List of museums in Oklahoma

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This list of museums in Oklahoma encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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NameTown/cityCountyRegionTypeSummary
14 Flags Museum Sallisaw Sequoyah Green Country History [1] [2]
45th Infantry Division Museum Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Military website, history of the 45th Infantry Division in WW II and the Korean War, also includes military weapons, war cartoons of Bill Mauldin, park with tanks, artillery, personnel carriers, aircraft, and the Thunderbird Monument
99s Museum of Women Pilots Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralAviationHistory of women in aviation
A. D. Buck Museum of Science and History Tonkawa Kay Red Carpet Country MultipleBirds and animals of North central Oklahoma, local history, located on the campus of Northern Oklahoma College
Afton Station Packard Museum Afton Ottawa Green CountryAutomotiveIncludes a showroom, 18 Packards & other vintage automobiles, Route 66 memorabilia
Alexandre Hogue Gallery Tulsa Tulsa Green CountryArt website, housed in Phillips Hall and run by the School of Art of the University of Tulsa
Alfalfa County Museum Cherokee Alfalfa Red Carpet CountryLocal history website, includes period room displays
Alva Regional Airport Museum Alva Woods Red Carpet CountryAviationLocated in Alva Regional Airport, features artifacts from area aviation history, including the World War II prisoner of war camp formerly located in Alva [3] [4]
American Banjo Museum Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralMusic website, collection of banjos, history of the instrument in America
American Pigeon MuseumOklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistory website, history of passenger pigeons, includes historic pigeon equipment clocks, bands, trophies, plaques, paintings and photographs, World War I and II army pigeon corps equipment
Anadarko Heritage Museum Anadarko Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Local history website, operated by the Anadarko Philomathic Club
Apache Historical Museum Apache CaddoSouthwestern OklahomaLocal history [5]
Arbuckle Historical Museum Davis Murray South Central Local historyLocated in a historic depot [6] [7]
Arbuckle Historical Society Museum Sulphur MurraySouth CentralLocal history Facebook site [8]
Arkansas River Historical Society Museum Catoosa Rogers Green CountryMaritime website, located in the Tulsa Port of Catoosa
Ataloa Lodge Museum Muskogee Muskogee Green CountryNative American website, part of Bacone College, includes North and South American Native artifacts and art, including ceramics, katsinam, weavings, clothing
Atkinson Heritage Center Midwest City OklahomaCentralHistoric house website, part of Rose State College
Bartlesville Area History Museum Bartlesville Washington Green CountryLocal history website, displays on area pioneers, Native Americans, oil industry, one room school
Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum Broken Bow McCurtain Kiamichi Country Natural history website, mounted wildlife dioramas
Bigheart Museum Barnsdall Osage Green CountryLocal history [9]
Bob Dylan Center TulsaTulsaGreen CountryMusicCollection of archives of musician Bob Dylan
Boswell Museum Leedey Dewey Red Carpet CountryHistoryPersonal collection of buggies, pump organs, old clocks, dishes, and personal items of actress Darla Hood [10]
Bristow Historical Museum Bristow Creek Green CountryLocal historyLocal history and railroad exhibits [11]
Buffalo Museum Buffalo Harper Red Carpet CountryLocal history [12]
Caddo Tribal Heritage Museum Binger CaddoSouthwestern OklahomaNative American Facebook site, cultural traditions of the Caddo people
Canadian County Historical Museum El Reno Canadian CentralLocal history [13]
Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum Geary Blaine Red Carpet CountryLocal history [14]
Canton Area Museum Canton BlaineRed Carpet CountryLocal history [15]
Carl Hubbell Museum Meeker Lincoln CentralBiographicalBaseball player Carl Hubbell, located in City Hall [16] [17]
Catoosa Historical MuseumCatoosaRogersGreen CountryLocal history [18]
Cherokee Heritage Center Park Hill Cherokee Green CountryNative AmericanIncludes Cherokee Nation Museum with Trail of Tears exhibit, Cherokee history and culture, Native American art, Diligwa Village and the Adams Corner Rural Village
Cherokee National Prison Museum TahlequahCherokeeGreen CountryPrisonLate 19th-century prison that was the only one in the entire Indian Territory from 1875 to 1901
Cherokee Strip MuseumAlvaWoodsRed Carpet CountryLocal historyIncludes pioneer exhibits, Native American art and artifacts, period business displays [3] [19]
Cherokee Strip Museum Perry Perry Red Carpet CountryLocal history website, history of the Cherokee Outlet and its peoples
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Enid Garfield Red Carpet CountryHistoryStory of the land run to settle the Cherokee Strip and pioneer life, formerly Museum of the Cherokee Strip, includes Humphrey Heritage Village. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum TahlequahCherokeeGreen CountryHistory website, mid 19th-century judicial building with exhibits about area judicial system, newspapers, history
Cheyenne City Park and Museums Cheyenne Roger Mills Southwestern OklahomaMultiple website, park with six museums including the Cheyenne Santa Fe Depot Museum, Pioneer Museum, Strong City-Kendall Log Cabin Home, Minnie Slief Community Museum, Roll One Room School House, Veterans Museum, Strong City-Kendall Log Cabin Home and a chapel [20]
