Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center is pleased to announce a unique, hands-on educational experience for students and families alike, thanks to the generosity of the world-renowned Gilcrease Museum located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gilcrease Museum, which is home to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of art and artifacts of the American West, chose Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center as the first recipient of its new Gilcrease on Wheels mobile museum experience. The exhibits, now on display at…

During the month of September, the Sod House Museum will feature a special exhibit of art and photography by Warren Little. The exhibit will include 25 pieces of art and photography. On Saturday, September 22, at 10 am Little will be at the museum to give an overview of his drawings and the techniques he uses. Little discovered he had a knack for drawing people when he was a young boy growing up in Winchester, Oklahoma. Little was one of…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is pleased to present The 1893 Land Race: A Legacy of Community, on exhibit from September 4 to November 17, 2018, in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery. The exhibit focuses on early life and town-building efforts in the Cherokee Outlet just after the 1893 land race—from building houses to developing businesses. The exhibit will feature oral histories and stories of land run participants on its text panels and…

The Oklahoma History Center is honored to announce the opening of a photographic exhibit entitled “Where They Went”: A Photographic History of Oklahoma Animals. The title is extracted from a Will Rogers quote: “If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” The exhibit will be comprised of twenty-six black-and-white images taken by Oklahoma photographers and will open on Friday, September 21, 2018. It may be viewed in the Cooper and…

The Oklahoma History Center is honored to present a selection of works by famed Oklahoma artist Greg Burns. The exhibit A Sense of Time and Place: Work by Greg Burns will consist of ten drawings and paintings that have been chosen by the artist specifically for display at the History Center. The exhibit will be located on the third floor of the History Center in an area of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Gallery known as Curators’ Corner. The exhibit…

The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum is proud to host its annual quilt show during the entire month of October. The exhibit is open during normal hours of operation and there is no charge to see the special exhibit. The beautiful works of art on display include both heirloom quilts and modern quilts. Cimarron Valley Quilt Guild and Pawnee Bill Quilt Guild members are instrumental in putting together this yearly event. Hours of operation are Monday, 1 to 4 pm, Tuesday through Saturday,…

The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum is proud to host its annual quilt show during the entire month of October. The exhibit is open during normal hours of operation and there is no charge to see the special exhibit. The beautiful works of art on display include both heirloom quilts and modern quilts. Cimarron Valley Quilt Guild and Pawnee Bill Quilt Guild members are instrumental in putting together this yearly event. Hours of operation are Monday, 1 to 4 pm, Tuesday through Saturday,…

The Oklahoma Territorial Museum and historic Carnegie Library in Guthrie will host a special exhibit opening on Saturday, November 3, from 6 to 8 pm. An exhibit entitled The Yellow Brick Road to Woman Suffrage will open to the public and all are invited to attend. Guests can enjoy light refreshments and wine as the museum celebrates the centennial anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which secured women the right to vote. This display will be the…

On November 5, 2018, the Oklahoma History Center will open a photographic exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in Oklahoma. Votes for Women will feature twenty-eight black-and-white photographs from the Oklahoma Historical Society's photograph archives and the Library of Congress highlighting some of the key moments and events, and the people who fearlessly led the way. Three reproduction postcard illustrations will also be on exhibit. This exhibit will be on display in the Chesapeake Event Center…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is pleased to present The 1893 Land Race: A Legacy of Community, on exhibit from September 4 to November 17, 2018, in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery. The exhibit focuses on early life and town-building efforts in the Cherokee Outlet just after the 1893 land race—from building houses to developing businesses. The exhibit will feature oral histories and stories of land run participants on its text panels and…

The Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus will open a new holiday exhibit, All Things Santa: The Art of Larry Greer, on Thursday, December 6, at 6:30 pm, with a premiere program beginning at 7 pm. This exhibit opening and program is free and open to the public. This event is hosted by the Western Trail Historical Society. For many years, the late Larry Greer of Frederick would create a portrait of Santa Claus and offer both the original…

