Fremont County Pioneer Museum — Attraction in Lander

This is a great little museum. There are rotating exhibits featuring different aspects of both Western and Indian art and culture. This is a unique museum because it isn’t full of your standard western expansion exhibits and focuses mostly on the Lander and Winds regional history. It is perfect to spend 30-60 minutes for a quick visit or spend multiple hours if you’re a western history buff.

The outdoor western town recreation is also a nice addition and consists of around 10-12 buildings for the kids to explore.

We would happily visit this the next time we’re in the area.

If you’re a local resident make sure you let them know to get the lower rate. Even as a visitor the rates were...

Very nice and sizeable museum of the local history. I was disappointed that the first exhibit that greats all guests is a story of a few white guys being killed by native men. That is a purposeful perpetuation of the stereotype that native people were violent savages. There was no easily observable mention anywhere (I did not find any) of the attacks of white settlers and the US military against the native people. Another disappointment of the whole area is that Washakie and his tribe are celebrated so much in Wyoming only because they worked with the Americans and fought against other...

Super friendly staff that truly enjoys where they are to say the least. So much information around that you could literally take hours in there looking at different things and reading. Went on a slow day and had the whole place to ourselves. Snow was on the ground and everything was locked but they offered to open up anything that we'd want to take a look in which was above and beyond and makes me want to stop by anytime I come thru this way...