Chickasaw Bank Museum Tishomingo Johnston South CentralHistoric bank website, operated by the Johnston County Historical Society, historic bank with original bank equipment, Native American baskets, pottery and artifacts
Chickasaw Council House Museum TishomingoJohnstonSouth CentralNative AmericanChickasaw artifacts, culture, notable individuals, contemporary art
Chickasaw Cultural Center SulphurMurraySouth CentralNative AmericanHistory and culture of the Chickasaw
Chickasaw White House Milburn JohnstonSouth CentralHistoric houseFirst decade of the 20th century period home of Chickasaw Governor Douglas H. Johnston
Chisholm Trail Historical Museum Waurika Jefferson Southwestern OklahomaHistoryHistory of the Chisholm Trail and the people associated with it [21]
Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Duncan Stephens Southwestern OklahomaHistory website, Western heritage, culture and art, life along the trail, cattle drives
Chisholm Trail Museum KingfisherKingfisherRed Carpet CountryOpen-air website, includes history of the Chisholm Trail and cattle drives, period store displays, antique vehicles and farm equipment, pioneer village with bank, schoolhouse, church, two cabins and a jail
Choate House Museum Indianola Pittsburg Kiamichi CountryHistoric house information
Choctaw Nation Capitol Museum Tuskahoma Pushmataha Kiamichi CountryNative AmericanHistory and culture of the Choctaw Nation, also known as Choctaw Nation Museum
Chouteau Memorial Museum Salina Mayes Green CountryHistory website, partially recreated trading post and a flatboat
Cimarron Heritage Center Boise City Cimarron Red Carpet CountryOpen-air website, includes French Museum with local history exhibits including the Dust Bowl, architect Bruce Goff, Santa Fe Trail, fossils, buttons, 1920s school house, first decade of the 20th century ranch house, depot, farm equipment and machinery
Cimarron Valley Railroad Museum Cushing PayneCentralRailroad website, housed in a Santa Fe depot, includes railroad cars, equipment and memorabilia
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Shawnee Pottawatomie CentralNative American website, history, culture and art of the Great Lakes cultures, operated by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Claremore Museum of HistoryClaremoreRogersGreen CountryLocal historyIncludes exhibit and memorial about playwright Lynn Riggs who wrote "Green Grow the Lilacs," the basis for Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" [22] [23]
Coal County Miner's and Historical Museum Coalgate Coal South CentralMining website, area coal mining instruments and tools, models, historic photos and area artifacts [24]
Collinsville Depot Museum Collinsville TulsaGreen CountryLocal history website, operated by the Collinsville Historical Society
Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center Lawton Comanche Southwestern OklahomaNative American website, operated by the Comanche Nation
Confederate Memorial Museum & Cemetery Atoka Atoka South CentralMilitary website
Conoco Museum Ponca City KayRed Carpet CountryIndustry website, history of the ConocoPhillips Company
Coo-Y-Yah Museum Pryor MayesGreen CountryLocal historyExhibits include Cherokee and Osage artifacts and art, local history items, salt-glazed pottery, 19th century printing press [25]
D.W. Correll Museum CatoosaRogersGreen CountryMultiple website, includes antique automobiles, bottles and decanters, rocks and minerals, seashells, antiques, local history
Cotton County Museum Walters Cotton Southwestern OklahomaLocal history website
Covington Historical Museum Covington GarfieldRed Carpet CountryLocal history [26]
Creek Council House Museum Okmulgee OklahomaEasternNative American Muscogee (Creek) Nation's historical council house, art, and history
Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum Afton OttawaGreen CountryAutomotive website, classic hot rods and custom cars
Dave Sasser Memorial Museum Perkins PayneCentralHistoryPioneer life [27]
Delaware County Historical Society and Mariee Wallace Museum Jay Delaware Green CountryHistoryIncludes toy trains, buggies and wagons, Native American and Trail of Tears historic artifacts [28]
Delaware Nation MuseumAnadarkoCaddoSouthwestern OklahomaNative American
Dewey County Jail House Museum Taloga DeweyRed Carpet CountryPrisonAlso known as Tom Mix Jail, open by appointment [29] [30]
Dewey Hotel Museum Dewey WashingtonGreen CountryHistory website, restored Victorian hotel with period furnishings and artifacts, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Diamond Point School Nowata Nowata Green CountryEducationPreserved one-room schoolhouse, used for school programs
Dobson Museum Miami Ottawa Green CountryLocal history website, operated by the Ottawa County Historical Society
Fred and Adeline Drummond House Hominy OsageLocal historyOperated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Drumright Historical Museum Drumright CreekGreen CountryLocal history website, operated by the Drumwright Historical Society in a historic depot
Dwight Presbyterian Mission Marble City SequoyahGreen CountryReligiousHistory of the former mission for Native Americans
Eastern Trails Museum Vinita Craig Green CountryLocal history website, exhibits on a local Civil War battle, ranching, mercantile, post office, home life, Cherokee influence, military, tools, sports, Route 66
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park Foyil RogersGreen CountryArtPark with concrete totem pole sculptures and museum of Galloway's work
Edmond Historical Society Museum Edmond OklahomaCentralLocal history website
Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum Ardmore Carter South CentralDoll [31]
