The West in Miniature Ongoing Welcome to a Museum in Miniature! This gallery is filled with tiny treasures — each one a scaled-down window into the art and culture of the American West. For years, these small objects were either overshadowed by larger artworks...
Robert Rodriguez: Cinema Sin Fronteras This fall, Western Spirit celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a dynamic film series spotlighting the groundbreaking work of Robert Rodriguez—one of American cinema’s most inventive and influential storytellers. Emerging from...
Dead or Alive: Billy the Kid at the Movies Few figures from the American West have captured the imagination of filmmakers like Billy the Kid. The outlaw’s short, violent life has been reimagined across nearly a century of cinema—reflecting not only the myths of the...
Image credit: Illustration by Bob Boze Bell The Resurrection of Billy the Kid On view through December 2025 He died young…but he wouldn’t stay buried! Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West and True West Magazine combine forces to bring the West’s most...
Holiday Movie – 3 Godfathers (1948) The quintessential Christmas Western returns to the big screen this holiday season at Western Spirit! This classic film doubles as a modern Nativity tale. After a bank job goes wrong, three outlaws—played by John Wayne, Pedro...
