List of museums in Oklahoma explained

This list of museums in Oklahoma encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Main list

Name	Town/city	County	Region	Type	Summary
14 Flags Museum				History	^[1] ^[2]
				Military	website, history of the 45th Infantry Division in WW II and the Korean War, also includes military weapons, war cartoons of Bill Mauldin, park with tanks, artillery, personnel carriers, aircraft, and the Thunderbird Monument
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Aviation	History of women in aviation
				Multiple
			Green Country	Automotive	Includes a showroom, 18 Packards & other vintage automobiles, Route 66 memorabilia
Alexandre Hogue Gallery			Green Country	Art	website, housed in Phillips Hall and run by the School of Art of the University of Tulsa
Alfalfa County Museum			Red Carpet Country	Local history	website, includes period room displays
Alva Regional Airport Museum			Red Carpet Country	Aviation	Located in Alva Regional Airport, features artifacts from area aviation history, including the World War II prisoner of war camp formerly located in Alva^[3] ^[4]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Music	website, collection of banjos, history of the instrument in America
American Pigeon Museum	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	History	website, history of passenger pigeons, includes historic pigeon equipment clocks, bands, trophies, plaques, paintings and photographs, World War I and II army pigeon corps equipment
Anadarko Heritage Museum				Local history	website, operated by the Anadarko Philomathic Club
Apache Historical Museum		Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	^[5]
Arbuckle Historical Museum				Local history	Located in a historic depot^[6] ^[7]
Arbuckle Historical Society Museum		Murray	South Central	Local history	Facebook site^[8]
Arkansas River Historical Society Museum			Green Country	Maritime	website, located in the Tulsa Port of Catoosa
			Green Country	Native American	website, part of Bacone College, includes North and South American Native artifacts and art, including ceramics, katsinam, weavings, clothing
Atkinson Heritage Center		Oklahoma	Central	Historic house	website, part of Rose State College
Bartlesville Area History Museum			Green Country	Local history	website, displays on area pioneers, Native Americans, oil industry, one room school
Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum				Natural history	website, mounted wildlife dioramas
Bigheart Museum			Green Country	Local history	^[9]
Boswell Museum			Red Carpet Country	History	Personal collection of buggies, pump organs, old clocks, dishes, and personal items of actress Darla Hood^[10]
Bristow Historical Museum			Green Country	Local history	Local history and railroad exhibits^[11]
Buffalo Museum			Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[12]
Caddo Tribal Heritage Museum		Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Native American	Facebook site, cultural traditions of the Caddo people
Canadian County Historical Museum			Central	Local history	^[13]
Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum			Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[14]
Canton Area Museum		Blaine	Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[15]
Carl Hubbell Museum			Central	Biographical	Baseball player Carl Hubbell, located in City Hall^[16] ^[17]
Catoosa Historical Museum	Catoosa	Rogers	Green Country	Local history	^[18]
			Green Country	Native American	Includes Cherokee Nation Museum with Trail of Tears exhibit, Cherokee history and culture, Native American art, Diligwa Village and the Adams Corner Rural Village
	Tahlequah	Cherokee	Green Country	Prison	Late 19th-century prison that was the only one in the entire Indian Territory from 1875 to 1901
Cherokee Strip Museum	Alva	Woods	Red Carpet Country	Local history	Includes pioneer exhibits, Native American art and artifacts, period business displays^[19]
			Red Carpet Country	Local history	website, history of the Cherokee Outlet and its peoples
			Red Carpet Country	History	Story of the land run to settle the Cherokee Strip and pioneer life, formerly Museum of the Cherokee Strip, includes Humphrey Heritage Village. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
	Tahlequah	Cherokee	Green Country	History	website, mid 19th-century judicial building with exhibits about area judicial system, newspapers, history
Cheyenne City Park and Museums			Southwestern Oklahoma	Multiple	website, park with six museums including the Cheyenne Santa Fe Depot Museum, Pioneer Museum, Strong City-Kendall Log Cabin Home, Minnie Slief Community Museum, Roll One Room School House, Veterans Museum, Strong City-Kendall Log Cabin Home and a chapel^[20]
			South Central	Historic bank	website, operated by the Johnston County Historical Society, historic bank with original bank equipment, Native American baskets, pottery and artifacts
	Tishomingo	Johnston	South Central	Native American	Chickasaw artifacts, culture, notable individuals, contemporary art
	Sulphur	Murray	South Central	Native American	History and culture of the Chickasaw
		Johnston	South Central	Historic house	First decade of the 20th century period home of Chickasaw Governor Douglas H. Johnston
