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Media Contact
Larry O’Dell
Office: 405-522-6676
Fax: 405-521-2492
lodell@okhistory.org

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 our state.

Press Releases and Media Advisories

6/25/2020Oklahoma History Center Announces Winners of 2020 National History Day Competition
6/18/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Shares Black History Online
6/9/2020Oklahoma History Center’s Newest Photo Exhibit to Present the “Ordinary”
6/3/2020Oklahoma History Center Partners with Oklahoma Contemporary for “Bright Golden Haze: Reflections”
6/1/2020Spiro Mounds to Reopen June 3, 2020
5/29/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Reopening to the Public June 2
5/26/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors Elect New Officers
5/21/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Museums and Historic Sites to Begin Reopening June 1
5/20/2020Bob Blackburn Announces Retirement from the Oklahoma Historical Society
5/12/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Asks Oklahomans to Share Their COVID-19 Stories
5/7/2020Oklahoma Route 66 Museum to Maintain Winter Hours of Operation upon Reopening
4/29/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Museums and Historic Sites Will Remain Closed Until June 1
4/16/2020Spiro Mounds Cancels Archaeology Day and Birthday Bash
4/10/2020Edmond Educator Nominated for National History Day Teacher of the Year
4/3/2020Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum Announces Cancelation of Wild West Show
4/2/2020New Oklahoma National Register Listings
3/23/2020Explore Free Oklahoma Historical Society Online Resources
3/16/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Museums and Sites Closed Through March 30
3/12/2020Oklahoma History Center Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s 16th Annual Museum Day
3/10/2020Museum of the Western Prairie to Open “Wanted: Dead or Alive” Photography Exhibit
3/10/2020“Freemasonry Among the Five Tribes” presentation by T. S. Akers at Honey Springs Battlefield
3/9/2020Professor Jana Brown to Present Program on the Genealogy of Marshal McCully
3/5/2020Oklahoma History Center Announces Second Annual Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Family Festival
3/5/2020Buchanan to Give Water Conservation Presentation at Museum of the Western Prairie
3/4/2020New Exhibit about Kemnitz Sinclair Service Station at Cherokee Strip Museum
3/4/2020Kingfisher County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
3/3/2020History Alive! at Oklahoma History Center with “The Stories of Cesar Chavez”
3/3/2020“Women During the Civil War” Presentation to be Held at Honey Springs Battlefield
3/2/2020Celebrate the Spring Equinox at Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center
3/2/2020Federal Civil War Troops and Bake Day at Fort Gibson Historic Site
2/27/2020Oklahoma History Center to Host Women’s History Month Gallery Tour
2/27/2020Spiro Mounds to Hosts 33rd Annual Family Kite Flite Day
2/27/2020Oklahoma Historical Society Black Heritage Committee Sponsors Freedom Trail Tour
2/26/2020Women’s History Month Exhibit at Hunter’s Home in Park Hill
2/25/2020Lantern Tours at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
2/25/2020Spring Break Fun at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
2/24/2020“It’s All About Water!” at Museum of the Western Prairie
2/24/2020Custer County Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Ranch Award
2/24/2020Caddo County Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Ranch Award
2/24/2020Dewey County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
2/24/2020Woodward County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Awards
2/24/2020Woods County Ranch Owner Receives Centennial Ranch Award
2/24/2020Washita County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
2/24/2020Canadian County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Awards
2/24/2020Grady County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm and Historic Structures Awards
2/20/2020Civil War Surgeon Living History Program to be Held at Honey Springs Battlefield
2/18/2020Living History Event at Fort Towson Historic Site
2/10/2020Pawnee Bill Birthday Celebration February 15
2/3/2020“Water/Ways” Traveling Exhibition at Museum of the Western Prairie
1/30/2020Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center to Host Date Night at the Museum
1/27/2020Basket Making Workshop at Fort Towson Historic Site
1/23/2020Oklahoma History Center to Present James Armistead Lafayette for Colonial Days
1/23/2020“The Buffalo Train Ride” Author Presentation at Museum of the Western Prairie
1/14/2020Black History Month Exhibits at Hunter’s Home
