Liichokoshkomo' - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

The outdoor expansion is a cross-cultural setting with more than 100,000 square feet dedicated to learning and family fun. Plan your journey West for a hands-on, minds-on experience just in time for Spring Break!

Trading Post

Pawnee Structure

Chickasaw Council House

Caddo Structure

Kiowa Tipi

Train Depot

Children's Building

Wagon and Mural

Site Plan

Structures in Liichokoshkomo’

Intertribal Village will include dwellings that represent seven indigenous groups:
- Caddo
- Chickasaw
- Hopi
- Kiowa
- Navajo/Hogan
- Pawnee
- Puebloan
Mexican Rodeo
Express Employment Professionals Railcar and Train Depot
The Greens’ Pioneer Path Sod Home
The Greens’ Pioneer Path Interactive Wagon
Love’s Trading Post
Friess Family Playground
El Morro Inscription Rock
Cattle Ramp
Gaylord Remuda
Annie Oakley Society Center and Statue
A wild buffalo herd
Geyser and waterfall

Prosperity Junction, everyone’s favorite cattle town, will be adjacent to the space, which now includes a new 50-person theater.

About Liichokoshkomo’

Construction is underway at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. You’re invited to experience hands-on learning in a new space for people of all ages. Liichokoshkomo’ (pronounced Lee-cho-kosh-ko-MO) is a Chickasaw phrase for “Let’s play!” Generations will come together to experience it on-site starting March 14, 2020.

Transform a Museum visit into an interactive day outside! Learn about diverse cultures, play traditional games, create art in a space where it’s okay to get messy and do kitchen science experiments together. Hear storytellers, stargaze make s’mores and memories under our Western skies.

Fun lives at Liichokohkomo.’

People. Places. Perseverance.

Experience America’s story as it unfolds across the West.

Heritage. Culture. Community.

Learn by doing! Experience the customs that form traditions and enjoy an urban oasis in the heart of Oklahoma City.

Create Your Own West

STEAM activities, guided learning and expert-led classes give families a different way to experience history and culture. Come experience purposeful play in the Museum’s backyard!

Experiential Learning

Art and preserved artifacts are inside the Museum. Outside, Liichokoshkomo’ shows Oklahoma’s vibrant people, through crafts, cooking and more.

Plot constellations
Grind corn
Add to a weaving on a giant loom
Load a pioneer wagon to hypothesize your journey West
Dodge a geyser
Learn from kitchen science experiments
Hear from cross-cultural storytellers

STEAM

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) powers learning at Liichokoshkomo.’ Hands-on activities teach math and chemistry through kitchen science experiments, how a tipi is constructed and other applied engineering concepts.

Art

Art inside the Museum inspires children to become creators within its backyard. As a maker space, there’s room to do crafts and art that imitates a set theme or technique according to a guest artist’s instruction.

Room to Roam

Liichokoshkomo’ is an intentional green space: picnics, playgrounds and free play. Take a break outside with kids in a relaxed area.

Discovery Areas: Hands-on, minds-on

Join us to create within an imaginative outdoor learning environment, a maker space for all generations.

We’re preserving traditional arts and passing along the customs unique to indigenous groups, settlers and ranchers.

Activities

Try new activities in a beautiful setting. Give kids the freedom to play in the Museum’s backyard.

Experience

Experience the cultures that influenced the West.

Plan Your Visit

Mark your calendar: Plan to Liichokoshkomo’s grand opening on Saturday, March 14, 2020.

Activities

Parenting in the golden age of the silver screen presents unique challenges. STEAM activities at Liichokoshkomo’ balance technology with its practical application through hands-on minds-on games, experiments and cooperative learning. Participate in cultural arts, from folk dance and basketweaving to decorating a water jar or beading necklaces.

Nature

Acres for running, trees and plants are part of Liichokoshkomo.’ Match up animal tracks, observe pollinators, pitch horseshoes and use binoculars to look for animals in the Museum’s backyard. Encourage healthy habits through active play on our playground within the 100,000-square foot space.

Classes and Events

Planned Offerings Include:

Dutch oven cooking
Basketmaking
Candle dipping
Leatherwork
Sewing
Fishing 101
Applied engineering concepts through Native American structures
Family campout with s’mores and
constellation mapping
Pet a Horse Equestrian Day

Follow the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum on social media for class schedules, updates and additional events.

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Annie Oakley Society

Liichokoshkomo’ is a project of the Annie Oakley Society. Its mission is to build and sustain world-class educational experiences for children and families to teach the rich history of the American West for generations to come. Special thanks to the Annie Oakley Society’s members, who have helped make the space possible.

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Press

Press inquiries: Callie Collins, (405) 478-2250, ext. 293

Liichokoshkomo’ – Where play and culture meet

Experiential learning in the Museum’s backyard

Liichokoshkomo’ is the Museum’s premier outdoor education experience and playscape. STEAM activities meet cultural diversity in the Museum’s backyard.

Liichokoshkomo’ centers on three key themes: people, places and perseverance.

Experiential learning transforms a Museum visit into a hands-on, minds-on adventure within a space dedicated to making history and culture more accessible than ever. Engaging activities and learning by doing bring history to life for museum guests of all ages, with emphasis on purposeful play.

The world-class educational setting opens at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in spring 2020. Its official opening is March 14.