Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame

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• Fans of rodeo and the cowboy life will appreciate this small museum, in restored horse and mule barns, honoring the stalwarts of Texas rodeo, including such (Texas) household names as Larry Mahan and Ty Murray. On display are the honorees' saddles, chaps, belt buckles, and trophies collected over the course of their careers. Also of interest are the fully restored 60 Sterquell Wagons dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. About an hour should be sufficient to take in the cowboys, though some visitors could do a run-through in half that time.

  For those who want to broaden their knowledge of the Old West, the National Cowboys of Color Museum & Hall of Fame, east of the Stockyards at 3400 Mount Vernon Ave. (tel. 817/534-8801; www.cowboysofcolor.org), pays much-needed tribute to a group of cowboys whose contributions were critical to opening the American West and are sadly often overlooked. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11am to 6pm; admission is $6 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students, free for children 5 and under.

• © Frommer's 2012