1/14/2020Dr. Clint Crowe to Present “The Indian Nations in the Civil War” at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
1/13/2020Chisholm Trail Museum to Host Depression-Era Photography Exhibit
1/6/2020New Oklahoma National Register Listings
1/3/2020Smithsonian Water Exhibition Delights Local Audiences
12/30/2019Oklahoma History Center to Present “From Gospel to Jazz and Beyond” Kilgen Organ Performance with Tedde Gibson
12/27/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Oklahoma African American Family Film Festival
12/20/2019Oklahoma Territorial Museum Temporarily Closed for Mold Abatement
12/17/2019Hunter’s Home to Honor Minerva Ross Murrell with January Programs
12/17/2019Oklahoma History Center Offers New Audio Tour
12/3/2019Fred Drummond Home to Host Christmas Open House
12/2/2019Celebrate the Winter Solstice at Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center
11/27/2019A Civil War Christmas to be held at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
11/26/2019Holiday Activities at Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
11/26/2019Holiday Happening Open House at Pioneer Woman Museum
11/26/2019Celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Sod House
11/25/2019“Water/Ways” Traveling Exhibition at Fort Towson Historic Site
11/21/2019Celebrate Christmas at Fort Towson
11/20/2019Deck the Halls and Museum Store Sale at Oklahoma History Center
11/19/2019Ladies’ Night at Pioneer Woman Museum on December 5
11/19/2019Sixth Annual Holiday Market at Museum of the Western Prairie
11/18/2019Guthrie Historic Homes Tour to Include Carnegie Library
11/8/2019“Until We Organize: The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment” Photographic Exhibit Opens at Oklahoma History Center
11/7/2019Comanche County Farm and Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Farm and Ranch Awards
11/7/2019Garfield County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
11/7/2019Canadian County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
11/7/2019Payne County Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Ranch Award
11/7/2019Blaine and Major County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
11/7/2019McClain County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
11/5/2019“Cold War Oklahoma” Presentation at Museum of the Western Prairie
11/4/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Author Clay Risen
11/4/2019Preservation Oklahoma to Host Mingle at the Mansion on December 14
10/25/2019“Preserving Your Family Heirlooms” Workshop at the Oklahoma History Center
10/24/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Native Women Artists Discussion
10/24/2019Oklahoma History Center Announces Veterans Day Recognition Event
10/24/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Tell Tales of “Mysterious Oklahoma”
10/17/2019Movie Night at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum October 25
10/16/2019“Halloween Night at the Museum” Returns at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum
10/15/2019Jewelry Beadwork Class at the Oklahoma History Center on November 16
10/15/2019Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch to Celebrate Will Rogers’s Birthday
10/15/2019New Oklahoma National Register Listings
10/15/2019Halloween Fun Night at Fred Drummond Home
10/15/2019“Reflections of the Wichitas: Oils and Watercolors by Katherine Liontas-Warren” Exhibit and Premiere Program at Museum of the Western Prairie
10/14/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Screening and Discussion of “LaDonna Harris: Indian 101”
10/14/2019Oklahoma History Center Invites Public to “Carnival of Animals” Kilgen Organ Performance
10/14/2019Battle of Honey Springs Reenactment Scheduled
10/11/201927th Annual Ghost Stories at Hunter’s Home
10/10/2019Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival Scheduled for October 30–November 2 in Claremore
10/10/2019Ghost Stories Candlelight Tours at Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
10/10/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host USS Oklahoma Presentation by Military Historian Joe Todd
10/9/2019Oklahoma Genealogical Society and Oklahoma Historical Society to Host DNA Workshop
10/7/2019Kingfisher County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
10/7/2019Quilt Show and Fall Festival at Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
10/4/2019Doaksville Candlelight Tours Scheduled for October 11–12
10/3/2019Spiro Mounds to Host Grand Reopening and Archaeology Month Event
9/30/2019Cherokee Strip Museum to Host Blacksmithing Demonstrations
9/30/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host “An Evening with Max Weitzenhoffer”
9/26/2019Special Exhibit on U.S. Representative Dick T. Morgan at Cherokee Strip Museum in Perry
