print email comment close Museum of the American West URL: http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/ Description: This Los Angeles museum is "devoted to preserving and interpreting the rich history and traditions of the American West." Online exhibits include cowboy skills and crafts, art and artists, Jewish life, Chinese immigrants, the Ortega family, and homesteading. Formerly the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, the site also provides a biography of Gene Autry and his Cowboy Code. Publisher: Autry Museum of Western Heritage Extra Keywords notablecowboys vaquero Library of Congress Subject Headings: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Historical museums Museums -- California -- Los Angeles West (U.S.) -- History LII Database Information: Record 9206 created by Ellen Cunningham on 01/01/2000 Last modification on 04/27/2005 Published: 01/01/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9206