Western Heritage Awards
Further information: Bronze WranglerEvery year the Museum gives "The Wrangler", an original bronze sculpture by artist John Free. It is awarded annually during the Western Heritage Awards to principal creators of the winning entries in specified categories of Western literature, music, film and television. Past winners have included Owen Wister, William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Harry Carey, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Rex Allen, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Richard Widmark, James Stewart, Buck Taylor, Howard R. Lamar, Ben Johnson, Pernell Roberts, Arthur Allan Seidelman, and Tom Selleck.
The Rodeo Hall of Fame recipients are not honored during the Western Heritage Awards. They celebrate at another event and inductees receive medallions instead of "The Wrangler".
In 1974, the western painter Arthur Roy Mitchell of Trinidad, Colorado, received a special award, the "Honorary Trustee Award," having been cited as "the man who has done the most for southwestern history" through his collective art.
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