The Pioneer Woman Museum is pleased to host a traveling exhibit entitled Enduring Legacy: Photos of the Otoe-Missouria People. It is on display now through December 29, 2018. The exhibit features historic photographs and artifacts from the Otoe-Missouria Tribe. The exhibit began in 2011 as an outreach project of the Otoe-Missouria Public Information Office. The items on display were either donated by tribal members or included following agreements with museums and archives across the United States. Visit www.omtribe.org to learn…

The Oklahoma History Center is proud to announce the debut of the latest Mike Wimmer project, Will Work For ..., on Tuesday, January 15. This exhibit is comprised of 17 portraits and will be displayed in the Vose Atrium Gallery. It will be open for public viewing Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through June 2019. Wimmer describes himself as a “natural observer of people and all the differences that make…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is pleased to present Layered Lives, an exhibit running from January 15 to February 16, 2019, in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery. The exhibit features the artwork of Oklahoma artists Jena Kodesh of Tonkawa and Jill Webber of Stillwater. An artist’s reception to celebrate the exhibit opening will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. A Brown Bag Lunch and Learn lecture featuring a…

The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will host a traveling exhibit, Smoke Over Oklahoma: The Railroad Photographs of Preston George, from February 1 through May 31, 2019. This unique exhibit from the Oklahoma History Center features 1930s and 1940s images from the collection of railroad photographs taken by Preston George. George photographed trains in his spare time while working as a civil engineer in Colorado and Oklahoma. Born in 1906 in Indian Territory, George’s interest in trains began at an…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is pleased to present Layered Lives, an exhibit running from January 15 to February 16, 2019, in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery. The exhibit features the artwork of Oklahoma artists Jena Kodesh of Tonkawa and Jill Webber of Stillwater. An artist’s reception to celebrate the exhibit opening will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. A Brown Bag Lunch and Learn lecture featuring a…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid will open a new exhibit titled Weird and Wonderful on Tuesday, February 26. The exhibit will feature treasures and mysteries from the vaults of the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. It will be on display through Saturday, March 23. Please call 580-237-1907 for more information.

On Thursday, March 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the Oklahoma History Center will host a public reception to formally open the Will Work For … exhibit. Light refreshments will be served. This exhibit is comprised of 17 portraits by Mike Wimmer and is on display in the Vose Atrium Gallery. It is open for public viewing Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is projected to remain on display through June 2019. Wimmer describes himself…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid opened a new exhibit titled Weird and Wonderful on Tuesday, February 26. The exhibit features treasures and mysteries from the vaults of the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. It will be on display through Saturday, March 23. Please call 580-237-1907 for more information.

The Oklahoma History Center is proud to announce that it will host a premiere exhibition entitled, Unsolved History: Forensic Science, Cold Cases, and Art Therapy. This exhibit is comprised of 11 artistic creations by Oklahoma-based artists and art therapists who work with the families of victims in cold case crimes. Led by Shannon Hazen, Tina Adams, and Kris Newlin, and connected to the Oklahoma Homicide Survivors Support Group, artists were paired with families to participate in the project. Each piece…

The Friends of the Fred Drummond Home are happy to announce a new Hammered Aluminum Ware exhibit during the month of April. Visitors can view beautiful examples of hammered aluminum metalware, such as salad dishes, cookie trays, and pitchers with matching tumblers. From the early 1900s up to the 1950s, when most housewives were expected to entertain, many would use cheaper, lighter hammered aluminum for their card games, birthday celebrations, church events and monthly coffee socials with the neighbors. With…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is pleased to present the annual Red Dirt Student Art Show exhibit. It will feature the winners of this year’s regional student art competition. Do not miss this special exhibit of multimedia art from local students, which will be on display April 9–27. An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, April 9. For more information please call 580-237-1907 or visit www.csrhc.org.

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is pleased to present the annual Red Dirt Student Art Show exhibit. It features multimedia art from local students and is on display through Saturday, April 27. For more information please call 580-237-1907 or visit www.csrhc.org.

