Name |
Location |
County |
Region |
Area of study |
Summary |
Anna Miller Museum | Newcastle | Weston | Northeast | Local history | Includes period displays, general store exhibit, one room school house, log cabin, fossils and local history displays |
Brinton Museum | Big Horn | Sheridan | Central | Multiple | 1920s and 30s gentleman’s working ranch with collections of fine art, furnishings, historic and Native American artifacts |
Buffalo Bill Historical Center | Cody | Park | Northwest | Multiple | Complex of museums about history, Native Americans, natural history, Western art and firearms |
Campbell County Rockpile Museum | Gillette | Campbell | 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 | Carbon | Southeast | Local history | website, exhibits include Union Pacific Railroad, pioneers, residents and outlaws, Native Americans, agriculture, and inventor Thomas Edison |
Cheyenne Depot Museum | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Railroad | |
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum | Cheyenne | Laramie | 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 | Uinta | Southwest | Ethnic | website, area Chinese immigration history from the 1870s through the 1930s |
Chugwater Museum | Chugwater | Platte | Southeast | History | information |
Cody Dug Up Gun Museum | Cody | Park | Northwest | Military | website, relic guns & other weapons from many time periods and locations |
Colter Bay Visitor Center & Indian Arts Museum | Grand Teton National Park | Teton | Northwest | Native American | website, American Indian artifacts donated by the Rockefeller family |
Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center | Grand Teton National Park | Teton | Northwest | Multiple | website, information, natural history, mountaineering, Western artifacts |
Crook County Museum & Art Gallery | Sundance | Crook | Northeast | Multiple | website, exhibits include local history, period rooms, vintage clothing, weapons, arrowheads and art |
Dancing Bear Folk Center | Thermopolis | Hot Springs | Northwest | Folk crafts | information |
Devils Tower National Monument | Hulett | Crook | Northeast | Multiple | Visitor center exhibits about the geology, natural history and importance to area Native Americans of the monument |
Don King Museum | Sheridan | Sheridan | Northeast | History | website, Western and cowboy memorabilia, wagons, coaches, Indian artifacts, guns, Western tack and original artwork |
Dubois Museum | Dubois | Fremont | Northwest | Local history | Area Sheepeater Shoshone, petroglyphs, railroad, emigrants, geology, ranch furnishings and equipment |
Evans Dahl Memorial Museum | Lander | Fremont | Northwest | Sports | information, memorabilia of the area one shot antelope hunt |
Fishing Bridge Museum | Yellowstone National Park | Park | Northwest | Natural history | Wildlife found in Yellowstone National Park |
Fort Bridger | Fort Bridger | Uinta | Southwest | Fort | Restored barracks with museum, original buildings and reconstructed trading post |
Fort Caspar Museum and Historic Site | Casper | Natrona | Central | Military | Includes reconstructed log fort buildings and a museum |
Fort Fetterman | Douglas | Converse | Southeast | Military | Trail through fort ruins, restored officer's quarters and an ordnance warehouse with exhibits |
Fort Laramie National Historic Site | Near Torrington, WY | Goshen | Southeast | Military | Visitor center museum with exhibits, restored fort buildings |
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site | Story | Johnson | Northeast | Military | Visitor center with exhibits, tour of fort remains |
Fort Fred Steele Historic Site | Sinclair | Carbon | Southeast | Fort | website, Information, remains of the mid 19th century fort |
Fossil Country Frontier Museum | Kemmerer | Lincoln | Southwest | Local history | website |
Fossil Butte National Monument | Kemmerer | Lincoln | Southwest | Natural history | Visitor center features fossil exhibits |
Fremont County Pioneer Museum | Lander | Fremont | Northwest | History | website |
Glendo Historical Museum | Glendo | Platte | Central | Local history | Information |
Glenrock Paleontological Museum | Glenrock | Converse | Southeast | Natural history | website, dinosaurs, fossils and paleontology |
Grand Encampment Museum | Encampment | Carbon | Southeast | Open air | website, timber, mining, and agricultural history, pioneer village and two-story outhouse |
Green River Valley Museum | Big Piney | Sublette | 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 | Platte | Southeast | Local history | Exhibits about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the natural and cultural history of the park |
