Events Calendar

On Tuesday, November 18, at 7 p.m., the Museum of the Western Prairie is partnering with the staff at the Fort Gibson Historic Site to present a program about “Winter Traditions and Cheer.” Guests are invited to attend a presentation that shares how soldiers at Fort Gibson, who were separated from their families during the holiday season, found small ways to celebrate and keep meaningful traditions alive while carrying out their duties in the coldest months at the frontier military…

On Saturday, December 13, at 1 p.m., the Pioneer Woman Museum and Statue’s historical Interpreter, Keith Fagan, will present a lecture on 19th-century mourning practices and traditions of death in the Victorian era. Learn more about that era’s connection to the holiday season and ghost stories, most notably featured in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The Victorian era was the time period between 1837 and 1901. At that time, life expectancy was limited to around 50 years. During the 19th century,…

The Cherokee Strip Historical Society (CSHS) will host its Annual Meeting, meal, and program on Tuesday, March 3, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the First Bank Event Center. The Cherokee Strip Museum is pleased to invite members and the public to its annual meeting and historical program “Oklahoma Rough Riders: Remembering the Spanish-American War,” presented by Jay Eby, historian and Rough Riders expert. This year’s annual program will place special emphasis on the Oklahoma Rough Riders troop, along with an…

On Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m., co-creators of the exhibit Art of the Wish, Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom, will hold an informal meeting with their teammate Julie McFarland at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) in the J. E. & L. E. Mabee Foundation Gallery. This talk with the co-creators of the exhibit will be a great opportunity for the public to ask questions and learn more about the inspiration for Art of the Wish and the ideas that…

The Stand-up Comedy Show previously scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2026, has been canceled. In a world that can sometimes feel a bit chaotic, the Will Rogers Stand-Up Comedy Show is your sanctuary for positivity. Our performers are leaning into the theme of Love, Peace, and Joy, proving that comedy can be kind, uplifting, and—most importantly—absolutely hilarious. This is a family show for all ages.    

The Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library is hosting an evening lecture with historian Haley Evans on Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. Evans will discuss the history of public lands and ranching, and the conflict between stockmen, the United States Forest Service, and the National Park Service. She is working toward a master’s degree in public history at Oklahoma State University. Evans received her Bachelor of Arts in general history at Colorado State University with a minor in religious…

Join us this May as we celebrate Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) Heritage Month. To honor their contributions to Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Historical Society will host AANHPI Collective History Day in partnership with the Asian Festival by the Asia Society of Oklahoma (ASO). This event will take place at the Oklahoma History Center on Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring historical recognitions, traditional and modern art performances, educational cultural booths, and the crowning of the next ASO royalty representatives.

Admission to AANHPI Collective History Day is free. Attendees may visit the Oklahoma History Center Museum galleries on the day of the event at a special group rate admission. Food trucks in the parking lot will offer authentic cuisine for purchase.

Come to the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library for a lecture on the history of territorial medicine with PhD student Ben Folger. Folger will be presenting his research on medical frontiers in Oklahoma, their relation to the history of tribal medicine, and the professionalization of medicine. Ben Folger is a first-year PhD student studying the history of medicine in the American West. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2022, earning his MA with his thesis entitled, “‘A…

Join the Oklahoma Territorial Museum on Tuesday, August 11, at 7 p.m. for a free lecture on the history of Kaw Lake and the Kaw Nation. From 1940 to 1982, the US Army Corps of Engineers built more than 200 man-made lakes in Oklahoma. The fact that these lakes are relatively new to the region often escapes public memory, as does the idea that the federal government built each lake at a high ecological and social cost, requiring the destruction…