Elsing Museum TulsaTulsaGreen CountryNatural history website, part of Oral Roberts University, includes gems, minerals, natural art, Native American artifacts, Asian artifacts
Eskridge Hotel Museum Wynnewood Garvin South CentralHistoric site website, open by appointment with the Wynnewood Historical Society, historic hotel with period furnishings
Field Historical Printing Museum Hominy OsageGreen CountryMediaIncludes historic printing, Western Union and Dow Jones ticker tape equipment [32]
Five Civilized Tribes Museum MuskogeeMuskogeeGreen CountryNative AmericanArt, history and culture of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole tribes information
Foreman Prairie House DuncanStephensSouthwestern OklahomaHistoric house website, also known as W.T. Foreman Prairie House, early 20th-century brick home
Forest Heritage Center Broken BowMcCurtainKiamichi CountryIndustryIncludes forestry tools, homestead memorabilia, 14 diorama paintings of local history, located in Beavers Bend Resort Park
Fort Gibson Historic Site Fort Gibson MuskogeeGreen CountryMilitaryReconstructed frontier fort, original buildings and exhibits
Fort Reno El Reno CanadianCentralMilitaryVisitor center features historic artifacts, photographs, Frederic Remington art about the fort, tours of the historic buildings
Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum Fort Sill ComancheSouthwestern OklahomaMilitary website, history of the fort
Fort Supply Historic Site Fort Supply Woodward Red Carpet CountryMilitaryIncludes visitor center with exhibits, 5 original building, replicas of the stockade and a tipi
Fort Towson Historic Site Fort Towson Choctaw Kiamichi CountryMilitaryIncludes visitor center with exhibits and early 19th century fort ruins
Fort Washita Historic Site Durant Bryan South CentralMilitaryIncludes museums and restored mid 19th century fort buildings
Frank Phillips Home BartlesvilleWashingtonGreen CountryHistoric house website, home of oilman Frank Phillips, includes museum with exhibits about Phillips and his family, the oil industry
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Norman Cleveland CentralArtPart of the University of Oklahoma, collections in American, Native American, Asian, Contemporary and European art, photography
Freedom Museum Freedom WoodsRed Carpet CountryLocal historyIncludes late 19th century and early 20th century household items and memorabilia [33]
Frisco Depot Museum Hugo ChoctawKiamichi CountryLocal history website, operated by the Choctaw County Historical Society, displays include Harvey House restaurant, railroads, period business, farm and home life, miniature railroad, a miniature five-ring circus and a moonshine still
Frontier Country Museum Crescent Logan CentralLocal history website, includes pioneer artifacts, period home and business displays, one room schoolhouse, oil industry and military displays
Garrard Ardeneum McAlester PittsburgKiamichi CountryMultipleMuseum with antique furnishings, maps, photographs, and historical items and an arboretum, open by appointment
Gardiner Art Gallery Stillwater Payne CentralArtPart of Oklahoma State University's Bartlett Center for Visual Arts [34]
Gardner Mansion and Museum Broken BowMcCurtainKiamichi CountryNative American1884 home of Jefferson Gardner, a Chief of the Choctaw, includes Native American artifacts and fossils [35]
Gateway to the Panhandle Museum Gate Beaver Red Carpet CountryLocal history [36]
Gaylord-Pickens Museum Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistory website, features the Oklahoma Hall of Fame with history and famous people of Oklahoma information, photos, videos and 360 degree tour
Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum Gene Autry OklahomaSouth CentralMedia Gene Autry and singing cowboy memorabilia from films, television, radio and beyond [37]
George M. Murrell Home Park Hill CherokeeGreen CountryHistoric houseMid-19th century period home and log cabin with Cherokee living history demonstrations
George's Antique Auto MuseumEnidGarfieldRed Carpet CountryAutomotiveFeatures antique automobiles in period settings [38]
Gilcrease Museum TulsaTulsaGreen CountryArtArt of the American West, art and artifacts from Central and South America
Goddard Center ArdmoreCarterSouth CentralArt website, performing arts center with four art exhibit galleries and a sculpture garden
Goddard Youth MuseumSulphurMurraySouth CentralNatural historyOperated by Goddard Youth Camp, animals, dinosaurs, fossils, nature [39]
Grady County Museum Chickasha Grady CentralLocal history website, operated by the Grady County Historical Society
1893 Land Run Museum & Historical Center Medford Grant Red Carpet CountryLocal historyGrant County Historical Society - Open Wed-Sat 10-4 & Sun 1-4 [40]
Greater Southwest Historical Museum ArdmoreCarterSouth CentralLocal history website, history of South-Central Oklahoma, exhibits include 1893 log cabin, displays of a general store, drug store, medical and dental office, barbershop, law office, courtroom, post office, school and blacksmith shop, includes the Military Memorial Museum
Guthrie Scottish Rite Museum Guthrie LoganCentralHistoric siteMaterial and cultural heritage of the Masonic fraternity
Har-Ber Village Museum Grove DelawareGreen CountryOpen-air website, turn-of-the-20th-century pioneer village with over 100 buildings and collections of antiques
Harmon County Historical Museum Hollis Harmon Southwestern OklahomaLocal history website
Harn Homestead Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistory website, pioneer farm and homestead
Harrah History Center Harrah OklahomaCentralLocal history website, includes museum, restored train depot, caboose and coal cars
Haskell County Historical Museum Stigler Haskell Kiamichi CountryLocal history website