Hanna Basin Museum | Hanna | Carbon | Southeast | Local history | information, coal mining town, ranching and railroad history |
Heart Mountain Wyoming Interpretive Learning Center | Cody | Park | Northwest | History | History of the World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans |
Historic Governors' Mansion | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Historic house | Decorated to represent the 1905, 1937, 1955 and 1960s eras when it served as the home of the governor |
Homesteader Museum | Powell | Park | Northwest | Local history | website |
Homesteaders Museum | Torrington | Goshen | Southeast | Local history | website, includes ranching and homestead artifacts, changing art exhibits |
Hoofprints of the Past Museum | Kaycee | Johnson | Northeast | Local history | website |
Hot Springs County Museum & Cultural Center | Thermopolis | Hot Springs | 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 | Lincoln | Southwest | Historic house | information, information, site of first J.C. Penney's store in the U.S. |
Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum | Jackson | Teton | Northwest | History | Website |
Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum | Buffalo | Johnson | Northeast | History | Website Dioramas and artifacts of Johnson County and frontier history |
Lander Children's Museum | Lander | Fremont | Northwest | Children's | website |
Laramie Peak Museum | Wheatland | Platte | Central | History | Information |
Laramie Plains Museum | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Historic house | Late 19th-century period Victorian mansion |
Little Snake River Museum | Savery | Carbon | Southeast | Open air | website, includes Mountain man Jim Bakers two story log cabin, other buildings, cabins and historic houses, pioneer history, local ranching history, antique machinery, interactive exhibits, recreated bar and barbershop, gift shop |
Madison Museum | Yellowstone National Park | Teton | Northwest | Natural history | |
Medicine Bow Museum | Medicine Bow | Carbon | | Local history | website |
Meeteetse Bank Museum | Meeteetse | Park | Northwest | History | website, early 20th century bank with furnishings |
Meeteetse Museum | Meeteetse | Park | Northwest | Local history | website, includes Charles J. Belden Museum of Western Photography |
Mormon Handcart Historic Site | Alcova | Carbon | Southeast | History | website, history and artifacts used by the Mormon handcart pioneers |
Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting | Greybull | Big Horn | Northwest | Aviation | website, aircraft include World War II bombers and transport aircraft, and firefighting planes |
Museum of the American West | Lander | Fremont | 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 | Sublette | Southwest | History | |
National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center | Dubois | Fremont | Northwest | Natural history | Biology and habitat needs of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep |
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center | Casper | Natrona | Central | American West | History of America’s westward expansion, including Native Americans, explorers and mountain men, emigrants and Pony Express riders |
National Museum of Wildlife Art | Jackson | Teton | Northwest | Art | Fine art about wildlife |
Nelson Museum of the West | Cheyenne | Laramie | 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 | Albany | 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 | Casper | Natrona | Central | Art | website, contemporary art |
Norris Geyser Basin Museum | Yellowstone National Park | Park | Northwest | Natural history | Geothermal geology, features of Norris Geyser and plant and animal life in thermal areas |
Old Trail Town | Cody | Park | Northwest | Open air | Includes over 26 historic buildings and artifacts, horse-drawn vehicles, Native American artifacts and memorabilia of the Wyoming frontier |
Parco/Sinclair Historic District Museum | Sinclair | Carbon | Southeast | Local history | website |
Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Jackson | Teton | Northwest | Amusement | |
Robert A. Peck Arts Center | Riverton | Fremont | Central | Art | website, part of Central Wyoming College, includes a contemporary art gallery and outdoor sculpture exhibit |
Rock Springs Community Fine Arts Center | Rock Springs | Sweetwater | Southwest | Art | website |
