Enjoy an exciting day of learning and exploring! See galleries filled with Western art and artifacts. Explore Liichokoshkomo’, an outdoor interactive, multi-cultural education space that introduces the American West through science, technology, engineering, arts, math and citizenship in an immersive hands-on, minds-on environment. Students can: Visit Native American dwellingsView Western vistasExplore the playgroundLearn about ancient …
It’s time for a road trip! Open your maps and explore the different railroads, trails and roads of the wild West. Discover the history of the Santa Fe Trail. Create your passport and go on a trip along the famous Route 66 and be sure to collect as many stamps as possible! Take special note …
Come participate in a workshop focusing on music and featuring previous Western Heritage Award winners Mary Kaye Holt and Adrian Brannan, musician Finis Smith and Western entertainer R.W. Hampton. Moderated by Cindy Scarberry from the Rodeo Opry.
Explore the traditions and artistic expressions in Tattooing: Religion, Reality and Regret. Grab a stool and listen to invited artisans discuss their craft. Hear from tattoo artists and tattooed living canvases as they discuss their art, influences and inspiration. From there, venture into the galleries and enjoy the exhibition at your own pace. Free for …
Read the 2022 Western Heritage Award-winning Western novel The Removed by Brandon Hobson. In the 15 years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family has been suspended in private grief. The mother, Maria, increasingly struggles to manage the onset of Alzheimer’s in her husband, Ernest. Their adult daughter, …
On the second Sunday of the month, explore your creative side in a fun and informal drawing session. Borrow drawing materials from the Visitor Services desk in the Museum Lobby (while supplies last) or bring your own! Gather with other art lovers to enjoy an afternoon of drawing. Can’t make it to Drop-In Drawing? Drop …
Explore the West by “taking the highway that is best” with Samantha Schafer and Nathan Jones, curators of the exhibition Mother Roads. Ride along on a trip that covers the Museum’s history along Route 66, the weird and wonderful world of roadside America and the ways we tour the West. $5; free for Museum members. …
Want to try embroidery but don’t know where to start? Join Darci Lenker for a two-night workshop learning and experimenting with different stiches to create your own embroidered piece! Classes will be held within the Western Wares exhibition where you will be inspired by fanciful embroidered embellishments. Perfect for beginners or those that enjoy a …
Meet up with friends on the third Tuesday of the month, April through September, within a safe community space at the Friess Family Playground. During these playdates, friendships will form, a community will develop and conversations will take place while children engage with each other and explore the playground. Enjoy refreshments for both adults and …
Enjoy dinner and a living history presentation of the life of Bass Reeves. Ernest Marsh portrays Reeves, one of the first black men to be named deputy U.S. marshal in Indian Territory. Discover the true story behind the legendary lawman, from being born into slavery, to becoming one of the most feared U.S marshals, and …
