However much time you think you’ll need in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, double it. The 61-year-old collection is a sprawling tribute to the history and lore of the American West. Wing after wing, case after case, you’ll discover deep dives into every micro-topic imaginable: Native American drums and headdresses, chuckwagon grub, branding irons and barbed wire, Victorian firearms, and so on. The fashion exhibits are a big highlight—showcasing fancy wooly chaps, ten-gallon hats, and hideous Tony Lama “tenniboots” (all the rage among 1980s rodeo clowns). The archives house the world’s largest collection of rodeo photography. Entire galleries are devoted to classic and contemporary Western art, including colossal sculptures by Frederic Remington and James Earle Fraser. There’s even a full-scale recreation of an Old West town, complete with a walk-through church, saloon, and schoolhouse. An outdoor sculpture garden invites meditative strolls; a prop-and-costume hall inspires selfies with John Wayne memorabilia. Admission is $12.50 for adults.

1700 NE 63rd St., Oklahoma City, OK; 405-478-2250.