National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
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. 534-8801 Museum, 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
- Obba Babatunde
- Darrell Barron
- Aldrich Everett
- Clarence Gonzales
- Lynn Hart
- Jean Prescott
- 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
2018
- Douglas Harmon, Ph.D.
- Will Arthur "Artie" Morris
- Jay Novacek
- Eugene "Gene" Smith*
- James Watson Jr.
- Libby Willis
- Dale Evans
- Roy Rogers
- John Ware
- Charley Willis
2017 Inductees
- Billy and Pam Minick
- Bob Tallman
- Fort Worth Herd
- Scott Murray
- Wilbert D. "Wil" Robinson - Posthumous Inductee
- William J. Grandstaff - Posthumous Inductee
- Cleveland Walters
- Floyd Frank
- Hub Baker
- Isador "Lolo" Munoz
- James Beckwourth
- Timmy Brooks
- Danell Tipton
- Gordon Wade Tonips
- Harvey Means
- Holt Hickman
- Jamie Foxx
- Judge Paul L. Brady
- Randy White
- Steve Murrin
- Walt Garrison
- Anne Lockhart
- Barry Corbin
- Nathan Jean Whitaker Sanders aka "Mama Sugar"
- Vincent Jacobs
- Monroe Tahmahkera
- Burl Washington, Texas
- Colonel Allen Allensworth*, California
- Floyd "Buck" Wyatt*, Oklahoma
- Fred Whitfield, Texas
- James Butler Hickok
- Lawrence Homer Coffee, Texas
- Mollie Taylor Stevenson Jr., Texas
- Pam Grier, Colorado
- Walt Willey, Illinois
- Woody Strode*, California
- Freddie "Skeet" Gordon
- Glynn Turman
- Joe Beaver
- Peter Perkins Pitchlynn
- Ruth Scantlin Roach
- Shirlie Sanders
- Walter Clarence "Buck" Taylor
- William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers
- Abe Morris
- Charles Hank Banks
- Harold Cash
- Lowell "Stretch" Smith
- Paul J. Matthews
- Robert Strauss
- Albino Tais
- Alex Dees
- Ben F. Tahmahkera
- Calvin Norris Greely Jr.
- Dean Smith
- Henry Harris
- Isaac Burns Murphy
- Mayisha Akbar
- Art T. Burton
- Holt Collier
- Matthew 'Bones' Hooks
- Paul Cleveland
- Taylor H. Haynes, M.D.
- Tommie Haw
- Willie Thomas
- Cathay Williams
- Frank White
- Nathaniel 'Rex' Purefoy
- Red Steagall
- Rufus Green Sr.
- Tom Three Persons
- Verna Lee Booker Hightower
- Bass Reeves*
- Charley Pride
- Colonel Juan Seguin*
- George Fletcher
- Jackson Sundown
- Ken Pollard
- Knox Simmons
- Patricia E. Kelly
- Rosieleetta Lee Reed
- Ed 'Pop' Landers
- Gerardo 'Jerry' Diaz
- Luke 'Leon' Coffee
- Melvin 'Mel' Carnell Blount
- Vicki Herrera Adams
- Jim Lane
- Mantan Moreland
- Mary Fields
- Walter Charles Morse
- Bill Pickett
- Bose Ikard
- Charlie Sampson
- Herb Jeffries
- Jose 'Pepe' Diaz
- Myrtis Dightman
- Quanah Parker
- Steven R. Heape