Buckhorn Saloon & Museum

Frommer's Review

If you like your educational experiences accompanied by a tall cold brew, this is the place for you. With its huge stuffed animals, mounted fish, and wax museum version of history, this collection fulfills every out-of-stater's stereotype of what a Texas museum might be like. To enjoy it best, you have to have an appreciation for cheesiness and a heavy-handed commercialization of the idea of the Old West. It's not nearly as funky as it was when it was in the old Lone Star brewery -- all those dead animals seem out of place in this modern space -- but it's still got such exhibits as the church made out of 50,000 matchsticks and pictures designed from rattlesnake rattles. The facility includes a re-creation of the turn-of-the-century Buckhorn saloon, a curio shop, and a transported historic bar. Lots of people seem to like this place, but others think it's a bit pricey for what you get.

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