Gene Autry. The name sounds familiar but hardly anyone today can give details of the man's life....except that he played a singing cowboy. The man is linked to the West and....guess what? That is the theme of this museum.....the American West. It used to be called the Western Heritage Museum. It is sort of refreshing that in Los Angeles, a place where Fiction is King.(Hollywood, Disneyland) ....you have this place. Real guns.....real costumes.....indian art.
What about Gene Autry the actor? The guy who used to collect Hollywood? There is a gallery which is informative, but not much. Not even Hollywood's West is very well represented here. In other words, not the place for the movie buff.
There are other places in the United States that have a Western theme but none like this so.... if visitors to Los Angeles have seen most of the sights.....go to this place. And buy something in the expensive gift shop. (Real is not cheap!)
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