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October 2024
Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
Since the opening of the Will Rogers Memorial in 1938, Claremore has celebrated the birthday of its most famous resident, Will Rogers. The Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival features G- and PG-rated films from artists worldwide. The festival entries will be screened daily in the Will Rogers Theatre. Screenings run Wednesday, October 30 through Saturday, November 2. For more information, follow the details at dogirons.com.
Find out more »Halloween Night at the Museum
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum will host Halloween Night at the Museum on Tuesday, October 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. This event combines trick-or-treating with an opportunity for children and their families to visit the Will Rogers Memorial Museum. Businesses and individuals will share treats and a costume contest will be held with prizes for the best costumes. Halloween Night at the Museum is free and open to all ages. This event has attracted hundreds of costumed characters to…
Find out more »November 2024
Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
Since the opening of the Will Rogers Memorial in 1938, Claremore has celebrated the birthday of its most famous resident, Will Rogers. The Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival features G- and PG-rated films from artists worldwide. The festival entries will be screened daily in the Will Rogers Theatre. Screenings run Wednesday, October 30 through Saturday, November 2. For more information, follow the details at dogirons.com.
Find out more »Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
Since the opening of the Will Rogers Memorial in 1938, Claremore has celebrated the birthday of its most famous resident, Will Rogers. The Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival features G- and PG-rated films from artists worldwide. The festival entries will be screened daily in the Will Rogers Theatre. Screenings run Wednesday, October 30 through Saturday, November 2. For more information, follow the details at dogirons.com.
Find out more »Museum After Dark: Lantern Tour
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is hosting a Museum After Dark: Lantern Tour event on Friday, November 8, from 7-10 p.m. in the historic Humphrey Heritage Village. Living history interpreters will entertain and educate visitors while sharing their unique historical perspective of life in northwestern Oklahoma before statehood. Short vignettes from living history interpreters will occur at each of the stops on the tour. Tickets are $7 per person. The special lantern tours begin at 7 p.m., with a new group starting…
Find out more »Quilting Workshop
The Quilting Workshop meets on the second Saturday of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Sod House Museum for $5 per person. Learn to create appliqué designs, traditional block patterns, original designs, crazy quilts, landscape designs, and paper piecing. New members of any skill level are always encouraged to attend! Share in the happy exchange of shared skills, fun, camaraderie, refreshments, discussions, quilt patterns, and old-fashioned bed turnings at the next quilting workshop. Proceeds directly fund Sod…
Find out more »Cast-Iron Cooking Class
The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will host a Cast-Iron Cooking class on Saturday, November 9, from noon to 5 p.m. In this casual, fun class, participants will learn to care for and cook in cast-iron cookware, and will create a Dutch oven delight and participate in a group meal. The class will explore historical and modern recipes while learning backyard cooking skills. This class is restricted to children ages 12 and older with an adult. The class costs $30…
Find out more »Introduction to Knitting: Make your own Mug Cozy workshop
On Saturday, November 16, the Oklahoma History Center will hold a knitting workshop. Participants will learn basic knitting skills and knit a custom mug cozy for themselves or as a gift for another. The class is intended for beginners. The class will enjoy a hot chocolate bar with all the fixings and snacks. The class is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Register for the Mug Cozy workshop.
Find out more »Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting
Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meetings are scheduled on the third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. However, Executive Committee meetings are not usually held on the months in which the full board meets. Agendas will be available online 24 hours prior to the meeting at okhistory.org/BOARD. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK, 73105.
Find out more »“Winter on the Farm” living history program begins
Learn about 19th-century living patterns at Hunter’s Home working farm from Saturday, November 30 to Friday, December 13, as staff prepare the farm for the coming winter season. See the operations of the historic house and farm through the activities, chores, and the care of animals at Hunter’s Home, the only remaining pre–Civil War Cherokee plantation home in Oklahoma. Visitors can experience living history interpreters demonstrating nineteenth-century trades, chores, cooking, gardening, and crafts. No reservations are needed, but regular admission…
Find out more »December 2024
10th Annual Holiday Market at the Museum
The Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus will host its tenth annual Holiday Market at the Museum on Tuesday, December 3, at 6 p.m. The event will showcase the talents of local artists who will be selling their unique work, including paintings, jewelry, pottery, fused glass, works in wood, and more. This is a great opportunity to support both the artists and the museum while doing your holiday shopping. The market is free and open to the public. Visitors…
Find out more »“Winter on the Farm” living history program ends
Learn about 19th-century living patterns at Hunter’s Home working farm from Saturday, November 30 to Friday, December 13, as staff prepare the farm for the coming winter season. See the operations of the historic house and farm through the activities, chores, and the care of animals at Hunter’s Home, the only remaining pre–Civil War Cherokee plantation home in Oklahoma. Visitors can experience living history interpreters demonstrating nineteenth-century trades, chores, cooking, gardening, and crafts. No reservations are needed, but regular admission…
Find out more »Christmas at the Fort: 19th-Century Traditions
Fort Towson Historic Site will host Christmas at the Fort on Saturday, December 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. Guests can learn about 19th-century traditions and meet a soldier in an 1860s military camp anxiously waiting to receive packages from home. A living history interpretation will depict some of the long-lasting Christmas traditions that continue to be practiced today and others that are long forgotten. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be warming up to a cozy fire in the sutler…
Find out more »Holiday Open House
On Saturday, December 14, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host its annual Holiday Open House from 1 to 3 p.m. Visitors can view seasonal decorations throughout the home of the world-renowned Wild West Show entertainer Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie. Holiday decorations will adorn some of the outbuildings at the 500-acre working ranch. Family-friendly, festive activities will include outdoor surrey rides (weather permitting), children’s crafts, and an opportunity to take a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Hot cocoa…
Find out more »Christmas Open House
On Sunday, December 15, from 1 to 4 p.m., Hunter’s Home will host its annual Christmas Open House. The historic home will be decorated as it would have been at Christmas in the 1850s. This is a chance to make new Christmas memories as visitors join the festivities with Hunter’s Home staff and volunteers. Admission to Hunter’s Home will be free on December 15. Hunter’s Home will be closed on Saturday, December 14, and will reopen for the Christmas Open…
Find out more »January 2025
Into the Mirror exhibit closes
The Oklahoma History Center Museum (OHCM) exhibit Into the Mirror—an exhibit of 20 Native American artists from the museum’s permanent collection, will remain open through January 25, 2025. The exhibit will be located in the ONEOK, Inc. rotating gallery space at OHCM. The works range from 1878 to the present and were curated for Into the Mirror by OHCM Director Leon Natker because they are works by Native Americans depicting Native Americans. Since the beginning of colonization, representations of Indigenous…
Find out more »March 2025
Inaugural Impressions: Oklahoma’s First Ladies Go to the Ball exhibit closes
The Inaugural Impressions: Oklahoma’s First Ladies Go to the Ball exhibit features the dresses Oklahoma’s first ladies wore to the state’s inaugurations. Unlike past exhibits focused on fashion, Inaugural Impressions will explore women’s roles, accomplishments, and contributions while their husbands served as governors. The exhibit will feature a variety of gowns from the Oklahoma Historical Society’s collections. The phrase “the power behind the throne” has been used for centuries to describe the influence of leaders’ spouses over their ruling mates,…
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