A new exhibition, opening May 6, entitled From Our Hands, will be on display at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center through July 6. The exhibit will include various works of art created by Oklahoma Native American artists. The work on display will include Burgess Roye (Ponca) (1944 - 2015), Paladine Roye (Ponca) (1946 - 2001),  Penny Coates (Potawatomi), and Amber DuBoise-Shepherd (Prairie Band Potawatomi/Sac and Fox) as part of the annual Spring Art exhibit series. The exhibition will be…

A new exhibit, 75 Years of Television in Oklahoma, opens to the public on July 25 at the Oklahoma History Center Museum. On June 6, 1949, at 7 p.m., WKY-TV went on the air, introducing television to Oklahoma audiences. At the time, television was a new medium, touted as “a modern miracle” by The Daily Oklahoman. Technicians, newspaper reporters, and photographers grappled with the equipment to make the vision a reality. Those early industry pioneers were on the cutting edge of producing…

On Saturday, July 27, after the Oklahoma Route 66 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum will open a new exhibit titled Discovering 66. The exhibit will feature a collection of photographs by Rhys Martin, president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association. Although Martin grew up in the Tulsa area, he had only given historic Route 66 a thought once he took a life-changing trip around the world. After returning to Oklahoma, he looked closer at his home…

The Fred and Addie Drummond Home will display a collection of antique handkerchiefs from August 1 through 31. The special collection of dainty squares of fabric will feature a variety of cheerful designs. In the late 1800s, women often carried handkerchiefs to dab their nose and dry a tear. Handkerchiefs were commonly used by men and women before the mass production of disposable facial tissues after the Spanish Flu of 1918. Women of the 19th century, like Adeline Drummond, elevated…

The Fred and Addie Drummond Home will display a collection of antique handkerchiefs from August 1 through 31. The special collection of dainty squares of fabric will feature a variety of cheerful designs. In the late 1800s, women often carried handkerchiefs to dab their nose and dry a tear. Handkerchiefs were commonly used by men and women before the mass production of disposable facial tissues after the Spanish Flu of 1918. Women of the 19th century, like Adeline Drummond, elevated…

The Oklahoma History Center Museum (OHCM) exhibit Into the Mirror—an exhibit of 20 Native American artists from the museum’s permanent collection, will remain open through January 25, 2025. The exhibit will be located in the ONEOK, Inc. rotating gallery space at OHCM. The works range from 1878 to the present and were curated for Into the Mirror by OHCM Director Leon Natker because they are works by Native Americans depicting Native Americans. Since the beginning of colonization, representations of Indigenous…