Alive in the Heart of the West

Welcome

The Brinton Museum is located in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains on the historic 620-acre Quarter Circle A Ranch near Big Horn, Wyoming and presents 19th, 20th and 21st century Western and American Indian Art in an ideal setting.

Permanent Exhibitions

To Honor the Plains Nations

Exhibitions

The 2018 Brinton Leather Show

Exhibitions

150th Anniversary – Treaty of Fort Laramie Exhibition

collections

Western Art

Admission

Free for children 12 & under
$8 students & seniors
$10 adults

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Hours

March 15 to May 14
9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday to Sunday

May 15 to Labor Day:
9:30am - 5pm Daily

Bistro

Closed for regular service until mid-spring. Keep your eye out for special events!

For Reservations please call
307.763.5925

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Location

239 Brinton Rd
Big Horn, WY

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Prix Fixe Dinner at the Brinton Bistro!

The Brinton Bistro is serving a multi course Prix Fixe Dinner on Friday, April 27 RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

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Your day at The Brinton

There’s so much to do at The Brinton Museum on the Quarter Circle A Ranch. Here’s a list of recommended tours and activities and how long to plan for them.

History

1 hourHistoric Brinton Ranch House Tour »
1 hourQuarter Circle A Ranch Grounds Tour Self-Guided »
1.5 hoursLunch at Brinton Bistro »
1 hourSelf-guided Tour of Museum Galleries »
.5 hoursShop Museum Store »
5 hoursTotal Estimated Time

Edward Borein, illustrated letter

to Bradford Brinton, 1932

American Indian Art

1 hourThe John and Adrienne Mars American Indian Gallery »
1 hourHistoric Brinton Ranch House Tour »
1.5 hoursLunch at Brinton Bistro »
.5 hoursShop Museum Store »
4 hoursTotal Estimated Time

American Indian Parfleche

Brinton Collection

Western Art

1 hourHistoric Brinton Ranch House Tour »
1 hourTed and Katie Meredith Gallery of Western Art »
1.5 hoursLunch at Brinton Bistro »
.5 hoursShop Museum Store »
4 hoursTotal Estimated Time

Frederic Remington’s The Rattlesnake

The Bradford Brinton Memorial Collection

1.5 hoursGuided tour of the Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Building Tour by appointment »
1.5 hoursLunch at the Brinton Bistro »
.5 hoursShop Museum Store »
3.5 hoursTotal Estimated Time

Forrest E. Mars Jr. Building

Architectural Rendering

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5hrs
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3.5hrs
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5.5hrs
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6.5hrs
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7hrs
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3.5hrs
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY
2.5hrs
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6.5hrs

So much to experience

Western Art

American Indian Art

The Brintons

Historic Brinton Ranch House

The Brinton Bistro

Bird Watching

Architecture

Volunteer

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Provost
5hrs
Mt Rushmore, near Rapid City, SD
3.5hrs
Denver, CO
5.5hrs
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
6.5hrs
Salt Lake City, UT
7hrs
Yellowstone National Park
3.5hrs
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY
2.5hrs
CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
6.5hrs