Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum

Spend the day at the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum in Pawnee. Stop in the visitor center to experience exhibits showcasing fascinating artifacts and stories of Pawnee Bill’s remarkable life. Take a scenic drive through the exhibit pasture, where you’ll have the opportunity to observe majestic bison and longhorn cattle.

A view up a long walkway to the historic stone mansion. Green grass, large trees, and a blue sky are visible.

Pawnee Bill’s 1910 mansion

A couch faces a stone fireplace in a large room with statues, multiple paintings, a piano, and Southwestern-style rugs. Hardwood floors, wood-paneled walls, and and an antique hanging light fixture lend to the opulence of the room.

Inside the mansion

An elegant chandelier with suspended crystals hangs over a dining table. The table is set for a formal meal with a lace covering. A sideboard with china and a silver tea set are nearby, and windows are in the background.

Mansion dining room

A rustic cabin with rough-hewn logs sits in a grassy area near a large barn and trees.

The 1903 log cabin still stands on the grounds

Two mannequins in western-style clothing rise above an exhibit case. Posters, large photographs, and other mannequins are nearby, with a large stagecoach is in the background.

The visitor center offers exhibits exploring Pawnee Bill’s legacy

A man in a blacksmith apron points toward a forge with a fire. An anvil, small US flag, tools, and a cabinet are nearby. The walls are a rough stone texture.

Step into the blacksmith shop for a demonstration

An overhead view of a large rock barn with red roof. A metal corral with a horse and green grass are on one side. Other structures stand in the distance among large trees.

The Big Barn, built in 1926

A large painted ad shows trick riders on horseback and vignettes of Pawnee Bill and others. Text describes Pawnee Bill's Wild West show with '1,000 people and horses employed.'

A large historic Wild West Show advertisement on display in the Big Barn

A small group of longhorns with dark red speckled hides and one black cow stand in green grass with trees in the background.

Longhorns graze in the exhibit pasture

A large, shaggy bison stands next to a bison calf curled up on the grass. A building and trees are in the background.

Bison roam the pasture

Wild West Show

The ranch comes alive during this annual summer event. Visitors enjoy tours, demonstrations, food, and entertainment all day, and Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show in the evening.

A Pawnee Bill reenactor races through the arena on horseback. He waves his hat to the stadium seats full of people.
A woman in western clothing pats a large dark-colored horse lying on its stomach with legs folded underneath. Cars and spectators are behind her.
Two reenactors walk past the mansion. One wears a military uniform and the other is in a long-sleeved top and long skirt.
Two white horses pull a bright red stagecoach through the arena. A driver steers from the outside and passengers ride inside. The arena walls are decorated with red, white, and blue bunting.
A man uses dutch ovens to cook over a fire. A covering extends from poles in the ground to a chuck wagon. A rock structure, people, and trees are in the background.
A man in western clothing leads a large black horse with a small girl on its back. They walk toward small tents, chairs, and people under a large tree.
An entertainer performs with a flaming whip inside the arena.
White smoke billows from a small cannon fired by two reenactors in military uniforms. A crowd watches nearby and rows of cars and the visitor center are in the distance.
A man rides in a chariot kicking up dirt pulled by two fast-moving horses. A University of Oklahoma flag flies from the chariot.
An Indigenous dancer raises two large feathered wings high in the air. She wears a long blue dress with a wide, decorative belt, a beaded headband with an upright white feather.