			Southwestern Oklahoma	History	History of the Chisholm Trail and the people associated with it^[21]
			Southwestern Oklahoma	History	website, Western heritage, culture and art, life along the trail, cattle drives
	Kingfisher	Kingfisher	Red Carpet Country	Open-air	website, includes history of the Chisholm Trail and cattle drives, period store displays, antique vehicles and farm equipment, pioneer village with bank, schoolhouse, church, two cabins and a jail
Choate House Museum			Kiamichi Country	Historic house	information
			Kiamichi Country	Native American	History and culture of the Choctaw Nation, also known as Choctaw Nation Museum
Chouteau Memorial Museum			Green Country	History	website, partially recreated trading post and a flatboat
Cimarron Heritage Center			Red Carpet Country	Open-air	website, includes French Museum with local history exhibits including the Dust Bowl, architect Bruce Goff, Santa Fe Trail, fossils, buttons, 1920s school house, first decade of the 20th century ranch house, depot, farm equipment and machinery
Cimarron Valley Railroad Museum		Payne	Central	Railroad	website, housed in a Santa Fe depot, includes railroad cars, equipment and memorabilia
		Pottawatomie	Central	Native American	website, history, culture and art of the Great Lakes cultures, operated by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Claremore Museum of History	Claremore	Rogers	Green Country	Local history	Includes exhibit and memorial about playwright Lynn Riggs who wrote "Green Grow the Lilacs," the basis for Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"^[22] ^[23]
Coal County Miner's and Historical Museum			South Central	Mining	website, area coal mining instruments and tools, models, historic photos and area artifacts^[24]
Collinsville Depot Museum		Tulsa	Green Country	Local history	website, operated by the Collinsville Historical Society
			Southwestern Oklahoma	Native American	website, operated by the Comanche Nation
Confederate Memorial Museum & Cemetery			South Central	Military	website
		Kay	Red Carpet Country	Industry	website, history of the ConocoPhillips Company
Coo-Y-Yah Museum		Mayes	Green Country	Local history	Exhibits include Cherokee and Osage artifacts and art, local history items, salt-glazed pottery, 19th century printing press^[25]
	Catoosa	Rogers	Green Country	Multiple	website, includes antique automobiles, bottles and decanters, rocks and minerals, seashells, antiques, local history
Cotton County Museum			Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	website
Covington Historical Museum		Garfield	Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[26]
		Oklahoma	Eastern	Native American	Muscogee (Creek) Nation's historical council house, art, and history
		Ottawa	Green Country	Automotive	website, classic hot rods and custom cars
Dave Sasser Memorial Museum		Payne	Central	History	Pioneer life^[27]
Delaware County Historical Society and Mariee Wallace Museum			Green Country	History	Includes toy trains, buggies and wagons, Native American and Trail of Tears historic artifacts^[28]
Delaware Nation Museum	Anadarko	Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Native American
Dewey County Jail House Museum		Dewey	Red Carpet Country	Prison	Also known as Tom Mix Jail, open by appointment^[29] ^[30]
		Washington	Green Country	History	website, restored Victorian hotel with period furnishings and artifacts, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
			Green Country	Education	Preserved one-room schoolhouse, used for school programs
Dobson Museum			Green Country	Local history	website, operated by the Ottawa County Historical Society
		Osage		Local history	Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Drumright Historical Museum		Creek	Green Country	Local history	website, operated by the Drumwright Historical Society in a historic depot
		Sequoyah	Green Country	Religious	History of the former mission for Native Americans
			Green Country	Local history	website, exhibits on a local Civil War battle, ranching, mercantile, post office, home life, Cherokee influence, military, tools, sports, Route 66
		Rogers	Green Country	Art	Park with concrete totem pole sculptures and museum of Galloway's work
		Oklahoma	Central	Local history	website
Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum			South Central	Doll	^[31]
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Natural history	website, part of Oral Roberts University, includes gems, minerals, natural art, Native American artifacts, Asian artifacts
			South Central	Historic site	website, open by appointment with the Wynnewood Historical Society, historic hotel with period furnishings
Field Historical Printing Museum		Osage	Green Country	Media	Includes historic printing, Western Union and Dow Jones ticker tape equipment^[32]
	Muskogee	Muskogee	Green Country	Native American	Art, history and culture of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole tribes information
	Duncan	Stephens	Southwestern Oklahoma	Historic house	website, also known as W.T. Foreman Prairie House, early 20th-century brick home
	Broken Bow	McCurtain	Kiamichi Country	Industry	Includes forestry tools, homestead memorabilia, 14 diorama paintings of local history, located in Beavers Bend Resort Park
