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October 2020
Scary Tales
Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. (POK) is excited to host Scary Tales at the Overholser Mansion on October 9 and 10, 16 and 17, 23 and 24, and 29 and 30. Tours begin each evening promptly at 7 p.m. and are not come-and-go. We will begin in the Carriage House, and once a tour has begun there will not be a way to join in. If you are running late, please give us a call at 405-525-5325. Visitors will hear spooky stories…
Find out more »Wanted: Dead or Alive exhibit closes
Friday, August 28, Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will open its newest exhibit, Wanted: Dead or Alive. This photography exhibit is comprised of images of some of Oklahoma’s most infamous criminals and will be on display until October 30, 2020. Images in the exhibit are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the University of Oklahoma Western History Collections, the National Archives, the vast photographic archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society, and private lenders. The 38 black-and-white images on display consist…
Find out more »Scary Tales
Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. (POK) is excited to host Scary Tales at the Overholser Mansion on October 9 and 10, 16 and 17, 23 and 24, and 29 and 30. Tours begin each evening promptly at 7 p.m. and are not come-and-go. We will begin in the Carriage House, and once a tour has begun there will not be a way to join in. If you are running late, please give us a call at 405-525-5325. Visitors will hear spooky stories…
Find out more »Annual Quilt Show closes
Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host its Annual Quilt Show during the entire month of October, featuring heirloom and modern quilts from across the state. Cimarron Valley Quilt Guild and Pawnee Bill Quilt Guild members are instrumental in putting together this yearly event. There is no charge to view the quilt show, which is available to visitors during regular hours of operation. Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and…
Find out more »Pawnee Bill Ghost Stories (now virtual)
Please note: The in-person tours have been canceled, and Pawnee Bill Ghost Stories is now a virtual event. On the evening of Saturday, October 31, Pawnee Bill Ranch will host a ghost hunt in the mansion on Facebook Live. We will tell you all about the spirits that still live within our walls and maybe we’ll be lucky enough to catch something on video! Visit the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum Facebook page to find out more and to watch…
Find out more »“Cemetery Symbols: Carved in Stone” program (virtual)
Join the Oklahoma History Center as we explore the meaning behind historic gravestones in a virtual program on Saturday, October 31, from 1 to 3 p.m. Gravestones and cemeteries are rich in a language of symbols. Symbols can be difficult to interpret because their meaning changes over time. By examining the grave markers, one can learn more than just the person’s name. This virtual class will provide the skills necessary to investigate the past through tombstones. The cost is $5…
Find out more »Museum After Dark: All Hallows’ Eve
Explore the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center and the Humphrey Heritage Village, just you and your date, during Museum After Dark: All Hallows’ Eve on Saturday, October 31! Inside the museum, you will find one-on-one activities, conversation starters, and fun activities with a Halloween theme. Then take a stroll through the village after dark to see our history in a whole new light! This is a great, social distancing–friendly experience. Museum After Dark is a come and go event, starting…
Find out more »Halloween Night at the Museum
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum will host Halloween Night at the Museum on Saturday, October 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. This event combines trick-or-treating with an opportunity for children and their parents and grandparents to visit the Will Rogers Memorial Museum. Area businesses and individuals will share treats at locations outside on the spacious museum grounds. Halloween Night at the Museum is free and open to all ages. This event has attracted hundreds of costumed characters into the museum…
Find out more »November 2020
“Voting During a Pandemic,” Pandemic Perspectives: Stories Through Collections (virtual)
As a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Oklahoma History Center will offer a virtual portal to the program “Voting During a Pandemic,” on Tuesday, November 3, at 3 p.m. This event is free, but preregistration is required. The program is part of a new, engaging series of online talks from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The program will use the virtual platform to present historical objects in the national collections to lend perspective on the current pandemic. By virtually sharing…
Find out more »Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch will celebrate the 141st birthday of Oklahoma’s Favorite Son with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival Wednesday, November 4, through Saturday, November 7. Many activities are planned to honor the memory of Will Rogers, Cherokee cowboy philosopher, and movie actor. A complete schedule will be posted at www.dogirons.com/program.
Find out more »Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch will celebrate the 141st birthday of Oklahoma’s Favorite Son with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival Wednesday, November 4, through Saturday, November 7. Many activities are planned to honor the memory of Will Rogers, Cherokee cowboy philosopher, and movie actor. A complete schedule will be posted at www.dogirons.com/program.