9/26/2019“An Old-Fashioned Bed Turning” Quilt Presentation at Pawnee Bill Ranch
9/19/2019Oklahoma History Center Presents Kilgen Organ Performance Featuring “The Phantom of the Opera”
9/12/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Eleanor Roosevelt Living History Presentation
9/12/2019State Historic Preservation Office Now Receiving Project Suggestions Online
9/10/2019Weekend Events at the Overholser Mansion September 20–21
9/10/2019Kingfisher County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
9/10/2019Washita County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
9/10/2019Canadian County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
9/10/2019Pontotoc County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
9/4/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Annual Gala “A Night in the Life: The Swinging Sixties”
8/27/2019Chisholm Trail Museum to Feature Lewis Hine Photography Exhibit
8/22/2019State Historic Preservation Office Awards Citations of Merit
8/22/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Presentation on New Grant Program at Idabel Public Library
8/22/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Presentation on New Grant Program in Enid
8/22/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Presentation on New Grant Program at Fort Gibson Historic Site
8/22/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Presentation on New Grant Program at Oklahoma History Center
8/22/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Presentation on New Grant Program in Altus
8/22/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Presentation on New Grant Program in Woodward
8/21/2019Texas County Ranch Owner Receives Centennial Ranch Award
8/21/2019Woods County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
8/21/2019Canadian County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
8/21/2019Canadian County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
8/19/2019Call for Papers and Presentations for 2020 Oklahoma History Conference
8/19/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Book Signing Featuring Authors Michael Dean and Deanna Tidwell Broughton
8/13/2019Oral History Workshop Scheduled at Oklahoma History Center
8/12/2019New Oklahoma National Register Listings
8/12/2019Traditional Trades Day at Chisholm Trail Museum
8/7/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Beginning Genealogy Class
8/6/2019Reproduction Civil War–Era Quilt to be Raffled to Raise Money for Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
8/2/2019Oklahoma History Center Nominee Qualifies as Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year
8/1/2019Oklahoma Historical Society Unveils New Grant Program
8/1/2019Civil War–Era Concert and Presentation at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
7/30/2019“Judge Parker’s Court: Its Impact on the State of Oklahoma” Presentation at Sod House Museum
7/30/2019Aviation Day at Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid
7/30/2019Oklahoma History Center Receives Gift of 1910 Selden Roadster
7/29/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host 2019 Back to School Bash
7/25/2019Major County Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Ranch Award
7/25/2019Garfield County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
7/25/2019Custer County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
7/25/2019Roger Mills County Ranch Owner Receives Centennial Ranch Award
7/25/2019Kingfisher County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Awards
7/25/2019Lincoln County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
7/25/2019Atoka County Ranch Owner Receives Centennial Ranch Award
7/25/2019Will Rogers and Wiley Post Fly-In Set for August 10 at Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
7/25/2019“Civil War Weapons and Artillery” Second Saturday Demo at Fort Towson
7/25/2019New Oklahoma National Register Listing
7/25/2019Washita County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
7/23/2019Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum Given Top Honors in True West Magazine
7/22/2019Victorian Tea at Horizon Hill in Kingfisher
7/18/2019Oklahoma History Center Announces the Opening of Farmstead Cafe at OHC
7/16/2019“Vintage Snack Sets” Exhibit at Fred Drummond Home
7/11/2019Oklahoma History Center Museum Store Summer Sale July 26–27
7/11/2019Oklahoma Historical Society to Host Oklahoma Trivia Night at The Pump Bar
7/10/2019“Choctaw Beading” Second Saturday Demo at Fort Towson
7/9/2019Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center to Host Family Fun Saturday July 27
7/5/2019Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Announces Summer Programs
7/3/2019Oklahoma History Center to Open “Wanted: Dead or Alive” Photography Exhibit
