The Medicine Bow Museum is located in the old railroad depot, across the highway from
the Virginian Hotel. The depot was built in November 1913, after a fire destroyed the original
depot earlier that same year.

The Union Pacific Railroad closed the depot in 1981, and it was deeded to the Town and placed
on the National Register of Historical Places in 1982. In 1983, the depot became home to the
Medicine Bow Museum and its colorful Old West and Local History Artifacts.

The Owen Wister Cabin and Monument are located next to the museum. The cabin was used
as Wister's summer home and winter hunting lodge in the Jackson Hole Area, and brought to
Medicine Bow as a bicentennial project by the Town's Lion's Club. The Monument, made of
petrified wood, was erected in 1939, as a tribute to Owen Wister and his book "The Virginian
." A caboose, given to the Museum by the U.P. Railroad, is a reminder of the importance the
railroad played in the past.

The Owen Wister General Store, just South of the Museum, is the actual store building
where Owen Wister slept on the counter upon arriving in Medicine Bow in 1885.

At the Museum, you will enjoy looking at the brands for cattle and sheep ranches in the
Medicine Bow area.

Open daily during the summer months and hunting season, and part-time during the
winter months.