Healdton Oil Museum Healdton CarterSouth CentralIndustryArea oil industry and development [41]
Heartland Air Museum Bristow CreekGreen CountryAviationIncludes vintage military aircraft, vehicles and memorabilia - may be closed, no current information
Heartland of America Museum Weatherford Custer Southwestern OklahomaHistory website, exhibits include clothing, education, family life, military and patriotism, music and art, religious faiths, Route 66, vintage automobiles, period store and business displays
Henry and Shirley Bellmon Library & Museum Billings NobleRed Carpet CountryBiographicalPapers and exhibits of Governor Henry Bellmon [42]
Henryetta Territorial Museum Henryetta Okmulgee Green CountryLocal history website [43]
Henryetta Art Association Museum Henryetta OkmulgeeGreen CountryArtOpen by appointment and during art shows [44]
Henry Overholser Mansion Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistoric house1903 Victorian home of social and civic leader Henry Overholser
Hinton Historical Museum Hinton CaddoSouthwestern OklahomaLocal history [45]
Indian Territory Museum Caddo BryanSouth CentralLocal history [46]
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHall of fame — sportsHoused inside the Science Museum Oklahoma
J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum Claremore RogersGreen CountryWeaponsIncludes over 20,000 guns, also knives, beer steins, music boxes, World War I posters, statues by John Rogers
Jacobson House Native Art CenterNormanClevelandCentralArt website, Native American art gallery located in the historic Oscar B. Jacobson House
Jasmine Moran Children's Museum Seminole Seminole CentralChildren's
Jim Thorpe House Yale PayneCentralBiographicalHome of athlete Jim Thorpe
John Frank House Sapulpa CreekGreen CountryHistoric houseOpen by appointment, house designed by architect Bruce Goff for John Frank, founder of Frankoma Pottery
Jones and Plummer Trail Museum Beaver BeaverRed Carpet CountryLocal historyOperated by the Beaver County Historical Society [47]
Kanza Museum Kaw City KayRed Carpet CountryNative American website, history and culture of the Kaw people, includes Native American and paleontology exhibits
Kaw City MuseumKaw CityKayGreen CountryLocal historyLocated in an old Santa Fe Railroad depot [48]
Kenton Mercantile Museum Kenton CimarronRed Carpet CountryNatural & local historyCombination general store, museum with dinosaur and jar and bottle collection displays, restaurant and gas station [49]
Kerr Mansion Poteau Le FloreKiamichi CountryBiographicalHome of Governor Robert S. Kerr, proposed museum, [50] formerly operated as the Robert S. Kerr Conference Center & Museum
Kiowa County Historical Museum Hobart Kiowa Southwestern OklahomaLocal historyOperated by the Kiowa County Historical Society in a historic depot [51] [52]
Kiowa Tribal Museum Carnegie CaddoSouthwestern OklahomaNative American website [53]
Krebs Heritage Museum Krebs PittsburgKiamichi CountryLocal history website [54]
Laverne Community Museum Laverne HarperRed Carpet CountryLocal history [55] [56]
Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center and MuseumEnidGarfieldRed Carpet CountryAfrican American website, exhibits include local and American black culture and links to Enid and northwest Oklahoma
Leonardo's Discovery WarehouseEnidGarfieldRed Carpet CountryChildren's website
Lewis MuseumLawtonComancheSouthwestern OklahomaMultipleCollections include antique cars, trucks and buggies, trophy wild game heads, furniture, rocks and fossils [57]
Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History Chandler LincolnCentralLocal history website, operated by the Lincoln County Historical Society, includes Miss Fay’s Historical Marionette Theater
Loretta Y. Jackson African American Historical Society Museum Chickasha GradyCentralAfrican American website, includes one room school
Love County Military Museum Marietta Love South CentralMilitaryIncludes photos, artifacts and war memorabilia from World War I up until the present day War in Iraq [58]
Love County Pioneer MuseumMariettaLoveSouth CentralLocal historyIncludes pioneer room displays, rocks, fossils, Native American artifacts, collections, farm displays, farm equipment and guns, operated by the Love County Historical Society [59]
Lutie Coal Miner's Museum Wilburton Latimer Kiamichi CountryMiningOpen by appointment [60]
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art Shawnee PottawatomieCentralArtCollections include Egyptian, Greek and Roman objects, art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance through the early 20th century, and Native American, African/Oceanic and Eastern cultural artifacts
Mac's Antique Car MuseumTulsaTulsaGreen CountryAutomotiveMay be closed [61]
McAlester Building FoundationMcAlesterPittsburgKiamichi CountryLocal historyLocated in a former high school [62]
Sand Creek Museum / Major County Historical Society Museum Fairview Major Red Carpet CountryLocal history website
Mannford Museum Mannford CreekGreen CountryLocal historyAlso known as Keystone Crossroads Museum, operated by the Keystone Crossroads Historical Society [63] [64]
Marland Estate Ponca CityKayRed Carpet CountryHistoric houseIncludes 55 room mansion with large grounds and outbuildings, gallery of Bryant Baker sculptures, history of owner E. W. Marland and family, history of Marland Oil Company, history and work of mansion architect John Duncan Forsyth
Marland Grand Home Ponca CityKayRed Carpet CountryMultiple website, 1910s period mansion, includes exhibit rooms for Miller Brothers 101 Ranch history, Native American archaeology, artifacts and art, Daughters of the American Revolution exhibits; formerly Ponca City Cultural Center Museum
