On July 1, the Oklahoma History Center opened its newest exhibit, The Art of Speed: Oklahomans and Fast Cars. This six-week exhibit features unique and, in some cases, one-of-a-kind automobiles from the private collections of several Oklahomans. The exhibit is organized by eras with cars dating from 1900 to modern times, including a Cord, Corvette, Mercer, Franklin, Pontiac, Pegaso, Simplex, Porsche, and Jaguar. The Art of Speed is on display for a limited time, through August 15. Please call 405-522-0765…

Visit the Museum of the Western Prairie at 7 pm on Thursday, August 24, 2017, for the opening of Oklahoma Pride: The Next 50 Years of Oklahoma Art. On loan from the Melton Art Reference Library in Oklahoma City, this art exhibition showcases the work of Oklahoma artists in the wake of World War II who took a new look at creative expression and progressive politics. The use of different materials, textures, surfaces, and unconventional elements are represented through painting,…

On May 5, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) in Enid opened an exciting new exhibit to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail. Step inside the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery and learn about the greatest of cattle trails. The Chisholm Trail 150th Anniversary exhibit is on display through Saturday, September 16. Guests can immerse themselves in the stories of the Chisholm Trail as they sit around the campfire, enjoy a lonely cowboy’s tune,…

On April 22, the Pioneer Woman Museum opened a new exhibit entitled Pieces of a Collection: Selected Quilts of the Pioneer Woman Museum. The exhibit highlights historically significant quilts and sewing implements from the museum's permanent collection, and is on display through Saturday, September 16. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/pioneerwomanmuseum or call 580-765-6108.

Beginning Tuesday, September 26, the Pioneer Woman Museum will host the Preservation 50 exhibit from Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. This special traveling exhibit includes photos of buildings and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places and information about the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Visitors will learn more about the NHPA and its importance to preserving Oklahoma's historic resources. In conjunction with the exhibit, David Pettyjohn, executive director of Preservation Oklahoma, Inc., will give a presentation on Saturday,…

On Friday, September 29, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid will open its newest exhibit entitled Firefighting in the Strip. It will be on display in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery through Saturday, November 4. For more information please call 580-237-1907.

Visit the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum during the month of October to see the annual Quilt Show. The quilt show is open during normal hours of operation and there is no charge to see the special exhibit. Visitors can view a variety of modern and heirloom quilts. October of operation for the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum are 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday–Saturday and 1 pm to 4 pm on Sunday.

On November 1, 2017, the Museum of the Western Prairie will open a new exhibit entitled Christmas Past. This exhibit features a collection of linocut prints by Derald Swineford, who was the head of the art department at Oklahoma College for Women, Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma from 1946 through 1977. Each holiday season Swineford prepared one of these prints for friends, students, and colleagues. The earliest prints, completed in 1940…

On September 29, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid opened an exhibit entitled Firefighting in the Strip. It will be on display in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery through Saturday, November 4. For more information please call 580-237-1907.

The Oklahoma History Center is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit, Welcome Home: Oklahomans and the War in Vietnam. The exhibit will open to the public on Monday, November 6, and will be on display for two years. The exhibit looks at more than the historic events that occurred during the war. It will explore the impact of the war on Oklahoma families, as told through the stories of the young men and women who served their…

The Wall That Heals (TWTH) will arrive at the Oklahoma History Center on Wednesday, November 8, at 11 am escorted by the Patriot Guard Riders and Oklahoma Highway Patrol. A number of Oklahoma City veterans groups will welcome it to the Oklahoma History Center. The Oklahoma City Fire Department will provide two hook and ladder trucks that will have a 50-foot American flag suspended between them under which caravan will proceed. The Wall That Heals</em will be constructed that day…

Visit The Wall That Heals traveling exhibition and mobile Education Center at the Oklahoma History Center November 8–12, 2017. This exhibit features a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. The Wall That Heals lists the names of more than 58,000 service members who fell in the Vietnam War. The names are arranged chronologically by date of casualty, so that those who died together may be forever linked. The Wall That Heals will arrive at the Oklahoma…

On Thursday, November 9, at 11 am the Oklahoma History Center will host an opening ceremony for The Wall That Heals. The 145th Oklahoma National Guard Band will provide music for the event, and Rear Admiral Greg Slavonic (USN Ret.), chief of staff for Senator James Lankford, will be the featured speaker. This ceremony is free and open to the public. The Wall That Heals is a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. It is approximately…

Beginning Tuesday, November 14, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid will host the Preservation 50 exhibit from Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. This special traveling exhibit includes photos of buildings and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places and information about the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Visitors will learn more about the NHPA and its importance to preserving Oklahoma’s historic resources. For more information please call 580-237-1907.

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid is excited to host a temporary exhibit entitled Oklahoma 110. It will be on display in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery from Tuesday, January 16, through Wednesday, February 14. The exhibit celebrates 110 years of Oklahoma statehood and will feature artwork by Charla Enns and Jena Kodesh. Enns and Kodesh are artists and art teachers. Both married to farmers, they share a love of the land and particularly…

On Saturday, January 20, from 1 to 3 pm the public will have an opportunity to meet the artists during a special Open House for the Oklahoma 110 exhibit. The exhibit celebrates 110 years of Oklahoma statehood and features artwork by Charla Enns and Jena Kodesh. Guests are welcome to visit with the artists and ask questions, and refreshments will be available. For more information please call 580-237-1907.

