The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum, formerly the National Cowboys of Color Museum and Hall of Fame, is a museum and hall of fame in Fort Worth, Texas.
History The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum was founded February 1, 2001, by Jim and Gloria Austin of Fort Worth, Texas. Their objective was to recognize the individual contributions of many groups from the Western Frontier. Included in these groups are people of Hispanic, Native American, European, Asian, and African descent. Many of these people have stories that only this organization will tell. The organization was renamed to its present name in 2008 to better encompass the varied history of the museum.
About the museum The museum is located at 2201 Dottie Lynn Parkway, Suite 115, Fort Worth, Texas 76120. (817) 534-8801 Museum, (817) 922-9999 Business Office. Along with the Museum's Hall of Fame that held its first induction in 2003, there are also permanent exhibits that include Bass Reeves, Bill Pickett, the Buffalo Soldiers, Tuskegee Airmen, Native American Indian Chiefs, Native Heritage and the Vaquero, Escaramuza and Hispanic Heritage, to name a few.
Hall of Fame Inductees
2022 DeBoraha Akin-Townson Harry Belafonte Anthony "Tony" Brubaker Reginald T. Dorsey Danny Glover Albert "Al" & Essie Morris Chris Navarro Sammy Davis Jr. Sir Sidney Poitier
2021 Obba Babatunde Darrell Barron Aldrich Everett Clarence Gonzales Lynn Hart Jean Prescott
2019 Valeria Vason Cunningham Lu Vason Double R Rodeo Livestock Company - C K Reid Taylor Hall Jr., aka "Bailey's Prairie Kid Wes Studi James Pickens Jr. Michael Aku Ro Driguez Source:
2018 Douglas Harmon, Ph.D. Will Arthur "Artie" Morris Jay Novacek Eugene "Gene" Smith* James Watson Jr. Libby Willis Dale Evans (posthumous induction) Roy Rogers (posthumous induction) John Ware (posthumous induction) Charley Willis (posthumous induction) Source:
2017 Inductees Billy and Pam Minick Bob Tallman Fort Worth Herd Scott Murray Wilbert D. "Wil" Robinson - Posthumous Inductee William J. Grandstaff - Posthumous Inductee
2016 Inductees Cleveland Walters Floyd Frank Hub Baker Isador "Lolo" Munoz James Beckwourth Timmy Brooks
2015 Inductees Danell Tipton Gordon Wade Tonips Harvey Means Holt Hickman Jamie Foxx Judge Paul L. Brady Randy White Steve Murrin Walt Garrison
2014 Inductees Anne Lockhart Barry Corbin Nathan Jean Whitaker Sanders aka "Mama Sugar" Vincent Jacobs
2013 Inductees Monroe Tahmahkera (Posthumous)
2012-2013 Inductees Burl Washington, Texas Colonel Allen Allensworth*, California (Posthumous) Floyd "Buck" Wyatt*, Oklahoma (Posthumously) Fred Whitfield, Texas James Butler Hickok (Posthumously) Lawrence Homer Coffee, Texas Mollie Taylor Stevenson Jr., Texas Pam Grier, Colorado Walt Willey, Illinois Woody Strode*, California (Posthumously)
2011 Inductees Freddie "Skeet" Gordon Glynn Turman Joe Beaver Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Ruth Scantlin Roach Shirlie Sanders Walter Clarence "Buck" Taylor William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers
2010 Inductees Abe Morris Charles Hank Banks Harold Cash Lowell "Stretch" Smith Paul J. Matthews Robert Strauss
2009 Inductees Albino Tais (Posthumous) Alex Dees Ben F. Tahmahkera Calvin Norris Greely Jr. (Posthumous) Dean Smith Henry Harris (Posthumous) Isaac Burns Murphy (Posthumous) Mayisha Akbar
2008 Inductees Art T. Burton Holt Collier Matthew 'Bones' Hooks Paul Cleveland Taylor H. Haynes, M.D. Tommie Haw Willie Thomas
2007 Inductees Cathay Williams Frank White Nathaniel 'Rex' Purefoy Red Steagall Rufus Green Sr. Tom Three Persons Verna Lee Booker Hightower
2006 Inductees Bass Reeves* Charley Pride Colonel Juan Seguin* George Fletcher Jackson Sundown Ken Pollard Knox Simmons Patricia E. Kelly Rosieleetta Lee Reed
2005 Inductees Ed 'Pop' Landers Gerardo 'Jerry' Diaz Luke 'Leon' Coffee Melvin 'Mel' Carnell Blount Vicki Herrera Adams
2004 Inductees Jim Lane Mantan Moreland Mary Fields Walter Charles Morse
2003 Inductees Bill Pickett Bose Ikard Charlie Sampson Herb Jeffries Jose 'Pepe' Diaz Myrtis Dightman Quanah Parker Steven R. Heape
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See also Black American West Museum and Heritage Center in Denver, Colorado Black cowboys List of museums in North Texas
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External links Official website