Boot Hill Museum is the main reason most travellers stop in Dodge City. It recreates the rough Front Street era with saloons, exhibits, Boot Hill Cemetery, and, in summer, staged gunfights and evening shows.
Yes, it is theatrical. That is part of the point. The best way to enjoy it is to let the performance sit beside the real history: cattle drives, railroads, quarantine lines, gambling, lawmen, and the very short period when Dodge City's reputation was made.