7/2/2019Kingfisher County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award [CORRECTION]
7/1/2019Oklahoma Students Take Honors at National History Day Competition
6/27/2019Memorial Service to be Held at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
6/27/2019Oklahoma History Center Education Department Offers Junior Curator Camp
6/27/2019Museum of the Western Prairie to Host Presentation on Oklahoma Medal of Honor Recipients
6/20/2019Oklahoma History Center Presents “Salute to America” July Kilgen Organ Performance
6/19/2019Spiro Mounds Spared by Arkansas River, Damaged by Flash Flood
6/19/2019Theater Renovations Complete at Will Rogers Memorial Museum
6/14/2019Summer Solstice Walks at Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center June 21
6/13/2019“Oklahoma Landscapes: Watercolors by Derald Swineford” Exhibit and Premiere Program at Museum of the Western Prairie
6/11/2019Oklahoma National History Day First Place Winners Selected to Showcase Film on National Platform
6/10/2019Movie Night at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum June 28
6/10/2019Dewey County Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Ranch Awards
6/3/2019Oklahoma Author Will Trace the Roots of Historic Road at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
5/31/2019Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show Postponed to July 26–27
5/30/2019Drummond Home to Host Annual Ice Cream Social
5/29/2019Pawnee Bill’s Original Wild West Show Celebrating Women of the Wild West Shows June 7–8
5/28/2019Frontier Days Kids Camp at Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
5/28/2019Genealogy Program Focuses on Early Death Records
5/23/2019“Broadway Comes to Altus: Act II” at Museum of the Western Prairie
5/20/2019Oklahoma Historical Society Acquires Cornelius Photography Collection
5/20/2019Oklahoma Historical Society Marks Juneteenth with Acclaimed Journalist Carmen Fields in Tulsa and Oklahoma City
5/17/2019Navy Band Southwest to Perform at the Oklahoma History Center During Navy Week
5/16/2019“Angie Debo: Daughter of the Prairie” Presentation by Author Patricia Loughlin at Museum of the Western Prairie
5/16/2019Oklahoma History Center to Offer Screening of Smithsonian Channel™ Documentary “The Green Book: Guide to Freedom”
5/15/2019Washita County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
5/15/2019Texas County Farm and Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Awards
5/15/2019Woodward County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
5/15/2019Noble County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
5/15/2019Bryan County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
5/15/2019Garfield County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
5/15/2019Woods County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
5/14/2019Movie Night at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum May 31
5/13/2019“Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’: The Origin of Modern Musical Theatre” Traveling Exhibit at Museum of the Western Prairie
5/13/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Okietales in June and July
5/9/2019Oklahoma Historical Society Marks Juneteenth with Acclaimed Journalist Carmen Fields
5/8/2019Oklahoma Legislature Creates Route 66 Centennial Commission
5/8/20192019 Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
5/6/2019“Tour de Quartz” Exhibit at Museum of the Western Prairie
5/6/2019Family Day at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch on June 1
5/1/2019Kingfisher County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Awards
5/1/2019“Apron Strings: Ties to the Past” Exhibit at the Museum of the Western Prairie
5/1/2019“Night at the Chuck Wagon” at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum
5/1/2019New Apron Exhibit and “Vintage Aprons: Tie One On” Presentation Scheduled at Sod House Museum
4/30/2019Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center to Host “First Indian Home Guard” Presentation
4/25/2019Family Day at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch on May 18
4/25/2019Oklahoma Archeological Survey to Hold Workshop at Overholser Mansion
4/23/2019Explore Spiro Mounds in Virtual Reality on April 27
4/18/2019Cherokee Strip Museum to Host Rural Heritage Festival
4/18/2019Hugo Lake Dam Tour During Second Saturday Demo Hosted by Fort Towson
4/18/2019Spiro Mounds to Host Archaeology Day
4/18/2019Cherokee Strip Museum to Host Rural Heritage Festival
4/17/2019Preservation Oklahoma to Host Gravestone Conservation Workshop in Tulsa
4/16/2019LaDonna Harris to be featured speaker at the 2019 Oklahoma History and Preservation Conference
4/16/2019Preservation Oklahoma to Host 2019 Summer Soiree
4/16/2019Preservation Oklahoma and Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism to Host Gravestone Conservation Workshop