Find out more »“Contested Notions of Equality,” This Land is Herland series presentation (virtual)
The Oklahoma Historical Society and the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center are pleased to present This Land is Herland, a series of programs on women’s activism in Oklahoma sponsored by Oklahoma Humanities. The third program, “Contested Notions of Equality,” will be held Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m. The event will be conducted virtually and will include presentations by three scholars. Following the presentations, the scholars will be available to answer questions from the online audience. This online program will…
Find out more »Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch will celebrate the 141st birthday of Oklahoma’s Favorite Son with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival Wednesday, November 4, through Saturday, November 7. Many activities are planned to honor the memory of Will Rogers, Cherokee cowboy philosopher, and movie actor. A complete schedule will be posted at www.dogirons.com/program.
Find out more »Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Birthplace Ranch will celebrate the 141st birthday of Oklahoma’s Favorite Son with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival Wednesday, November 4, through Saturday, November 7. Many activities are planned to honor the memory of Will Rogers, Cherokee cowboy philosopher, and movie actor. A complete schedule will be posted at www.dogirons.com/program.
Find out more »“Veteran Surgeon’s View of the Civil War” presentation
On Saturday, November 7, at 10:30 a.m., Honey Springs Battlefield will host "Veteran Surgeon's View of the Civil War," a special presentation about Civil War surgery and medicine by Dr. David Harris. Harris will be dressed in Civil War-period attire while discussing medical practices used during the war and the realities surgeons faced. His presentation will include medical artifacts and items from the era. Harris has hosted multiple programs at many Civil War sites, including Vicksburg National Military Park. This…
Find out more »History Alive! Living History Experience
Step back in time and experience life on the Cherokee Strip during History Alive! at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) in Enid. On the first and third Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the historic buildings in the CSRHC’s Humphrey Heritage Village will come alive with reenactors tending their shops, working their trades, or socializing at the Village Church. Visitors can learn about different skills and trades of the time, or file their own…
Find out more »Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors meeting
This Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at 1 p.m., in the Chesapeake Event Center and Gallery at the Oklahoma History Center, and online via Zoom. For more information, visit www.okhistory.org/BOARD.
Find out more »Icons of the Oklahoma Prairie exhibit opens
The intricately beautiful artwork of Burneta Venosdel will be on display at the Sod House Museum on November 14 through December 12. Icons of the Oklahoma Prairie is Venosdel’s tribute to her great-grandparents on both sides of her family. Koppitz, Wagner, McMullen, Bloom, and May were all pioneers of the area, some making the Cherokee Outlet Land Run of 1893.
Find out more »Quilting workshop with Martha Ray
Visit the Sod House Museum southeast of Aline for a quilting workshop on Saturday. The workshop will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. 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 »Basket Weaving class
The Oklahoma History Center will offer a class on basket weaving by instructor Janet Newman on Saturday, November 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This very useful “Wintergreen Stripes” basket can be made by a beginning or advanced weaver. The technique used is a simple over/under weaving and twining method, finishing with a wrapped handle. Color choices will be kelly green and evening blue. The cost is $55 for OHS members and $65 for nonmembers. Registration for this class…
Find out more »“The Gateway to Oklahoma History” Second Saturday Demo
On Saturday, November 14, from 1 to 3 p.m., Fort Towson Historic Site will host Chad Williams, the director of the Research Division for the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), who will present a program entitled “The Gateway to Oklahoma History” for the November installment of the Second Saturday Demo series. The Gateway to Oklahoma History is a free, online repository of Oklahoma history that is continually being updated. Using The Gateway, patrons can search and view over three million historic…
Find out more »Maps and Mapmaking: Historical Maps of Oklahoma exhibit opens
On November 16, the Chisholm Trail Museum (CTM) in Kingfisher will open a special temporary exhibit featuring historical maps from the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), as well as historical surveying equipment from the museum.
Find out more »Launch to Landing: Oklahomans and Space exhibit opens
On November 17, 2020, the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will open Launch to Landing: Oklahomans and Space. This exhibit focuses on the many Oklahomans who played a part in the US air and space program, as well as early Oklahoma pioneers of aviation. To celebrate the opening of Launch to Landing, as well as the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma History Center, the OHC will offer free admission to the public Tuesday, November 17, through Saturday, November 21, sponsored by the Inasmuch Foundation.
Find out more »Oklahoma History Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Oklahoma History Center, all visitors will receive free admission beginning Tuesday, November 17, through Saturday, November 21, sponsored by the Inasmuch Foundation.
Find out more »Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission meeting
The Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission will meet on Tuesday, November 17, at 1:30 p.m. in the Clark and Kay Musser Learning Lab at the Oklahoma History Center.
Find out more »Oklahoma History Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Oklahoma History Center, all visitors will receive free admission beginning Tuesday, November 17, through Saturday, November 21, sponsored by the Inasmuch Foundation.
Find out more »Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting *Canceled*
This meeting has been canceled.
Find out more »Oklahoma History Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Oklahoma History Center, all visitors will receive free admission beginning Tuesday, November 17, through Saturday, November 21, sponsored by the Inasmuch Foundation.
