Autry Museum of the American West
About Autry Museum of the American West
The Autry Museum of the American West (Autry National Center) is a museum in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to exploring an inclusive history of the American West. Founded in 1988, the museum presents a wide range of exhibitions and public programs, including lectures, film, theater, festivals, family events, and music, and performs scholarship, research, and educational outreach. It attracts about 150,000 visitors annually.
In 2013, it extensively redesigned and renovated the Irene Helen Jones Parks Gallery of Art and the Gamble Firearms Gallery in its main building. In its related opening exhibit for the Parks Gallery, Art of the West, the new organization enabled material to be presented in relation to themes rather than chronology, and paintings were shown next to crafts, photography, video and other elements in new relationships.
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- 2003
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02Gene Autry pistol and famous songs displayJllm06 · CC BY-SA 3.0
03Display of Gene Autry memorabiliaJllm06 · CC BY-SA 3.0
04Monte Hale display at the Autry National CenterJllm06 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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06Entrance to the Autry National Center, Griffith Park, CABilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
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