Opportunity
The Opportunity gallery explores the turbulent period between 1820 and 1860 when thousands of migrants moved to the West in search of a better life. Learn about the experiences of the explorers, scientists, gold miners, and families who helped build an American West. Highlights in this gallery include California Gold Rush objects, surveying equipment, and artifacts from the overland trail journey.
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Exhibitions and events
Conquest
Permanent exhibitionThe Conquest gallery picks up the story of the American West after the Civil War. The flood of Americans into the West overwhelmed native people and created new and deadly conflicts. The gallery...
Romance
Permanent exhibitionThe Autry announces the reconfiguration of part of its Romance Gallery to prominently feature Western art from the early twentieth century. Focused on the unique, regional landscapes of the desert...
Greg Martin Colt Gallery
Permanent exhibitionOn July 23, 2011, the Autry unveiled a new exhibition in the Greg Martin Colt Gallery that explores the history of Samuel Colt’s revolutionary revolver in the American West. The exhibition looks at...
Community
Permanent exhibitionThe Community Gallery interprets the West through the lens of the racial, ethnic and religious communities important to Western development between 1885 and 1895. Using 1890 census data, the gallery...
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