		Muskogee	Green Country	Military	Reconstructed frontier fort, original buildings and exhibits
		Canadian	Central	Military	Visitor center features historic artifacts, photographs, Frederic Remington art about the fort, tours of the historic buildings
		Comanche	Southwestern Oklahoma	Military	website, history of the fort
			Red Carpet Country	Military	Includes visitor center with exhibits, 5 original building, replicas of the stockade and a tipi
			Kiamichi Country	Military	Includes visitor center with exhibits and early 19th century fort ruins
			South Central	Military	Includes museums and restored mid 19th century fort buildings
	Bartlesville	Washington	Green Country	Historic house	website, home of oilman Frank Phillips, includes museum with exhibits about Phillips and his family, the oil industry
			Central	Art	Part of the University of Oklahoma, collections in American, Native American, Asian, Contemporary and European art, photography
Freedom Museum		Woods	Red Carpet Country	Local history	Includes late 19th century and early 20th century household items and memorabilia^[33]
Frisco Depot Museum		Choctaw	Kiamichi Country	Local history	website, operated by the Choctaw County Historical Society, displays include Harvey House restaurant, railroads, period business, farm and home life, miniature railroad, a miniature five-ring circus and a moonshine still
Frontier Country Museum			Central	Local history	website, includes pioneer artifacts, period home and business displays, one room schoolhouse, oil industry and military displays
		Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Multiple	Museum with antique furnishings, maps, photographs, and historical items and an arboretum, open by appointment
Gardiner Art Gallery			Central	Art	Part of Oklahoma State University's Bartlett Center for Visual Arts^[34]
	Broken Bow	McCurtain	Kiamichi Country	Native American	1884 home of Jefferson Gardner, a Chief of the Choctaw, includes Native American artifacts and fossils^[35]
Gateway to the Panhandle Museum			Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[36]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	History	website, features the Oklahoma Hall of Fame with history and famous people of Oklahoma information, photos, videos and 360 degree tour
Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum			Oklahoma	South Central	Media	Gene Autry and singing cowboy memorabilia from films, television, radio and beyond^[37]
		Cherokee	Green Country	Historic house	Mid-19th century period home and log cabin with Cherokee living history demonstrations
George's Antique Auto Museum	Enid	Garfield	Red Carpet Country	Automotive	Features antique automobiles in period settings^[38]
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Art	Art of the American West, art and artifacts from Central and South America
	Ardmore	Carter	South Central	Art	website, performing arts center with four art exhibit galleries and a sculpture garden
Goddard Youth Museum	Sulphur	Murray	South Central	Natural history	Operated by Goddard Youth Camp, animals, dinosaurs, fossils, nature^[39]
Grady County Museum			Central	Local history	website, operated by the Grady County Historical Society
1893 Land Run Museum & Historical Center			Red Carpet Country	Local history	Grant County Historical Society - Open Wed-Sat 10-4 & Sun 1-4 ^[40]
	Ardmore	Carter	South Central	Local history	website, history of South-Central Oklahoma, exhibits include 1893 log cabin, displays of a general store, drug store, medical and dental office, barbershop, law office, courtroom, post office, school and blacksmith shop, includes the Military Memorial Museum
		Logan	Central	Historic site	Material and cultural heritage of the Masonic fraternity
		Delaware	Green Country	Open-air	website, turn-of-the-20th-century pioneer village with over 100 buildings and collections of antiques
Harmon County Historical Museum			Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	website
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	History	website, pioneer farm and homestead
Harrah History Center		Oklahoma	Central	Local history	website, includes museum, restored train depot, caboose and coal cars
Haskell County Historical Museum			Kiamichi Country	Local history	website
Healdton Oil Museum		Carter	South Central	Industry	Area oil industry and development^[41]
Heartland Air Museum		Creek	Green Country	Aviation	Includes vintage military aircraft, vehicles and memorabilia - may be closed, no current information
			Southwestern Oklahoma	History	website, exhibits include clothing, education, family life, military and patriotism, music and art, religious faiths, Route 66, vintage automobiles, period store and business displays
Henry and Shirley Bellmon Library & Museum		Noble	Red Carpet Country	Biographical	Papers and exhibits of Governor Henry Bellmon^[42]
Henryetta Territorial Museum			Green Country	Local history	website^[43]
Henryetta Art Association Museum		Okmulgee	Green Country	Art	Open by appointment and during art shows^[44]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Historic house	1903 Victorian home of social and civic leader Henry Overholser
Hinton Historical Museum		Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	^[45]
