If a John Wayne fan, a must. Worth a visit for a casual fan. We took about an hour to tour.

10,000 square feet Sprawling over 10,000 square feet, the exhibit is structured to give you an intimate tour of the life of John Wayne. Starting with his early childhood and career, each room highlights an aspect of The Duke's legacy.

John Wayne: An American Experience is permanently located in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Do you offer any discounts? Yes. Tickets for children (age 5 and under) are FREE; youth (age 6-15) are $17.95; and military, students, and seniors (age 65 and older) are $20.95 (offered with ID).

The museum building opened in 2015. A statue of Wayne greets visitors on the museum grounds. The museum collection includes costumes, movie posters, and scripts. Wayne's birthplace home has been restored to its 1907 appearance.

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Wayne, a 16 year-old with a heart of gold, sets out on a small, two-stroke road bike from Boston to Florida with his new friend Del, to get back the 79' Trans-Am that was stolen from his fat...

He was a major star from the 1940s to the 1970s. Wayne is most famous for his work in one of America's greatest native art forms, the Western movie. In more than 200 films made over 50 years, he also made a surprising variety of other kinds of films.

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64 acres The Fort Worth Zoo is 64 acres in size and has been at its current location since 1910.

1966 When John Wayne arrived in Vietnam in the summer of 1966 to visit American troops at the height of the Vietnam War as part of a tour co-sponsored by the USO's Hollywood Overseas Committee and the U.S. Department of Defense, he was still in the early phases of developing the 1968 feature film he would eventually direct ...

Tadao AndoModern Art Museum of Fort Worth / Architect The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's building was designed by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

Films Grossed Over $350 Million By the early 60's, 161 of his films had grossed $350 million, and he had been paid as much as $666,000 to make a movie - although in his early days on screen, his salary ran to no more than two or three figures a week. It was rarely a simple matter to find a unanimous opinion on Mr.