Providing a Working Ranch With a Museum of Western Art

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The Hitchcock Foundation

The Hitchcock Foundation is a non-profit private foundation established in 1983 to preserve the way of life of the Western ranch and the heritage of the American Cowboy by providing a working ranch with a museum of Western art.

The Hitchcock Foundation Board

Kurt McFarland
President

Daniel Samsill
Vice President

Jack Ingrao
Ranch Manager

Melanie Phelps
Secretary/Treasurer

Randy Edwards
Director

Kathryn Weaver
Director

In Memoriam, Edward B. Hitchcock, 1932-2021

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The Hitchcock Philosophy

Conserving the heritage of the American Cowboy

 

To preserve for all time, the way of life of the Western ranch and the heritage of the American cowboy and to
maintain the Lobo Ranch as a working ranch in perpetuity.

Keeping the Western way of life alive!

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The Western Art Collection

The Hitchcock Foundation’s objective is to provide a suitable repository for the Western art collection of Ed Hitchcock that he has collected over the years. Ed has willed his Western art collection to the Hitchcock Foundation, and it is to be displayed in order that it may be enjoyed by the public in a true Western setting.