Arts & Culture

A historic tour of Sheridan is available, either as a walking tour or as a Trolley tour.

Sheridan is home to over 30 buildings on the National Historic Register, including the famed 69 gable Historic Sheridan Inn, a National Historic Landmark.  Once considered the finest hotel between Chicago and San Francisco, Buffalo Bill Cody auditioned acts for his famous Wild West Show from the veranda of the Inn.

Cultural entertainment in Sheridan County varies from creative arts and theater to historic western museums and galleries and everything in between--appealing to those young and young-at-heart.

Sheridan County is happy to be the home of over 150 artists in a variety of media.  From traditional arts including world class musicians and vocalists, writers, painters and sculptors, bto artisan techniques indigenous to the Western culture, such as silversmithing, rope braiding, and rawhide braiding, Sheridan has much to offer.

Artisans' studios, as well as galleries displaying a variety of regional and national artists, are located throughout Sheridan County.  To name but a few of Sheridan's artist offerings:

• Mike Flanagan, sculptor and cowboy artist
• Vince Donley, rawhide braider
• The late Don Rodell, wildlife painter
• Photography studio of Elsa Spear Byron
• The late Don King, saddlemaker and leathercrafts
• The Medicine Wheel Studio