On January 16, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid opened an exhibit entitled Oklahoma 110. The exhibit celebrates 110 years of Oklahoma statehood and features artwork by Charla Enns and Jena Kodesh. It will be on display in the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery through Wednesday, February 14. For more information please call 580-237-1907.

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid will host its sixth annual Trappings of the Cherokee Strip exhibit of fine Western art and custom cowboy gear. Trappings opens to the public on Saturday, February 24, and will remain open through Saturday, March 24. This invitational show brings together an impressive collection of art and cowboy gear, featuring several of Oklahoma’s best Western artists and craftsmen. The show is expertly exhibited to showcase the beauty of each item. All works…

Beginning Friday, March 2, the Pioneer Woman Museum will host an exhibit entitled Bound to Please: The History of Corsets. For additional details visit the Pioneer Woman Museum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pioneerwomanmuseum. Please call 580-765-6108 with questions.

The Chisholm Trail Museum is opening a temporary exhibit about local artist, author, and potter Don Blanding on Saturday, March 10, from 10 am to 5 pm. Blanding was born in Kingfisher in 1894 and through his travels made his home in Hawaii where he wrote articles for a local newspaper. He became so popular that he wrote and illustrated his own poetry books, and he is often credited with starting the tradition of Lei Day. This exhibit will highlight…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid recently opened its sixth annual Trappings of the Cherokee Strip exhibit of fine Western art and custom cowboy gear. Trappings is open to the public from Saturday, February 24, through Saturday, March 24. This invitational show brings together an impressive collection of art and cowboy gear, featuring several of Oklahoma’s best Western artists and craftsmen. The show is expertly exhibited to showcase the beauty of each item. All works are available for…

The Oklahoma History Center will open its latest pictorial exhibit, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Musical Theatre at 75 on Saturday, March 31, the 75th anniversary of the opening of the musical on Broadway. The exhibit will feature twenty-one images, mostly black-and-white with some full-color posters included. The photos range from the Broadway production of the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs, which was the inspiration for Oklahoma!, through the original production of the musical in 1943 and images…

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 regional student art competition. Do not miss this special exhibit of multimedia art from local students, which will be on display April 10–28. For more information please call 580-237-1907 or visit www.csrhc.org.

On Thursday, April 19, the Museum of the Western Prairie will open Wee Winsome Wildflowers, a new interpretive art exhibition showcasing the work of Lawton artist Sandra Dunn. The exhibit celebrates the beauty and utility of native wildflowers. The opening will include a premiere program at 7 p.m. Wee Winsome Wildflowers has been made possible through a grant from Oklahoma Humanities. The Museum of the Western Prairie is located at 1100 Memorial Drive in Altus. For more information, please contact…

Beginning Friday, April 20, the Pioneer Woman Museum in Ponca City will host an exhibit entitled Ponca City Portraits, People, and Places. For additional details visit the Pioneer Woman Museum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pioneerwomanmuseum. Please call 580-765-6108 with questions.

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 until Saturday, April 28. For more information please call 580-237-1907 or visit www.csrhc.org.

On Saturday, April 28, 2018, the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum will open a new exhibit of photographs by nationally known Route 66 historians and photographers Jim Ross and Shellee Graham. Lure of the Open Road features thirty-five of their color and black and white photographs of Route 66. Beginning at 11 am, Ross and Graham will sign copies of their newest book, Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Ross is a current Oklahoma Route 66…

An exhibit of the art of Clifford “Who” Davis will be on display at the recently renovated Cherokee Strip Museum in Perry during the months of May and June. Davis was a self-taught artist whose paintings reflect African American folk themes. Visitors also are invited to explore the newly remodeled museum building. The Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School are located at 2617 West Fir Street in Perry. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm…

The Sod House Museum will be opening a new exhibit, Women in Mourning on May 1. The central feature of this exhibit will be a black dress trimmed in purple along with a black lace shawl and accessories. These items date from around the early 1900s, and the dress was worn in the third stage of mourning known as half mourning. The exhibit also will include items in the home and changes made to them until the deceased family member…

Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center is proud to announce a new temporary exhibit now on display entitled Of Influence: Portraits of Cherokee People. Through photographs, narrative, and additional panels created to focus extra attention on those Cherokees who fought in the Civil War and at the Battle of Honey Springs, the exhibit, on loan from the Oklahoma History Center, consists of portraits and stories of famed members of the Cherokee Nation from before, during, and after the Civil War.…

The Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus is pleased to present a new exhibit, Oklahoma’s Vernacular Architecture from the Easel of John Womack, opening with a premiere program on Thursday, June 7. The gallery opens at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 pm. This event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be in the First Gallery of the Museum of the Western Prairie during June and July. Since his retirement as a professor…

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host a new traveling exhibit, Spirited: Prohibition in America, from June 16 to August 11. Organized by the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance of Kansas City, Missouri, Spirited: Prohibition in America explores the era of prohibition when America went “dry.” Visitors will learn about the complex issues that led America to adopt prohibition through the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1919 until its repeal through…

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…