The Friends of the Fred Drummond Home are pleased to announce that a new Hammered Aluminum Ware exhibit is on display throughout the month of April. Visitors to the Fred Drummond Home can view beautiful examples of hammered aluminum metal ware such as salad dishes, cookie trays, and pitchers with matching tumblers. During the early 1900s through the 1950s, when most housewives were expected to entertain, many would use cheaper, lighter hammered aluminum for their card games, birthday celebrations, church…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is pleased to present a special exhibit entitled Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster, 1844–2012. This is a traveling exhibit from ExhibitsUSA and it features an array of historic political posters. Sign of the Times will be on display May 15 through August 16. This exhibit is included with regular museum admission. For more information please call 580-237-1907.

Visitors can explore the history of the apron through the exhibit Apron Strings: Ties to the Past now through May 25 at the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus. Although taken for granted by many social and art historians, the apron is the subject of a fascinating reevaluation in this popular ExhibitsUSA exhibition. Featuring 51 vintage and contemporary examples, the exhibition chronicles changing attitudes toward women and domestic work. It surveys the wide range of design and craft techniques…

From May 25 to June 29, the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus will host Tour de Quartz, a selection of artwork created by Oklahoma high school students during the 2018 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain. Each student artist is represented by one piece of artwork in Tour de Quartz. The exhibition of 20 photographs and 19 paintings will be on display in the First Gallery of the museum. During their two-week residency at Quartz Mountain, students…

The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will host a traveling exhibit, Smoke Over Oklahoma: The Railroad Photographs of Preston George, from February 1 through May 31, 2019. This unique exhibit from the Oklahoma History Center features 1930s and 1940s images from the collection of railroad photographs taken by Preston George. George photographed trains in his spare time while working as a civil engineer in Colorado and Oklahoma. Born in 1906 in Indian Territory, George’s interest in trains began at an…

The Museum of the Western Prairie will host the Oklahoma History Center’s traveling exhibit Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!: The Origin of Modern Musical Theatre from June 1 to July 31. The exhibit tells the story of the iconic musical Oklahoma! from its origins to the present. More than 75 years after Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted Lynn Riggs’s play Green Grow the Lilacs into Oklahoma!, the duo’s first collaboration remains one of their most celebrated productions. Often considered the first modern…

From May 25 to June 29, the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus will host Tour de Quartz, a selection of artwork created by Oklahoma high school students during the 2018 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain. Each student artist is represented by one piece of artwork in Tour de Quartz. The exhibition of 20 photographs and 19 paintings will be on display in the First Gallery of the museum. During their two-week residency at Quartz Mountain, students…

The Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus will open a new exhibit on July 2 entitled Oklahoma Landscapes: Watercolors by Derald Swineford. A premiere program for the exhibit will be held on Thursday, August 15, at 7 p.m., and the exhibit will run until September 28. Derald Swineford was the chair of the Art Department at the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, later called the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts (now the University of Science and Arts of…

To celebrate Independence Day, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, from July 4 to 7, 2019. The wall can be viewed beginning at 8:30 a.m. on July 4 and will be open 24 hours through July 7 at 5 p.m. The Moving Wall has been brought to the community through the sponsorship of the Pawnee Nation, the Pawnee Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7966, and the Pawnee Bill…

On January 15, 2019, the Oklahoma History Center opened an exhibit titled Will Work For ... The exhibit features 16 portraits by Mike Wimmer and is on display in the Vose Atrium Gallery through Saturday, July 6. It is open for public viewing Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wimmer describes himself as a “natural observer of people and all the differences that make us unique.” It was this diversity that he wished to portray in the…

On Monday, July 22, the Oklahoma History Center will open its newest exhibit, Wanted: Dead or Alive. This photography exhibit is comprised of images of some of Oklahoma’s most infamous criminals and will be on display until February 29, 2020. Images utilized in the exhibit have been drawn from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the University of Oklahoma Western History Collections, the National Archives, the vast photographic archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society, and private lenders. The 38 black-and-white images…

The Museum of the Western Prairie will host the Oklahoma History Center’s traveling exhibit Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!: The Origin of Modern Musical Theatre from June 1 to July 31. The exhibit tells the story of the iconic musical Oklahoma! from its origins to the present. More than 75 years after Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted Lynn Riggs’s play Green Grow the Lilacs into Oklahoma!, the duo’s first collaboration remains one of their most celebrated productions. Often considered the first modern…