The elbow basket is beautiful with flower arrangements in each pocket! Led by BasketWeavers Guild of Oklahoma, participants will create their own by weaving a basket on an angle. Basket color will be denim blue, cardinal red and butternut. Dimensions: 18 inches top of handle to point at bottom; 15 inches at the widest point. …
The human desire to play is universal. Give in to that desire and experience some of the ways kids of the past entertained themselves. Play traditional native games, giant horseshoes and La Loteria. Make your own traditional games to take home. Enjoy storytime at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Free for members or with museum …
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 …
Follow the invention of the chuck box and the chuck wagon from Charles Goodnight in the mid-1860s to the chuck wagon’s use on ranches in the American West today. Learn who the cooks were who sometimes — intentionally or not — spoiled the broth, er, beans, on the trail and on the ranch, and who …
Celebrate the Museum’s Annual Chuck Wagon Festival by learning about the inventor of the original chuck wagon — Charlie Goodnight. Discover the exciting story of a Texas Ranger, adventurer and immigration officer who became a symbol of his age while gambling with death in the wild frontier regions of Texas, Arizona and Old and New …
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 …
Communication today is quick and easy. In the Old West, it was not quite as simple but was no less important. Come learn some of the ways people in the Old West communicated with each other. Make a necklace with your name in Morse code. Write a letter. Send a message using a mirror. Enjoy …
In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer draws on her experience as botanist, Native American and mother. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer holds to the idea that we have much to learn from plants and animals about living in reciprocal relationship with the world around us. Through a braid of memoir, scientific …
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 …
Prix de West artist Skip Whitcomb presents an energetic workshop designed for those interested in acquiring and/or honing their outdoor/field skills and for gathering information essential to the creation of more developed works. Whitcomb has designed various visual and intellectual exercises to illustrate key elements of the picture making process. These fundamental “truths” are based …
