Mickey Mantle Day, Oklahoma History Center

Thursday, July 7, the Oklahoma History Center is teaming with Mickey Mantle Steakhouse and WWLS the Sports Animal to recognize baseball great Mickey Mantle.  From 3 pm until 7 pm entry to the museum will be free. At 3 pm Bob Burke will moderate a discussion that will feature Mickey’s sons Danny and David Mantle, Al Eschbach, and newspaperman Berry Tramel. The roundtable event is free to the public.

Discounts on History Center admission, OHS memberships, and dinners at Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse will be offered. Online and radio trivia contests will run throughout the week of July 4 and among the prizes will be a free stay at the Bricktown Hilton and tickets to an Oklahoma City Dodgers baseball game.

This event compliments the Oklahoma History Center’s new exhibit of photography. “Mickey Mantle: Baseball Hero in Black and White” will be on display in the Chesapeake Events Center at the History Center through September 15. The exhibit includes 25 black-and-white images, all originally published in the “Daily Oklahoman” newspaper. The staff of the “Daily Oklahoman” consistently covered the career of Mantle, a native Oklahoman. The photos span from 1950 to the 1960s and depict Mantle in his personal and professional life. The Mickey Mantle photo exhibit utilizes the original reporters’ captions to highlight on-field and off-field milestones of the Baseball Hall of Famer. A few select artifacts also are displayed. Please note this exhibit is on display in the Chesapeake Events Center. This room also is used for meetings and special events. Visitors are encouraged to call 405-522-0765 in advance to confirm the room will be open to the public on the day of their visit.