sid richardson museum

This small and FREE museum is in the Fort Worth Sundance Square are and is really worth a visit. It has an outstanding collection of Remington and Russell on display.

This is a small Museum downtown with focus on history and with a gift shop. Small exhibits circle through this museum and it is interesting. I get it confused with Amon Carter Museum which also has western them exhibits but on a grander scale.

Loved the history, the story of Sid Richardson and the staff at the museum were amazing -- loved how they made the visit so worth while!

While strolling downtown Fort Worth I discovered this little gem of a museum. It is free and had original paintings by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. The art used to belong to Texas oilman Sid Richardson. Well worth the time. If you park in one of the Sundance Square garages and bring your parking ticket to the museum they will give you 2 1/2 hours of free parking. That's pretty cool!

This western art museum in downtown Ft Worth, Texas, is a real treat for both adults and young people. The main interests are the works of Russel and Remington. Other western artists and sculptors add greatly to the show. Admission is free, and free is a very good price; especially for the Sid Richardson Museum. The display of western art is of high quality and truly educational. The catalog of works captivates the interest of both young and old attendees. Visit this museum and enjoy the experience.

The art in this museum is really world class - you will appreciate it even if you don't generally go for western art. The booklet with the description of the paintings is excellent.

This is a small, free museum with wonderful examples of work by Charles Russell, Remington and a select few others. We learned much, thanks to the nice pamphlet with notes about the pieces we saw. The gift shop is full of wonders with a knowledgable staff, eager to share about Ft. Worth, Sid Richardson and art in general. Great visit, well worth the time.

What a great place in Sundance Square. Excellent western art on display! I highly recommend visiting this museum if in the downtown Fort Worth area. This, along with the Amon Carter Museum, are my favorite musuems....and I live in Washington DC.

Might have missed this little gem if we hadn't been told about it beforehand. Delightful works of art in there if you like paintings of the old west. Staff in the shop we're welcoming but not pushy (forcing sales!) loved the visit.

The Sid Richardson museum of western art is a small collection of impressive paintings locatedin the historic Sundance Square neighborhood of downtown Fort Worth. They have specialexhibits in addition to their regular collection. There was a very well-behaved 3rd grade classparticipating in an educational field trip the day I visited. The docents are knowledgable andconduct scheduled classes and tours and are also available to answer any questions you may have. There is a lovely museum store with an variety of items for sale. There is NO admission charged at this museum.

Even if you are not planning a long trip or vacation, you can easily enjoy the magnificent western scenery in paintings by two of the best artists ever to lift a brush. The Sid Richardson Museum, situated on Main Street in Sundance Square, is as far as you need to go.Located just steps north of the new Sundance Plaza, this gem of a museum lies between the Worthington Hotel and the Plaza at 309 Main St. Though small, the collection rivals any that can be found in the US. It houses Sid Richardson's private collection of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell paintings, depicting true daily Indian life and culture. The museum also features a gift shop that is not to be missed, and contains evidence that Amon Carter was correct when he stated that Fort Worth is "where the west begins". Visitors have told me that they have fallen in love with downtown Fort Worth, and I can truthfully say that after spending an afternoon walking through Sundance Square, with it's new Plaza area, shops, and this wonderful museum, I, too, have fallen in love with it... all over again, Thank you for another fabulous freebie in Fort Worth. Although he died in 1959, Richardson's legacy lives on through the generosity of his nephew and his children, the Bass Brothers, who founded Sundance Square.

Frederic Remington and Charles Russell are among my favorite artists, and it was a thrill to see this collection for the first time. An added bonus is the selection of George Catlin paintings on loan from the National Gallery through May 2015. There is a nice explanatory catalog of the collection, including the Catlin works. I won't attempt to put my spin on the historical position of these and other artists represented at this museum. Remington, Russell and Catlin are not the only artists to represent the history of the western frontier, but this is an exceptional collection and exhibit not to be missed if you enjoy western art. Don't miss the Amon Carter Museum, either, for another signature collection of Remington and Russell work.There is a gift shop with a good assortment of souvenirs and reproductions. The museum is in the Sundance Square district. You can find street parking and fee parking lots nearby.

We went in looking for Xmas ornaments but got talked into walking through the gallery and am very glad we did. Wonderful western artwork. People are not very friendly that work there surprisingly.

This is my kind of art - all western. The gift shop had some nice western gifts, too. It is a short stop on your way around Sundance Square - just an hour, maybe a couple hours. Loved it.

Did the Old West really look like Remington and Russell depict it? Wrong question, just as “did Gertrude Stein really look like Picasso painted her?” is the wrong question.We are not talking about representational reality here, but about art that resonates with its audience. The better the artist, the stronger the resonance (and Remington and Russell are very, very good). Of course, it needs something to resonate with. At the Sid Rich Museum, that something is the strong human tendency – need, even -- to envision a larger-than-life past, a time when physical conditions, and the emotions that drove men – few women here -- to conquer them, were more clearly drawn, when the good, the true and the beautiful were easy to identify, if not easy to attain. When this sensibility is set in the future, we call it science fiction. When in the national past, we put it in places like the Sid Rich Museum.