Rock Springs Historical Museum | Rock Springs | Sweetwater | Southwest | Local history | website |
Salt Creek Museum | Midwest | Natrona | Northeast | Industry | information, history of the Salt Creek Oil Field and oilfield industry, period room displays |
Saratoga Museum | Saratoga | Carbon | Southeast | History, geology | website, exhibits include gems, minerals, Wyoming jade, fossils, pioneer home life artifacts |
Sheridan County Historical Society and Museum | Sheridan | Sheridan | Northeast | History | Website |
Shoshone Tribal Cultural Center | Fort Washakie | Fremont | Northwest | Native Americans | website |
South Pass City State Historic Site | South Pass City | Fremont | Southwest | Open air | Over 30 historic structures dating from the city's heyday in the 1860s and 1870s |
Stagecoach Museum | Lusk | Niobrara | Southeast | Local history | website, relics from the 19th-and 20th-centuries including a stagecoach |
Stolen Bell Museum | Diamondville | Lincoln | Southwest | Local history | information |
Sweetwater County Historical Museum | Green River | Sweetwater | Southwest | Local history | website |
Tate Geological Museum | Casper | Natrona | Central | Geology | website, part of Casper College, gems, fossils, minerals |
Tecumsah's Old West Miniature Village & Museum | Cody | Park | 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 | Washakie | Northeast | History | information, pioneer life and artifacts |
Texas Trail Museum | Pine Bluffs | Laramie | Southeast | Local history | |
Trail End State Historic Site | Sheridan | Sheridan | Northeast | Historic house | website, mansion home of Governor John B. Kendrick |
Trona Mining Museum of Bridger Valley | Lyman | Uinta | Southwest | Mining | information, mining and uses of the mineral trona |
Uinta County Museum | Evanston | Uinta | Southwest | Local history | website, includes local history, ranching, household, railroad, fashion, military, Native American, and Chinese displays |
University of Wyoming Anthropology Museum | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Anthropology | website |
University of Wyoming Art Museum | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Art | Website |
University of Wyoming Geological Museum | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Natural history | website, fossils, rocks, and mineral specimens |
University of Wyoming Insect Museum | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Natural history | website, research collection and exhibit gallery |
Upton Red Onion Museum | Upton | Weston | Northeast | Local history | information |
Warren ICBM & Heritage Museum | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Military | website, history of F. E. Warren Air Force Base |
Washakie Museum & Cultural Center | Worland | Washakie | Northwest | Multiple | website, fossils and Colby mammoth kill site display, Shoshone artifacts, art, pioneer and local history |
Weidner Wildlife Museum | Rock Springs | Sweetwater | Southwest | Natural history | website, part of Western Wyoming Community College |
Werner Wildlife Museum | Casper | Natrona | Central | Natural history | website, part of Casper College |
Western History Center | Lingle | Goshen | Southeast | Local history, paleontology | information |
Wind River Heritage Center | Riverton | Fremont | Central | Local history | information |
Wright Centennial Museum | Wright | Campbell | Northeast | History | Information |
Wyoming Arts Council Gallery | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Art | website |
Wyoming Children’s Museum and Nature Center | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Nature center | Website |
Wyoming Dinosaur Center | Thermopolis | Hot Springs | Northwest | Paleontology | |
Wyoming Frontier Prison | Rawlins | Carbon | Southeast | Prison | website |
Wyoming Governor's Mansion | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Historic house | |
Wyoming Pioneer Museum | Douglas | Converse | Southeast | History | website, period displays, antiques and pioneer artifacts |
Wyoming State Capitol | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Historic site | |
Wyoming State Museum | Cheyenne | Laramie | Southeast | Multiple | Includes Wyoming history, art, natural history and fossils, industry, Native Americans, pioneers and cultural heritage |
Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site | Laramie | Albany | Southeast | Prison | Late 19th-century prison |
Wyoming Veterans' Memorial Museum | Casper | Natrona | Central | Military | website, located at the Casper/Natrona County International Airport |