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Battle of the Washita 150th Anniversary program, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma Historical Society and the National Park Service will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Washita on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Oklahoma History Center. This event is from 11 am to 2 pm and will include a plated lunch at noon. The program will include a blessing by Cheyenne Peace Chief Harvey Pratt and three presentations. Dr. Paul Hutton, a recurring scholar on the History Channel, will speak about the attack as a turning…
Find out more »Quilting workshop with holiday-themed project, Pioneer Woman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum in Ponca City will host a quilting workshop on Wednesday, November 28, from 10 am to 3 pm. The cost for the workshop is $25 and lunch will be provided. Participants will work on a “Dresden Tree” Christmas tree wall-hanging with the help of one-on-one instruction. The finished product will be 32 inches by 36 inches. Participants need to bring their own sewing/quilting supplies, including their own sewing machine, and enough fabric for a 36-inch square…
Find out more »Museum Store Holiday Sale, Oklahoma History Center
Shop the Oklahoma History Center Museum Store Holiday Sale for unique gifts at discounted prices. The sale will be 10 am to 5 pm on November 30 and December 1. Shoppers will save on a great selection of Made in Oklahoma products and other items that celebrate the history and culture of our great state. Holiday shoppers will receive 10 percent off regularly priced items during the sale, and Oklahoma Historical Society members will receive 25 percent off regularly priced…
Find out more »Will’s Country Christmas, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
Visit Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch in Oologah for Will’s Country Christmas on Friday, November 30, and Saturday, December 1, from 5 to 9 pm. The house will be decorated much as it was when Will’s parents entertained for the holidays. Be sure to bring your camera! Family-friendly entertainment will include storytelling, hayrides, Wild West shootouts, photos with Santa, crafts, 19th-century games, carriage rides, music, vendors, and food trucks. Admission and children’s activities, including photos with Santa, are free. For more…
Find out more »Holiday Open House and Pawnee Bill Ranch Association’s annual meeting, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
On Saturday, December 1, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host its annual Holiday Open House from 11:30 am to 3 pm. The Pawnee Bill Museum will be beautifully transformed for the holiday season, and the decorations will stay up for the entire month of December. Holiday Open House activities will include surrey rides outside (weather permitting), a children’s craft area inside the museum, a silent auction fundraiser. and hot cocoa and cookies. During the Holiday Open House, the Pawnee…
Find out more »Deck the Halls, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma History Center will host Deck the Halls on Saturday, December 1, from 10 am to noon. Visitors will enjoy holiday music played on the Oklahoma History Center's Kilgen Organ, arts and crafts for children, and the perfect backdrop for holiday photos! The event is free with paid admission to the museum. Museum Admission OHS Members Free Adults $7 Seniors (age 62+) $5 Students $4 Children (5 and under) Free Family (up to 6 people) $18 Group Rate (10+)…
Find out more »Pawnee Bill Kids Corral, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
Visit Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum for Pawnee Bill Kids Corral, a fun event for children eight and younger. Join us on Saturday from 10:30 am to noon and enjoy a themed storytime, arts and crafts, and snacks!
Find out more »Will’s Country Christmas, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
Visit Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch in Oologah for Will’s Country Christmas on Friday, November 30, and Saturday, December 1, from 5 to 9 pm. The house will be decorated much as it was when Will’s parents entertained for the holidays. Be sure to bring your camera! Family-friendly entertainment will include storytelling, hayrides, Wild West shootouts, photos with Santa, crafts, 19th-century games, carriage rides, music, vendors, and food trucks. Admission and children’s activities, including photos with Santa, are free. For more…
Find out more »A Designer Holiday preview dinner, Henry Overholser Mansion
For decades, the Henry Overholser Mansion served as a place for bustling holiday parties and festivities. The home was adorned with decorations and the rooms were filled with merriment and yuletide cheer. This year, those days return when Preservation Oklahoma (POK) presents the second annual “Designer Holiday at the Overholser Mansion,” an event where POK partners with some of Oklahoma City’s most talented interior designers to deck our historic halls for the holiday season. The decorated rooms will be available…
Find out more »Fifth annual Holiday Market at the Museum, Museum of the Western Prairie
Visit the Museum of the Western Prairie on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 7 pm for the fifth annual Holiday Market at the Museum. This event showcases the talents of area artists and provides a terrific holiday shopping opportunity for the members of the Western Trail Historical Society as well as the general public. Artists are carefully selected to ensure the quality, variety, and uniqueness of the market items. Bring your Christmas shopping list and complete it with one-of-a-kind gifts.…
