National Museum-Wildlife Art

National Museum of Wildlife Art can be found at Rungius Rd 2820. The following is offered: Theater. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 12, 2013. In Jackson there are 3 other Theater. An overview can be found here.

If you don't spot this museum on your way into Jackson from the north, consider that a triumph of design: Its jagged, red-sandstone facade is meant to blend into the steep hillside facing the elk refuge. Within this 50,000-square-foot castle is some of the best wildlife art in the country. There are 12 exhibit galleries that display traveling shows and collections dating from 2000 B.C. to the...

An impressive collection of wildlife art—most of it devoted to North American species—is displayed in the 14 galleries displaying the work of artists Karl Bodmer, Albert Bierstadt, Charles Russell, John Clymer, Robert Bateman, Carl Rungius, and others. A deck here affords views across the National Elk Refuge, where, particularly in winter, you can see wildlife in a natural habitat.

Overlooking the Elk Refuge, this medieval-looking stone-and-stucco building blends seamlessly into the brown hills. (Look for it as you drive down Highway 89.) It contains more than 2,300 wildlife photos, paintings, and life-size bronze sculptures from around the world—some dating as far back as 2000 BC.