1978

Wanda Harper Bush

Black-and-white portrait of a woman wearing a large, wide-brim hat, looking to the left.
1978

Tad Lucas

Black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman wearing a wide-brim hat and satin blouse with a ribbon tie.
1978

Margie Greenough Henson

Black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman wearing a wide-brimmed cowboy hat.
1978

Karen Vold

Woman in western riding outfit with embroidered white pants stands beside a saddled horse, smiling and holding its bridle.
1978

Faye Blesing

Portrait of Fannie Sperry-Steele riding a bucking horse at the Winnipeg Stampede, 1913; caption reads 'World's Champion Lady Bucking-Horse Rider.'
1978

Fannie Sperry Steele

Smiling elderly woman with white curls and glasses, standing beside a carved wooden chair in a dining room.
1978

Enid Justin

Female rider leans into a turn on a galloping horse as it rounds a barrel in a rodeo arena; stands of spectators in the background.
1977

Mike Reid Settle (Higley)

Person in a hat rides a horse that is rearing in a snowy field, black-and-white photo
1977

Sydna Yokley Woodyard

Smiling woman in a black cowboy hat with a blue band, blue vest, white ruffled blouse, seated with arms crossed on a chair back.
1977

Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns

Trick rider standing on the back of a rearing horse in an open field, with a crowd watching in the background.
1977

Lucille Mulhall

Horse rider clears a jump at a show jumping event, while a man in a hat watches nearby; wooden fence and shrubs form the obstacle.
1977

Bernice Walsh McLaughlin

Bronze statue of a Native American woman in a shawl, outdoors beside a red brick building.
1976

Sacagawea

Woman riding a horse in a dusty rural landscape, tipping her hat toward the camera while smiling (vintage photo).
1976

Margaret Owens

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

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Fort Worth, TX 76107
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