In McLean, Texas, this museum explores the history of barbed wire and the culture that grew around it. Opened in 1991 in a converted brassiere factory, it presents barbed wire as both a practical invention and a force that changed ranching and settlement. Its collections include wire gathered from private collectors across the United States, fencing tools, ranching artifacts, salesman samples, warfare wire, and a reference library noted for extensive patent information and the largest collection of published barbed wire material. It also connects that story to High Plains life through exhibits on the Dust Bowl and the Texas stretch of Historic Route 66.

McLean, Texas · USA