John Wayne: An American Experience

The second of the John Wayne museums on this two week road trip. The first being his birthplace museum in Winterset Iowa.
This museum is conveniently located in the Fort worth stock yard (a tourist meca) we spent more time at this museums than it's Iowa counterpart and although it had fewer physical displays it had an abundance of pictures, story's and videos.
The gift shop is small and expensive with several high end John Wayne collections such as clothing and luggage (although I had my eye on the $399 John Wayne canvas overnight bag.

We hit up this place before leaving for the airport, and we were pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I was expecting a run of the mill tourist trap type of experience, I was wrong. Walking through, it tells a great story, and it has a lot of real artifacts to go along with the story. It's definitely an enjoyable time if you're ever at the Stockyards.

Amazing! Great exhibit! Enjoyed learning more about the legend John Wayne. All of us need to go back to our roots and the principles on which America was originally founded. Bonus, Trigger and Bullet are in the gift shop area! They should have more about Roy Rogers too! Another great American hero and role model.

Great experience! As John Wayne fans, we enjoyed all the detail that was put into this exhibit. It is rich in history and well laid out. We purchased some John Wayne gear that we have not seen anywhere else. We were able to sit inside with my service dog and take a few minute break before moving on, and we appreciated that.