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2024

Houston Livestock Show and RodeoTM Collections History Exhibit Kicks Off Rodeo Season

Feb 5, 2024

Explore 92 years of rodeo history and cowboy spirit at The Heritage Society

From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo collections exhibit complements the advent of Rodeo season and Texas History Month in March. Visitors are invited to relive 92 years of rodeo history at The Heritage Society’s The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Museum Gallery, at 1100 Bagby Street.

“Rodeo culture brings nearly all Texans together through food, skills competitions, music, parades, fundraisers, the carnival, vendors/exhibitors, and family entertainment,” The Heritage Society’s executive director, Alison Bell said. “The classic artifacts tell the story of the rodeo’s transformation from the 1931 Houston Fat Stock Show to the ever-growing spectacle it is today.”

The collection includes the following artifacts: a showcase with signed guitars signed by all of the 2014 entertainers, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, and Alabama, and Cody Johnson; a saddle holder from the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation; Swarovski embellished mariachi attire; a Leon Coffee showcase; and more.

Please contact communications@heritagesociety.org for the full press release.