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May 2025
Inaugural Impressions exhibit closes
The Inaugural Impressions exhibit will close on May 30. The exhibit, located in the Sam Noble Gallery of the Oklahoma History Center explores the lives and contributions of Oklahoma’s first ladies and gentleman while their spouses served as governors. The exhibit will feature a variety of gowns from the Oklahoma Historical Society’s collections. Oklahoma’s first ladies and gentleman have always played a leading role in our history. Their professionalism and poise have increased the public’s awareness of worthy causes. From…
Find out more »Aces and Actors: Will Rogers’s Famous Friends exhibit opens
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum will open a new exhibit entitled Aces and Actors: Will Rogers’s Famous Friends on Friday, May 30, at 6 p.m. The exhibit will explore the actor’s vast connections to Hollywood and the then-fledgling aviation industry through a series of photographs that follow his film career and associations with pilots.
The exhibit begins with pilots and Will's love of adventure and flying. Will knew that air travel was the future and jumped at the chance to fly. He flew with early pioneering aviators like Wiley Post, Frank Hawks, Jocko Clark, and more.
In addition to being a newspaperman, a radio pundit, a humanitarian, and a philosopher, Will Rogers is possibly best known for his film career. Rogers began with silent films and was one of the few movie stars to successfully transition to talkies. He made more than 70 films during his career, which helped him gain international fame.
Find out more »June 2025
Vintage Snack Sets exhibit opens
The Fred and Addie Drummond Home in Hominy will feature an exhibit of Vintage Snack Sets from Wednesday, June 4, to Saturday, June 28. When women in the mid-20th century hosted teas, coffees, or church socials, they would wear their “Sunday best” and bring out pretty snack sets that included a plate with a round indentation to hold the matching cup. This exhibit includes pieces by manufacturers such as Anchor Hocking, Hazel-Atlas, the Indiana Glass Company, Royal Windsor, Queen Anne,…
Find out more »A Body of Work: More Than Skin Deep exhibit closes
A new exhibit titled A Body of Work: More Than Skin Deep will be on display at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in the Mabee Foundation Gallery from April 15 to June 15. This exhibit will showcase various forms of artwork created by local tattoo artists who are passionate about expressing their creativity through a diverse range of tattooing styles and mediums. A Body of Work includes paintings, drawings, beadwork, and other artistic forms that highlight the art of…
Find out more »Vintage Snack Sets exhibit closes
The Fred and Addie Drummond Home in Hominy will feature an exhibit of Vintage Snack Sets from Wednesday, June 4, to Saturday, June 28. When women in the mid-20th century hosted teas, coffees, or church socials, they would wear their “Sunday best” and bring out pretty snack sets that included a plate with a round indentation to hold the matching cup. This exhibit includes pieces by manufacturers such as Anchor Hocking, Hazel-Atlas, the Indiana Glass Company, Royal Windsor, Queen Anne,…
Find out more »Museum Staff Picks exhibit closes
Museum Staff Picks, an exhibit highlighting a collection of photographs personally picked by staff members, is on display at the Chesapeake Event Center and Gallery in the Oklahoma History Center Museum. All featured photos have been chosen or taken by museum staff members. This unique installation offers a view of individual aspects of Oklahoma’s history and culture, seen through the eyes of museum staff who have picked their favorites from the collections they work with every day and some who…
Find out more »July 2025
Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy exhibit opens
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host the traveling exhibit Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy from Tuesday, July 1, through Sunday, September 7. In 1942, in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066. The law ordered the forced imprisonment of all Japanese Americans living on the West Coast of the United States, which at the time had the second-largest population of Japanese people living outside of Japan. Told…
Find out more »August 2025
Showmanship and the Wild West – Oklahoma’s Wild West Exhibitions: 1886-1933 exhibit closes
The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will showcase the University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections exhibit Showmanship and the Wild West—Oklahoma’s Wild West Exhibitions: 1886-1933 through Sunday, August 31. Through a collection of historic posters, photographs, and Wild West show artifacts, the exhibit will feature the rise and fall of “America’s National Entertainment,” reflecting the popularity of Wild West Shows from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Oklahomans played a significant role in this nostalgic era as the American…
Find out more »September 2025
Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy exhibit closes
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host the traveling exhibit Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy through Sunday, September 7. In 1942, in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066. The law ordered the forced imprisonment of all Japanese Americans living on the West Coast of the United States, which at the time had the second-largest population of Japanese people living outside of Japan. Told from the point…
Find out more »December 2025
Abandoned Oklahoma: Red Carpet Country Through the Lens exhibit closes
From January 1 through December 20, The Chisholm will host a year-long exhibit entitled Abandoned Oklahoma: Red Carpet Country Through the Lens. The exhibit features a series of black-and-white photographs of Kingfisher County in northwest Oklahoma. The images delve into the region’s rich history and chronicle the hopes and dreams of the lives of some early Oklahomans. Photographs of weathered walls and rooflines of structures built over 100 years ago. Homes and farms captured through the lens of Michael Louthan embody…
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