Find out more »Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings workshop, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office December workshop series will be December 5–7, 2018, at the Oklahoma History Center. The workshops will be held in the Clark and Kay Musser Learning Lab, located inside the Research Center. These workshops are free and open to the public, but we ask that you preregister. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Register online or by contacting Jesse Matthews at 405-521-6249 or jmatthews@okhistory.org. Register Online The Tax Incentives…
Find out more »The Secretary’s Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings workshop, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office December workshop series will be December 5–7, 2018, at the Oklahoma History Center. The workshops will be held in the Clark and Kay Musser Learning Lab, located inside the Research Center. These workshops are free and open to the public, but we ask that you preregister. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Register online or by contacting Jesse Matthews at 405-521-6249 or jmatthews@okhistory.org. Register Online The Secretary's…
Find out more »The Section 106 Review Process: A Workshop for Agency Officials and Cultural Resource Management Consultants, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office December workshop series will be December 5–7, 2018, at the Oklahoma History Center. The workshops will be held in the Clark and Kay Musser Learning Lab, located inside the Research Center. These workshops are free and open to the public, but we ask that you preregister. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Register online or by contacting Jesse Matthews at 405-521-6249 or jmatthews@okhistory.org. Register Online The Section…
Find out more »All Things Santa: The Art of Larry Greer exhibit opening and program, Museum of the Western Prairie
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…
Find out more »Christmas in the Village, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
Visit the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center on Friday, December 7, for Christmas in the Village. Bring your family and be enchanted by the Heritage Center’s beautifully adorned Victorian Christmas village all aglow. Escape to a simpler time and experience Christmas in the Cherokee Outlet as it was more than 100 years ago, with children’s choirs singing in the church, tours of the Glidewell House in all its splendor, ornament decorating, crafts for the kids, cookies and cocoa, and of…
Find out more »Working with the National Register of Historic Places workshop, Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office December workshop series will be December 5–7, 2018, at the Oklahoma History Center. The workshops will be held in the Clark and Kay Musser Learning Lab, located inside the Research Center. These workshops are free and open to the public, but we ask that you preregister. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Register online or by contacting Jesse Matthews at 405-521-6249 or jmatthews@okhistory.org. Register Online The Working…
Find out more »Holiday Happening Open House, Pioneer Moman Museum
The Pioneer Woman Museum is pleased to participate in the Ponca City Holiday Happening this holiday season. The museum will host a Holiday Happening Open House from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, December 8. Listen to Mrs. Claus read Christmas stories to children, enjoy the North Pole decorations, and have your photo taken with Abominable Snowman! We will have cookie decorating from 10 am to 2 pm. Visitors can also enjoy hot cocoa, wassail, and cookies. Free gift wrapping…
Find out more »Guthrie’s Historic Homes Tour and wassail at the Carnegie Library, Oklahoma Territorial Museum
The Carnegie Library will be part of Guthrie’s Historic Homes Tour on Saturday, December 8, from 10 am to 4 pm. Guthrie’s finest homes, churches, and the Carnegie Library will be dressed for the season. Visitors will enjoy tales of the early days of Oklahoma’s first capital. The Carnegie Library will be serving wassail to warm the hearts and hands of tour participants. For more information please call 405-282-1889.
Find out more »Christmas Open House, Fred Drummond Home
The Friends of the Fred Drummond Home are happy to announce that the annual Christmas Open House will be held on Saturday, December 8, from 1 to 4 pm. Every room of the house will be decorated for the Christmas season, and open house tours will be available. At the end of the tour, guests can enjoy an assortment of Christmas goodies and something yummy to drink. As a bonus, Santa Claus will be on hand to pass out treats…
Find out more »Christmas Open House and live Southern Gospel music by Gary Booze, Sod House Museum
Celebrate Christmas the pioneer way at the Sod House Museum’s Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 8, from 1 to 3 pm. Share in the festivities with songs, traditional decorations, and treats provided by the Friends of the Sod House. Gary Booze of Aline will share Christmas and southern gospel music during the event. Southern gospel music has been around for many years, it began as a blend of early mountain music, cowboy music, and music from plantations of the…
Find out more »Holiday Open House, Chisholm Trail Museum and A. J. Seay Mansion
Visit the Chisholm Trail Museum and A. J. Seay Mansion for a Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 8, from 1 to 3 pm. The museum will offer family-friendly entertainment including music, holiday-themed crafts, ornament decorating, cookies and cocoa, living history characters, and more! Activities are free with museum admission and are available while supplies last. Please call 405-375-5176 for more information.
Find out more »18th Annual Christmas Open House, Hunter’s Home
On Sunday, December 9, from 1 to 4 pm, Hunter’s Home will host its 18th annual Christmas Open House. Visitors will see the home and general store decorated for the holiday season and will enjoy cider and snacks while sitting around a roaring fire. For more information please call 918-456-2751 or visit www.facebook.com/huntershomeok.