4/16/2019Chisholm Trail Museum to Host Community Art Day
4/15/2019Garvin County Farm and Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Awards
4/15/2019Marshall County Ranch Owners Receive Centennial Ranch Award
4/15/2019Woodward County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
4/15/2019Texas County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
4/15/2019Ellis County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Ranch Award
4/15/2019Jackson County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
4/15/2019Grant County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
4/15/2019Beckham County Farm Owners Receive Centennial Farm Award
4/11/2019Lou Berney Author Presentation at Museum of the Western Prairie
4/8/2019“Hammered Aluminum Ware” Exhibit at the Fred Drummond Home in April
4/8/2019Easter Egg Hunt at Fort Towson
4/8/2019Preservation Oklahoma to Host Urban Campout at Overholser Mansion
4/8/2019Sunrise Service and Easter Fundraiser Breakfast at Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
4/5/2019Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center to Host “A Night with Our Leaders”
4/3/2019Pawnee Bill Ranch to Host Annual Easter Egg Hunt
4/1/2019Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center to Host General Blunt Presentation
3/27/20192019 Oklahoma History and Preservation Conference Celebrates “Women Who Built History”
3/27/2019“Trappers, Traders and Hunters of the Plains” Living History Event at Chisholm Trail Museum
3/25/2019JJ Cale Album “Stay Around” Release Events Set for Cale’s Hometown
3/21/2019Cherokee Strip Museum to Host Blacksmithing Demonstrations
3/19/2019April Kilgen Organ Performance to Feature Donna Parker Playing the “Great American Songbook”
3/19/2019Cynthia Ann Parker Living History Program at Museum of the Western Prairie
3/19/2019Family Day at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
3/14/2019Media Advisory: Oklahoma History Center to host Artist Talk and Reception with Mike Wimmer for “Will Work For …” Exhibit
3/13/2019Tracing Your Roots Genealogy Class at Chisholm Trail Museum
3/12/2019Oklahoma History Center Introduces Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Family Festival
3/7/2019Oklahoma History Center to Observe National Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day 2019
3/7/2019Oklahoma History Center Announces the Premiere Exhibition of “Unsolved History: Forensic Science, Cold Cases, and Art Therapy”
3/7/2019Museum of the Western Prairie to Host “Broadway Comes to Altus: Act I”
3/7/2019Barn Quilt Workshop at Chisholm Trail Museum
3/7/2019State Historic Preservation Office to Host Workshops
3/5/2019Spring Break Activities at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch
3/4/2019Celebrate the Spring Equinox at Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center
3/4/2019“Weird and Wonderful” Exhibit at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
3/4/2019Vintage Footstool Workshop at Sod House Museum
2/28/2019Canadian County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Awards
2/28/2019New Oklahoma National Register Listing
2/28/2019Garfield County Farm Owner Receives Centennial Farm Award
2/28/2019Spiro Mounds to Hosts 32nd Annual Family Kite Flite Day
2/28/2019Texas County Ranch Owner Receives Centennial Ranch Award
2/27/2019State Historic Preservation Office Citations of Merit Awarded
2/26/2019“The Women of Hunter’s Home” Presentation at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
2/25/2019Oklahoma History Center Presents Mary Ann Jung Portraying Clara Barton, Red Cross Angel
2/12/2019Oklahoma History Center to Exhibit Perez Medal of Honor
2/1/2019Oklahoma Centennial Farm and Ranch Commemorative Book Deadline Approaching
1/31/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Black Heritage Film Festival
1/29/2019Oklahoma History Center to Host Martha Washington Living History Presentation
1/29/2019Fred Drummond Home to Open Antique Doll Exhibit
1/28/2019Legacy Keepers R Us to Present "Where the Legends Went" at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
1/17/2019National Register of Historic Places Nomination Grant Application Available
1/16/2019Presentation on the History of Fort Supply at the Sod House Museum
1/16/2019Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Exhibit to Feature Oklahoma Artists
1/10/2019Oklahoma History Center Presents the First 2019 Kilgen Performance “Out of the Box”
1/10/2019Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center to Host “The Diary of a Union Soldier from Kansas” Presentation
1/9/2019Director Named for Fort Gibson Historic Site
1/9/2019New Oklahoma National Register Listing


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