The Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum celebrates Pawhuska's best-known cowboy son, who moved from rodeo success to an Oscar-winning acting career without losing his Osage County identity. Exhibits cover Ben Johnson, local ranching, rodeo, and the wider cowboy culture of northeastern Oklahoma.
It is a good companion to Pawhuska's Osage and prairie stories, especially if you are also heading toward the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. The museum is small, but it grounds cowboy mythology in a specific place and a real local career.