Marlow Area Museum Marlow StephensSouthwestern OklahomaLocal history [65]
Mattie Beal House LawtonComancheSouthwestern OklahomaHistoric house website, operated by Lawton Heritage Association, early 20th-century mansion
Maud Historical Museum Maud PottawatomieCentralLocal history [66]
McAlester Scottish Rite Temple McAlesterPittsburgKiamichi CountryMasonicIncludes museum about the local Scottish Rite and tours of the historic building
McCarter Museum Of Tonkawa HistoryTonkawaKayRed Carpet CountryLocal history [67]
McClain County Museum Purcell McClain CentralLocal historyIncludes photos, pioneer furniture and artifacts from the county, [68] operated by the McLain County Historical Society [69]
Metcalfe Museum Durham Roger MillsSouthwestern OklahomaBiographical website, photos, historic homestead and repository for the works of Oklahoma artist Augusta Corson Metcalfe
Midgley Museum EnidGarfieldRed Carpet CountryMultipleIncludes gems, minerals, eclectic personal collections of objects and artifacts
Military History Center & MuseumBroken ArrowTulsaEasternMilitary website, American Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Library, Flight Simulator, Models, Uniforms, Weapons, Photographs, Paintings, Theatre Room, Native American Display
Military Memorial MuseumArdmoreCarterSouth CentralMilitary website, located in the west wing of the Greater Southwest Historical Museum but separate, includes military artifacts, documents, photographs, uniforms, weapons, knives, models, medals and personal memorabilia
Minco Historical Society Museum Minco GradyCentralLocal history website
Mission Bell Museum Coweta WagonerGreen CountryLocal historyLocated in a former early 20th century church
Moore-Lindsay House Historical Museum NormanClevelandCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Cleveland County Historical Society, 19th century Victorian period house
Morgan Doll Museum Altus Jackson Southwestern OklahomaDollFeatures 5,000 antique and collectible dolls, doll buggies and doll houses
Murray-Lindsay Mansion Lindsay GarvinSouth CentralHistoric house website, operated by the Lindsay Community Historical Society [70]
Muscle Car RanchChickashaGradyCentralAutomotive website, includes early 20th century dairy farm with 5 original barns, museum with automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, automotive signs and memorabilia
Museum of Creation Truth Bokchito BryanKiamichi CountryCreationist [71]
Museum of Osteology Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralNatural historyExhibits of animal and human skeletons
Museum of the Great Plains LawtonComancheSouthwestern OklahomaMultipleCultural and natural history of the Great Plains
Museum of the Red River Idabel McCurtainKiamichi CountryArchaeology website, includes archaeological artifacts of the Caddo and Choctaw, Precolumbian objects from Middle and South America, modern and contemporary native arts and crafts from throughout the Americas
Museum of the Western Prairie Altus JacksonSouthwestern OklahomaHistory website, information, history of southwest Oklahoma through display vignettes and dioramas. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralAmerican WestWestern and American Indian art works and artifacts including American rodeo, photographs, barbed wire, saddlery, and early rodeo trophies
National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians AnadarkoCaddoSouthwestern OklahomaNative AmericanFeatures busts of forty-one Native Americans from various tribes to honor their contributions and place in American history
National Route 66 & Transportation Museum Elk City Beckham Southwestern OklahomaTransportation website, history of travel along all eight states on Route 66
National Softball Hall of Fame Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralSportsIncludes the Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium, home to the World Cup of Softball and the annual Women's College World Series
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum StillwaterPayneCentralSports
Newkirk Community Historical Museum & Heritage Center Newkirk KayRed Carpet CountryLocal history [72]
Newspaper Museum in CollinsvilleCollinsvilleTulsaGreen CountryMedia website, open by appointment, history of Collinsville, its people and its newspapers
No Man's Land Museum Goodwell Texas Red Carpet CountryLocal history website, affiliate of the Oklahoma Historical Society, operated by the No Man's Land Historical Society
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Natural History MuseumAlvaWoodsRed Carpet CountryNatural history website, mounted birds, mammals and fossils, also known as the Stevens-Carter Museum of Natural History, open by appointment
Norton's Indian Territory Museum Marietta LoveSouth CentralHistoryLocated inside Norton's Jewelry, collections include antique medicine and pop bottles, local photos, checks, letterheads, national currency, medicine bottles and more [73]
Nowata County Historical Museum Nowata Nowata Green CountryLocal history website, operated by the Nowata County Historical Society [74]
Okfuskee County History Center Okemah Okfuskee CentralLocal history website, housed in a 1926 Masonic temple, includes singer Woody Guthrie memorabilia [75]
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralArtCollection includes American and European painting and sculpture, drawings and prints, photography, glass by Dale Chihuly, information
Oklahoma City National Memorial Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistoryMemorial and museum about the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995