Find out more »“Holiday Goodies” Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program by Melissa Thomas
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid will host a free Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program on Wednesday, December 12, at noon. Apron Strings owner and operator Melissa Thomas will talk about and share holiday goodies. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches and learn something new! For more information please call 580-237-1907.
Find out more »Mingle at the Mansion, Henry Overholser Mansion
For decades, the Henry Overholser Mansion served as a place for bustling holiday parties and festivities. The home was adorned with decorations, and the rooms were filled with merriment and yuletide cheer. Those days will return when Preservation Oklahoma (POK) presents the second annual “Designer Holiday at the Overholser Mansion,” an event where POK partners with some of Oklahoma City’s most talented interior designers to deck our historic halls for the holiday season. The decorated rooms will be available for…
Find out more »Christmas at the Fort, Fort Towson Historic Site
Join us at the Fort Towson Historic Site for Christmas at the Fort on Saturday, December 15, from 1 to 3 pm. Visitors can bundle up and enjoy a riding tour of the grounds that will end at the sutler store, where there will be coffee, cocoa, and refreshments. There also will be plenty of opportunities to take pictures with Santa. For more information about the event, please call John Davis at 580-873-2634 or email jdavis@okhistory.org. Fort Towson Historic Site…
Find out more »Civil War Christmas Party, Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center
Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center is excited to announce its first-ever Civil War Christmas themed event to be held on Saturday, December 15, from 3 to 5 pm. The event will be fun for adults and children alike. Children are encouraged to bring their smiles and wish lists to the Visitor Center, where they will have the opportunity to sit, talk, and take photographs with Santa. There also will be Christmas crafts, a coloring contest, Civil War soldiers dressed in…
Find out more »Winter Solstice Walks, Spiro Mound Archaeological Center
Come to the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center on Friday, December 21, 2018, for guided walks to learn about the winter solstice and how prehistoric American Indians dealt with the changes in the seasons. Archaeologist and manager Dennis Peterson will lead guided tours starting at 11 am, 2 pm, and 7 pm. Each walk will take about two hours and require a mile of easy walking. The pace of life today is so rushed and hectic that the natural rhythms of…
Find out more »A Designer Holiday ends, Henry Overholser Mansion
For decades, the Henry Overholser Mansion served as a place for bustling holiday parties and festivities. The home was adorned with decorations and the rooms were filled with merriment and yuletide cheer. This year, those days return when Preservation Oklahoma (POK) presents the second annual “Designer Holiday at the Overholser Mansion,” an event where POK partners with some of Oklahoma City’s most talented interior designers to deck our historic halls for the holiday season. The decorated rooms will be available…
Find out more »Enduring Legacy: Photos of the Otoe-Missouria People exhibit closes, Pioneer Woman Museum
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…
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 am with instructor Martha Ray, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information please contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441 or sodhouse@okhistory.org.
Find out more »Antique Doll exhibit opens, Fred Drummond Home
The Fred Drummond Home in Hominy will host an Antique Doll exhibit throughout the entire month of February. This exhibit will feature a wide array of German-made dolls, including dolls by Armand Marseille, Kestner, and Koppelsdorf. There also will be a large group of china and porcelain dolls. Of course, paper dolls will be included too! Along with the beautiful dolls on display, visitors will be able to learn about the history of various dolls. If you are a doll…
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 am with instructor Martha Ray, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information please contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441 or sodhouse@okhistory.org.
Find out more »Antique Doll exhibit closes, Fred Drummond Home
The Fred Drummond Home in Hominy will host an Antique Doll exhibit throughout the entire month of February. This exhibit will feature a wide array of German-made dolls, including dolls by Armand Marseille, Kestner, and Koppelsdorf. There also will be a large group of china and porcelain dolls. Of course, paper dolls will be included too! Along with the beautiful dolls on display, visitors will be able to learn about the history of various dolls. If you are a doll…
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 am with instructor Martha Ray, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information please contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441 or sodhouse@okhistory.org.
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 am with instructor Martha Ray, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information please contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441 or sodhouse@okhistory.org.
Find out more »2019 Oklahoma History and Preservation Conference, Chickasha
The Oklahoma Historical Society's annual Oklahoma History and Preservation Conference will be held April 24–26, 2019, at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha. More information will be announced in early 2019.
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 am with instructor Martha Ray, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information please contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441 or sodhouse@okhistory.org.
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 am with instructor Martha Ray, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information please contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441 or sodhouse@okhistory.org.
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