Find out more »Oklahoma History Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Oklahoma History Center, all visitors will receive free admission beginning Tuesday, November 17, through Saturday, November 21, sponsored by the Inasmuch Foundation.
Find out more »Until We Organize: The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment exhibit closes
The Oklahoma History Center is pleased to host a special exhibit titled Until We Organize: The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment. The fight for an amendment to the US Constitution stating gender equality has been ongoing since the 1920s. The effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) heated up in the late 1970s when the ratification process made its way to individual states, including Oklahoma.
Find out more »Oklahoma History Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Oklahoma History Center, all visitors will receive free admission beginning Tuesday, November 17, through Saturday, November 21, sponsored by the Inasmuch Foundation.
Find out more »History Alive! Living History Experience
Step back in time and experience life on the Cherokee Strip during History Alive! at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) in Enid. On the first and third Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the historic buildings in the CSRHC’s Humphrey Heritage Village will come alive with reenactors tending their shops, working their trades, or socializing at the Village Church. Visitors can learn about different skills and trades of the time, or file their own…
Find out more »Born Dry: Prohibition in Oklahoma exhibit opens
On Wednesday, November 25, the Oklahoma History Center will open its newest exhibit, Born Dry: Prohibition in Oklahoma. Featuring 25 black-and-white photographs taken during the decades-long fight over prohibition in Oklahoma, this exhibit explores the debate over the legality of alcohol sales through historical imagery.
Find out more »Christmas in the Village
Come safely experience a socially distanced Victorian Christmas in the Humphrey Heritage Village at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) starting this Friday, November 27, from 5 to 9 p.m. Christmas in the Village will take place each Friday evening between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with the final celebration happening on Friday, December 18. In order to keep the staff, volunteers, and the public as safe as possible, the CSRHC is creating a different experience for Christmas in the Village…
Find out more »“Life at Hunter’s Home” program series concludes (virtual)
The online adventure at Hunter’s Home continues in November! Hunter’s Home in Park Hill has launched a private Facebook group, “Life at Hunter’s Home,” to make in-person events and workshops available online. Access to this group is $10 for the month and includes workshops, demonstrations, discussion threads, recipes, and more. For November, the site will offer two cooking workshops, one of which will be live; a craft demonstration; a dedicated thread for members to suggest YouTube videos they would like…
Find out more »December 2020
“Child’s Play: Dolls of Native America” exhibit closes
The Oklahoma Historical Society’s Office of American Indian Culture and Preservation has opened a new, educational exhibit, Child’s Play: Dolls of Native America. The exhibit highlights more than 65 dolls and doll makers from different American Indian tribes. The exhibit will not only present the importance of dolls as children’s toys but also their significance as an art form and a way to document styles and materials used in making traditional tribal clothing. The exhibit includes selected biographies of doll…
Find out more »“Life at Hunter’s Home: Winter Celebrations” begins (virtual)
December at Hunter’s Home in Park Hill is all about winter celebrations, and staff members aim to continue the tradition through the “Life at Hunter’s Home” Facebook group. The new Facebook group launched in October to bring a version of the site’s events and programs to a larger audience while keeping everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. To celebrate the holidays, the Facebook group will be free to join during the month of December. The merry activities and videos that…
Find out more »Will’s Country Christmas
Visit Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch in Oologah for Will’s Country Christmas on Friday, December 4, and Saturday, December 5, from 5 to 9 p.m. The ranch house will be decorated for an Indian Territory Christmas. The evening will include crafts, camel and pony rides, 19th-century games, carriage rides, train rides and food trucks. Guests will also have the opportunity to take a Wild West hayride by the shores of Oologah Lake. Admission to Will’s Country Christmas is free, but there…
Find out more »Christmas in the Village
Come safely experience a socially distanced Victorian Christmas in the Humphrey Heritage Village at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) starting this Friday, November 27, from 5 to 9 p.m. Christmas in the Village will take place each Friday evening between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with the final celebration happening on Friday, December 18. In order to keep the staff, volunteers, and the public as safe as possible, the CSRHC is creating a different experience for Christmas in the Village…
Find out more »The Spirit of Greenwood/1921 Tulsa Race Massacre exhibit opens
Beginning on December 5, the Honey Springs Battlefield will host the traveling exhibit The Spirit of Greenwood/1921 Tulsa Race Massacre from the Tulsa Historical Society. The exhibit explores the history, prosperity, and perseverance of the earliest Black residents of the Greenwood area and the tragic confluence of events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The exhibit will be on display inside the visitor center from Saturday, December 5, to Saturday, December 19. Admission to the Honey Springs Battlefield Visitor Center is…
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