Oklahoma Contemporary Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralArtContemporary art museum
Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum GuthrieLoganCentralMedical website, artifacts and memorabilia associated with frontier pharmacies, early drugstores and medical arts
Oklahoma Governor's Mansion Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistoric house
Oklahoma History Center Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralHistoryHistory of Oklahoma from prehistoric Native American tribes to the present day
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame TulsaTulsaGreen CountryHall of fameHonors jazz, blues and gospel musicians in the state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Military Academy Museum ClaremoreRogersCentralMilitary website, part of Rogers State University, history of the defunct Academy, which operated from 1919 to 1971
Oklahoma Museum of Flying Bethany OklahomaCentralAviation website, located at Wiley Post Airport, includes military aircraft under restoration, aviation history and artifacts
Oklahoma Oil Museum Seminole SeminoleCentralIndustry website, operated by the Seminole Historical Society [76]
Oklahoma Railway Museum Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralRailroad
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum Clinton CusterSouthwestern OklahomaTransportationRoute 66 history and memorabilia operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Oklahoma Sports Museum GuthrieLoganCentralSports website, also known as the Territorial Sports Museum
Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralFirefightingPreservation and display of antique fire apparatus and equipment
Oklahoma State Penitentiary Museum McAlester PittsburgKiamichi CountryPrisonArtifacts and history of Oklahoma's prison system [77]
Oklahoma State University Heritage HallStillwaterPayneCentralSports website, history of athletics at OSU
Oklahoma Territorial Museum GuthrieLoganCentralHistory website, story of Oklahoma's territorial period presented by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma Territorial Plaza PerkinsPayneCentralHistory website
Oklahoma WONDERtoriumStillwaterPayneCentralChildren's website
Old Greer County Museum and Hall of Fame Mangum Greer Southwestern OklahomaLocal history website, includes period rooms and businesses, pioneer, Native American and cowboy artifacts, antiques, local history displays
Old Town Museum Elk City BeckhamSouthwestern OklahomaOpen-air website, includes the Pioneer Museum and Beutler Brothers Rodeo Hall, the Farm and Ranch Museum, Livery Stable, Train Depot, Wagon Yard and other areas depicting Old Town Elk City as well as The National Route 66 and Transportation Museums
Oologah Historical Museum Oologah RogersGreen CountryLocal history website, exhibits include farm, ranch, military, school, home, childhood, Will Rogers, business life and early town government displays
Osage County Historical Museum Pawhuska Osage Green CountryLocal history website, exhibits include Boy Scouts of America, Western life, pioneer life, early day oil industry, and Native American life
Osage Tribal MuseumPawhuskaOsageGreen CountryNative American website
Owasso Historical Museum Owasso TulsaGreen CountryLocal history website
Owens Arts Place MuseumGuthrieLoganCentralArt website
Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum Pawnee Pawnee Green CountryBiographicalIncludes museum about Wild West showman Pawnee Bill and wife May Lillie, their 1910 Arts and Crafts home, barn with wagons and farm equipment, log cabin, blacksmith shop, buffalo and cattle
Pawnee County Historical Society MuseumPawneePawneeGreen CountryLocal history website, includes period room displays, Dick Tracy exhibit
Peter Conser Home Heavener Le FloreKiamichi CountryHistoric house website
Pfeiffer Farm CollectionStillwaterPayneCentralAgricultureAntique farm equipment and machinery [78]
Philbrook Museum of Art TulsaTulsaGreen CountryArt
Phillips Petroleum Company Museum BartlesvilleWashingtonGreen CountryIndustry website, history of Phillips 66, Phillips Petroleum Company and petroleum exploration
Picher Mining Field Museum Picher OttawaGreen CountryMining [79]
Pickens Museum Ponca CityKayRed Carpet CountryArt website, Native American Turquoise Jewelry; African American art by Malvin Gray Johnson, Faith Ringgold, Woodrow Nash; Native American art by Allan Houser, Josue Sanchez, Yatika Starr Fields, Ed Natiya, Oreland Joe, Clyde Otipoby; Oklahoma art by John Free, Becky Manschreck, Roger Disney, Daniel Pickens; Bronze Sculpture by Donald De Lue, Paul Manship, Jo Davidson, Bryant Baker; Verdite Sculpture of Zimbabwe [80] [81]
Piedmont Historical Society Museum Piedmont CanadianCentralLocal history website
Pioneer Townsite Museum Frederick TillmanSouthwestern OklahomaOpen-air website, complex includes Tillman County Historical Museum, depot, barn, general store, church and other buildings, operated by the Tillman County Historical Society
Pioneer Woman Museum Ponca CityKayRed Carpet CountryLocal historyExhibits include pioneer family life and women who have made outstanding "pioneering" contributions in space, photography, medicine as well as settling a new land. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Pittsburg County Historical Museum McAlester PittsburgKiamichi CountryLocal history [82]
Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum Woodward Woodward Red Carpet CountryHistory website
Pleasant Valley School StillwaterPayneCentralEducationPreserved one-room schoolhouse open for school tours
Pottawatomie County Museum Shawnee PottawatomieCentralLocal history website, operated by the Historical Society of Pottowatomie County, formerly the Santa Fe Depot Museum
