Stockyards Museum

Small but rich in history. A lot of artifacts and history packed into a small room. The Indian history was particularly touching. Coincidentally, I heard about the exact brutal story regarding the Apaches on YouTube a couple of days later. Definitely worth a short visit and a gander.

It was small, but filled with lots of pictures and memorabilia. They also had some cool gift shop items. Great resource for getting a little history about the area. One of the men working there explained a little bit about the history, which was helpful. Also, it’s in a very cool historic building. Definitely recommend.

History of Stockyards is here. Enjoyed my last visit to his place. Noticed too old stuff that I wouldn’t know before coming to this place.

Beautiful local history and the proximity to the train was so cool, you could feel the ground vibrate! Dropped by just to check it out and ended up spending an hour here. I feel like it told the history though the artifacts they had nicely displayed. Wonderful learning experience we learned a lot!

There are many interesting displays and history to view. No admission charge!

This Museum has good antique collections. Museum visitors hours ⌚️10Am - 5PM. Entry fee $2 per person. There is a ancient bulb 💡 which is 115years old and that’s still working 🔆. We can find very old type writer, telephone ☎️, calculator and Maps of Fort Worth 🗺️, photographs 🎑, books📚 etc. It give good experience😃

Very very interesting well worth the stop. The history of the wedding dress was neat. The 2nd longest lit light bulb in the world is there. As well as the original recording of Gene Autry singing Rudolph the red nose reindeer. Lots of history and the people working there are very helpful. Places like this need to be preserved.

My family and I were in the area for vacation and decided to give the Stockyards a visit. The museum was one of the first things we walked into. It felt crowded, so just grabbed a map of the property from the desk and started to walk out. Mind you, we are not from here and have never been here. The woman at the desk was appalled that I took a map. It was a pad of tear off maps. She asked if we were coming into the museum. I said that we were leaving. I kid you not, after I walked out, she took the entire stack and put them away. The old woman should not be the face of the museum. Very bad first impression.

The Museum is not a real museum per se. It is a gift shop with a bunch of historic artifacts. For $2, it's not a bad deal as you can walk through time and see the history of the Stockyards and the influences of Mexicans, Russians and the Native Americans who roamed the lands. I would recommend going elsewhere to learn about the history of Ft. Worth and/or the Stockyards. Everyone behind the counter is far more interested in rushing people through doors and selling them all the chotchkis than welcoming visitors. Lesson learned. Glad to know we could contribute to the museum.

This museum is located on the first floor of The Livestock Exchange Building located on Exchange Avenue. Back in the day, this building was known as "The Wall Street of the West" as so much money exchanged hands buying and selling beef. I recommend any first time visitor here to go through this museum to learn more about the history of this place. A suggested admission fee is $2 and well worth that expense. The museum also includes a gift shop of reasonably priced souvenirs. The most famous part of this museum is a light bulb that has been continuously burning for over 100 years and is the second oldest continuous burning light bulb in the world. There are also many other interesting artifacts of the old Stockyard to view. Budget about 15-20 minutes inside and it's a great place to get away from the heat outside too. Closed Tuesdays.

Small museum with lots to see! Staff was very friendly, cost to get in was minimal and there was lots of cool stuff to see. Glad we stopped in.

this is an excellent museum there are many items to see and read about in here. You can learn a lot about It The people that use to come through he buying and selling cattle. You can also buy gifts to take home videos on how it all started. It's very inexpensive to walk through to help learn about the area.

The history here is great! Things you have never seen! If you want to get the Stockyards story, this is the only museum telling that.

Part museum, part gift shop, it's the perfect stop for the men while the women are shopping for pink cowboy boots and whatnot. Though the museum is small, there really is a lot of cool stuff to look at. My favorites are the old pictures and the three-ring binder on the history of Swift & Co. (or was it Armour?). The Stockyards Museum Is Open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.--5 p.m. and Memorial Day through Labor Day--Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. The museum is free, though donations are accepted. Web address (until info gets updated): http://stockyardsmuseum.org PS. If it's playing, try to watch the "Wall Street of the West" DVD, narrated by Barry Corbin (of Northern Exposure fame). It's quite interesting. That reminds me, I need to see if the library has a copy. [update] Fort Worth Library does have a copy!

Thoroughly enjoyed myself here. The museum has so many cool retro antiques. They decided to let you get up close and personal to the items, without touching of course. Came here for the Palace light bulb, but was delighted by everything else. Highly suggest you stop here $2 admission while in the Stockyards.

Cute little museum, worth $2 to spend a few minutes reading up on some of the history of the area. If you're around the area it's a nice way to kill an extra 15-20 minutes.

This isn't a museum. It's more of a small gift shop located inside the Livestock Exchange office building that's empty during the weekends. There's a $2 admissions fee. We walked past the windows and peeked inside. Didn't look interesting so we passed.

Good place to come and learn the history of the Stockyards. They also have "The Bad Luck Wedding Dress" and The Palace Theatre Light bulb that is 107 years old.

Teeny tiny museum - more like a gift shop with old stuff. Not worth your time unless you're really into old stuff and reading stuff about old stuff. It is free, but they request a minimum of a $2.00 donation. Hilarious. Who asks for a minimum donation? You are better off spending your time getting a tour by Betty at the visitor's center instead. She's awesome and will tell you all you need to know about the history of the Stockyards!

Very small, but packed to the brim with interesting old west items. There's also a nice gift shop you can visit. The ladies who work there are nice.

Nice little museum tucked inside the stockyards. lots of artifacts and memorabilia on display representing the great state of TEXAS.$2 fee is a hell of a deal for what you get to see. Excellent place to bring out-of-state friends & family.

Very small museum with old stuff and very nice folks that will talk your ear off. There's also a short video and lots of random cowboy stuff to look at but not touch. I was also turned off by the required donation. That being said, it was only $2 per adult and everything else you do at the Stockyards is $6. (The maze, the bull, the pony ride...etc.) It was a little bit interesting, but I wouldn't go back for a second trip.