Press Release
April 28, 2025
Contact: Jake Krumwiede
OKPOP, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 918-402-2887
[email protected]
www.okpop.org
OKPOP Hosting Monthly Public Tours During First Friday Art Crawl in Tulsa
TULSA — The Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, better known as OKPOP, will host free monthly “OKPOP-IN” public tours during the First Friday Art Crawl in the Tulsa Arts District starting Friday, May 2.
There will be guided tours every hour from 5-8 p.m. where guests can enjoy free dirty sodas from Cheers Soda during the tour. There will also be an ink and draw station with comic artist Jerry Bennett, presented by the Oklahoma Comic Arts Foundation. The event will have an all-Oklahoma vinyl listening lounge. No registration is required, and the event is open to people of all ages.
This is a chance for a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum that will highlight Oklahoma creatives in music, movies, television, comics, and beyond. OKPOP is in the middle of its Heart & Soul fundraising campaign, which will help support the acquisitions and design of one-of-a-kind exhibits. Blake Shelton is the honorary campaign chair. To date, OKPOP has more than 40,000 items in its collection, ranging from instruments to puppets and sketches to costumes. Recent acquisitions include posters and signage from Cain’s Ballroom, Leon McAuliffe’s 1955 Fender Quad-neck Stringmaster steel guitar and Tommy Allsup’s 1958 Fender Stratocaster guitar. They’ve conducted hundreds of video interviews with Oklahoma creatives, including Kristin Chenoweth, Joy Harjo, Olivia Munn and Leona Mitchell. The OKPOP Foundation is more than halfway to the goal of raising $18 million by November 2025 to receive a matching $18 million in funding from the state, which was appropriated in 2023.
OKPOP is located in the Tulsa Arts District at 422 N. “Bob Wills” Main St. in Tulsa. For more information, please call 918-402-2887.
OKPOP is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit okhistory.org.
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