Prague Historical Museum Prague LincolnCentralLocal historyExhibits include Czech heritage, Native Americans, early business, a doll collection and a military room [83]
Prairie SongDeweyWashingtonGreen CountryOpen-air website, open by appointment, replica 19th-century pioneer town with saloon, hardware store, chapel, trading post
Price Tower Arts Center BartlesvilleWashingtonGreen CountryMultipleHistoric tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, includes museum galleries with exhibits of art, architecture and design
Pushmataha County Historical Museum Antlers Pushmataha Kiamichi CountryLocal historyOperated by the Pushmataha County Historical Society in a former depot [84]
Putnam City Schools Museum Warr Acres OklahomaCentralLocal history website
Railroad Museum of Oklahoma EnidGarfieldRed Carpet CountryRailroadLocated in a former Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe freight depot, features operating HO and N-gauge model railroads, rolling stock, railroad artifacts and a reference library
Ralph Cain Jr. Memorial Newspaper Museum Carmen AlfalfaRed Carpet CountryMediaDemonstrations of 1916 newspaper printing using handset type and vintage equipment [85]
Red Earth Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralNative AmericanAmerican Indian arts and culture, includes fine art, pottery, basketry, textiles, and beadwork
Renfrow-Miller MuseumBillingsNobleRed Carpet CountryHistoric houseEarly 20th-century home and office of pioneer doctor Thomas F. Renfrow [86]
Richard O. Dodrill's Museum of Rocks, Minerals & FossilsCushingPayneCentralNatural history [87]
Roger Miller Museum Erick BeckhamSouthwestern OklahomaBiographicalLife and memorabilia of singer and composer Roger Miller
Round Barn Arcadia OklahomaCentralHistoric site website, used for special events by the Arcadia Historical Society
Route 66 Interpretive Center ChandlerLincolnCentralTransportationImpact of Route 66 and automobiles on local communities
Route 66 Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum Miami OttawaGreen CountryTransportation website, motorcycles, bicycles
Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry Locust Grove MayesGreen CountryPoetry website, poetry, nature, rural life, writing, literature
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History NormanClevelandCentralNatural history
Sand Springs Historical and Cultural Museum Sand Springs TulsaGreen CountryLocal history website
Santa Fe Depot Museum Pauls Valley GarvinSouth CentralLocal history [88]
Sapulpa Historical Society Museum Sapulpa CreekGreen CountryLocal history website, exhibits include Glenpool Oil Field, Frisco Railroad, Creek and Yuchi Indians, brick glass & pottery industries, 1890s kitchen, country store and war room
Science Museum Oklahoma Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralMultipleHands-on science museum that also houses the Kirkpatrick Planetarium, Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame; formerly the Omniplex Science Museum
Seay Mansion Kingfisher Kingfisher Red Carpet CountryHistoric houseAlso known as Governor Seay Mansion, Victorian mansion home of Oklahoma territorial governor Abraham Jefferson Seay, operated by the Chisholm Trail Museum
Seminole Nation Museum Wewoka SeminoleCentralNative American website
Sequoyah's Cabin Sallisaw SequoyahGreen CountryHistoric houseHome of Sequoyah or George Gist, who created a written language for the Cherokee nation
Shattuck Windmill Museum Shattuck Ellis Red Carpet CountryTechnology website, park features 51 vintage windmills, a wind generator and a half-dugout home [89]
Sheerar Museum StillwaterPayneCentralLocal history website
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art TulsaTulsaGreen CountryArtJewish culture, history, religion and art
Shortgrass Country Museum Sayre BeckhamSouthwestern OklahomaLocal history website
Simpson's Old Time MuseumEnidGarfieldRed Carpet CountryHistory website, 19th century old west memorabilia, movie studio
Skiatook Museum Skiatook OsageGreen CountryLocal history website
Sod House Museum Aline AlfalfaRed Carpet CountryHistoric houseOperated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Southern Plains Indian MuseumAnadarkoCaddoSouthwestern OklahomaNative American website, arts and artifacts of western Oklahoma tribal peoples
Spencer Historical Society Museum Spencer OklahomaCentralLocal history [90]
Spiro Mounds Spiro Le FloreKiamichi CountryNative AmericanAncient ceremonial mounds and visitor center with artifacts administered by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Stafford Air & Space Museum Weatherford CusterSouthwestern OklahomaAerospaceAviation, space exploration and rocketry
State Capital Publishing Museum located in Co-Operative Publishing Company Building GuthrieLoganCentralMedia website, history of printing and architecture in Oklahoma, includes original printing equipment, operated by the Logan County Historical Society
Stephens County Historical MuseumDuncanStephensSouthwestern OklahomaLocal historyIncludes period business and room displays, Native American artifacts, household items, tools, antiques [91]
Stillwater Airport Memorial MuseumStillwaterPayneCentralAviationLocated in Stillwater Regional Airport Terminal [92]
Tahlonteeskee Cherokee Courthouse Museum Gore SequoyahKiamichi CountryNative AmericanRecreated first capitol building of the Cherokee Nation [93]
Talbot Library and Museum Colcord DelawareGreen CountryLocal History website
Tannehill Museum McAlester PittsburgKiamichi CountryLocal HistoryPrivate collection of historical guns, artifacts relating to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and other special collections with local interest.
