Bronze Wrangler

Bronze Wrangler
Bronze Wrangler
	"The Wrangler" in bronze
Awarded for	Best in Western film and television
Country	United States
Presented by	National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
First awarded	1961

The Bronze Wrangler is an award presented annually by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum at the Western Heritage Awards to honor the top works in Western music, film, television and literature.

The awards were first presented in 1961. The Wrangler is a bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback, and is designed by artist John Free.

The awards program also recognizes inductees into the prestigious Hall of Great Westerners and the Hall of Great Western Performers as well as the recipient of the Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award, named in honor of the Museum’s founder.

Award categories[]

Film and television[]

Theatrical Motion Picture
Television Feature Film
Factual Narrative
Factual Television Program (awarded from 1961 until 1989)
Fictional Television Drama
Western Documentary

Literary[]

Art Books
Folklore Books
Juvenile Books
Magazine Article
News Featurette
Nonfiction Book
Outstanding Photography Book
Poetry Book
Short Stories
Western Novel

Music[]

Music
Outstanding Original Western Composition
Outstanding Traditional Western Album

External links[]

Official Website
Western Heritage Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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