T.B. Ferguson Home Watonga BlaineRed Carpet CountryHistoric house website, home of Oklahoma territorial governor Thompson Benton Ferguson
Territory Town Museum Okemah OkfuskeeCentralHistoryStore fronts of the old western town. The museum exhibits include Civil War relics, Wells Fargo items, Indian artifacts, western memorabilia, and souvenirs [94]
Thomas-Foreman Historic Home MuskogeeMuskogeeGreen CountryHistoric houseHome of Oklahoma history author Grant Foreman
Three Rivers Museum of Muskogee MuskogeeMuskogeeGreen CountryLocal history website
Three Valley Museum DurantBryanSouth CentralLocal history
Timberlake Rose Rock Museum Noble ClevelandCentralNatural history website, rocks and minerals, focus is the barite rose rock, the state rock of Oklahoma
Tom Mix Museum DeweyWashingtonGreen CountryBiographical website, movie cowboy Tom Mix, operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Tonkawa Tribal MuseumTonkawaKayRed Carpet CountryNative American [95]
Top of Oklahoma Historical Society Museum Blackwell KayRed Carpet CountryLocal history
Townsend's Classic & Antique Auto Collection Shawnee PottawatomieCentralAutomotive [96]
Toy & Action Figure Museum Pauls Valley GarvinSouth CentralToy website, art and sculpting of action figures
Tucker Tower Nature Center ArdmoreCarterSouth CentralNatural historyLocated in Lake Murray State Park, exhibits of local geology, wildlife, and native inhabitants
Tulsa Air and Space Museum TulsaTulsaGreen CountryAerospace
Tulsa Geoscience Center TulsaTulsaGreen CountryScience website, geology, earthquakes, oil exploration and industry
Tulsa Historical Society TulsaTulsaGreen CountryLocal history website, located in the historic Samuel Travis Mansion, changing exhibits of Tulsa and Oklahoma history
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum TulsaTulsaGreen CountryZoo
Twister Museum Wakita GrantRed Carpet CountryMedia website, location and items used in filming the movie Twister
University of Central Oklahoma Galleries Edmond OklahomaCentralArt website, several galleries of art, photography, design and important papers in the College of Arts, Media & Design
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Nesbitt GalleryChickashaGradyCentralArt website
Untitled (ArtSpace)Oklahoma CityOklahomaCentralArt website, contemporary art gallery
U.S. Army Artillery Museum Fort Sill ComancheSouthwestern OklahomaMilitary website, history of the United States Army Field Artillery School and artillery, includes over 70 guns and artillery pieces
USS Batfish MuskogeeMuskogeeGreen CountryMaritimeSubmarine museum ship and war memorial park
Wagoner City Historical Museum Wagoner WagonerGreen CountryLocal history [97]
Washington Irving Trail Museum Ripley PayneCentralLocal history website, exhibits include early-day explorers, lawmen and outlaws, a Civil War battle, the beginnings of country music, Southeast Native American artifacts
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Cordell Roger MillsSouthwestern OklahomaLocal historyVisitor center and site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Peace Chief Black Kettle where the Battle of Washita occurred
Washita County MuseumCordellRoger MillsSouthwestern OklahomaLocal historyLocated in a former Carnegie library [98]
Waynoka Historic Air Rail Museum & Station Waynoka WoodsRed Carpet CountryLocal history website, located in the Harvey House, operated by the Waynoka Historical Society
Webbers Falls Historical Museum Webbers Falls MuskogeeGreen CountryLocal history [99]
Wichita Tribal History Center Anadarko CaddoNative AmericanWichita and Affiliated TribesThe official museum of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in Southwest Oklahoma
Wildlife Heritage Center Museum Antlers PushmatahaKiamichi CountryNatural history website, mounted wildlife displays
Willard Stone Museum Locust Grove MayesGreen CountryArt website, art of Cherokee sculptor Willard Stone
Will Rogers Birthplace Oologah RogersGreen CountryHistoric housePost-Civil War period home and ranch where entertainer Will Rogers was born
Will Rogers Museum Claremore RogersGreen CountryBiographicalArtifacts, memorabilia and tomb of entertainer Will Rogers
Wilson Historical Museum Wilson CarterSouth CentralLocal history and genealogy website, operated by the Wilson Historical Society
Woody Guthrie Center TulsaTulsaGreen CountryMusicLife and music of singer Woody Guthrie
Woolaroc Museum BartlesvilleWashingtonGreen CountryMultipleIncludes Western paintings and sculpture, Western artifacts and culture, Colt firearms, Native American pottery, baskets, beads, blankets and cultural art, life of oilman Frank Phillips
World Organization of China Painters MuseumOklahoma CityOklahomaCentralArt website, art on porcelain objects
Yukon Historical Society Museum and Art Center Yukon CanadianCentralMultipleLocal history and art [100]
Yukon Veteran MuseumYukonCanadianCentralMilitary [100] [101]
Yukon's Best Railroad MuseumYukonCanadianCentralRailroad [100] [102]

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