Indian Territory Museum		Bryan	South Central	Local history	^[46]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Hall of fame — sports	Housed inside the Science Museum Oklahoma
		Rogers	Green Country	Weapons
Jacobson House Native Art Center	Norman	Cleveland	Central	Art	website, Native American art gallery located in the historic Oscar B. Jacobson House
			Central	Children's
		Payne	Central	Biographical
		Creek	Green Country	Historic house	Open by appointment, house designed by architect Bruce Goff for John Frank, founder of Frankoma Pottery
Jones and Plummer Trail Museum		Beaver	Red Carpet Country	Local history	Operated by the Beaver County Historical Society^[47]
		Kay	Red Carpet Country	Native American	website, history and culture of the Kaw people, includes Native American and paleontology exhibits
Kaw City Museum	Kaw City	Kay	Green Country	Local history	Located in an old Santa Fe Railroad depot^[48]
Kenton Mercantile Museum		Cimarron	Red Carpet Country	Natural & local history	Combination general store, museum with dinosaur and jar and bottle collection displays, restaurant and gas station^[49]
Kerr Mansion		Le Flore	Kiamichi Country	Biographical	Home of Governor Robert S. Kerr, proposed museum,^[50] formerly operated as the Robert S. Kerr Conference Center & Museum
Kiowa County Historical Museum			Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	Operated by the Kiowa County Historical Society in a historic depot^[51] ^[52]
Kiowa Tribal Museum		Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Native American	website^[53]
Krebs Heritage Museum		Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Local history	website^[54]
Laverne Community Museum		Harper	Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[55] ^[56]
Leona Mitchell Southern Heights Heritage Center and Museum	Enid	Garfield	Red Carpet Country	African American	website, exhibits include local and American black culture and links to Enid and northwest Oklahoma
Leonardo's Discovery Warehouse	Enid	Garfield	Red Carpet Country	Children's	website
Lewis Museum	Lawton	Comanche	Southwestern Oklahoma	Multiple	Collections include antique cars, trucks and buggies, trophy wild game heads, furniture, rocks and fossils^[57]
		Lincoln	Central	Local history	website, operated by the Lincoln County Historical Society, includes Miss Fay’s Historical Marionette Theater
Loretta Y. Jackson African American Historical Society Museum		Grady	Central	African American	website, includes one room school
Love County Military Museum			South Central	Military	Includes photos, artifacts and war memorabilia from World War I up until the present day War in Iraq^[58]
Love County Pioneer Museum	Marietta	Love	South Central	Local history	Includes pioneer room displays, rocks, fossils, Native American artifacts, collections, farm displays, farm equipment and guns, operated by the Love County Historical Society^[59]
Lutie Coal Miner's Museum			Kiamichi Country	Mining	Open by appointment^[60]
		Pottawatomie	Central	Art	Collections include Egyptian, Greek and Roman objects, art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance through the early 20th century, and Native American, African/Oceanic and Eastern cultural artifacts
Mac's Antique Car Museum	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Automotive	May be closed^[61]
McAlester Building Foundation	McAlester	Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Local history	Located in a former high school^[62]
Sand Creek Museum / Major County Historical Society Museum			Red Carpet Country	Local history	website
Mannford Museum		Creek	Green Country	Local history	Also known as Keystone Crossroads Museum, operated by the Keystone Crossroads Historical Society^[63] ^[64]
	Ponca City	Kay	Red Carpet Country	Historic house	Includes 55 room mansion with large grounds and outbuildings, gallery of Bryant Baker sculptures, history of owner E. W. Marland and family, history of Marland Oil Company, history and work of mansion architect John Duncan Forsyth
	Ponca City	Kay	Red Carpet Country	Multiple	website, 1910s period mansion, includes exhibit rooms for Miller Brothers 101 Ranch history, Native American archaeology, artifacts and art, Daughters of the American Revolution exhibits; formerly Ponca City Cultural Center Museum
Marlow Area Museum		Stephens	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	^[65]
	Lawton	Comanche	Southwestern Oklahoma	Historic house	website, operated by Lawton Heritage Association, early 20th-century mansion
Maud Historical Museum		Pottawatomie	Central	Local history	^[66]
	McAlester	Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Masonic	Includes museum about the local Scottish Rite and tours of the historic building
McCarter Museum Of Tonkawa History	Tonkawa	Kay	Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[67]
McClain County Museum			Central	Local history	Includes photos, pioneer furniture and artifacts from the county,^[68] operated by the McLain County Historical Society^[69]
Metcalfe Museum		Roger Mills	Southwestern Oklahoma	Biographical	website, photos, historic homestead and repository for the works of Oklahoma artist Augusta Corson Metcalfe
	Enid	Garfield	Red Carpet Country	Multiple	Includes gems, minerals, eclectic personal collections of objects and artifacts
Military History Center & Museum	Broken Arrow	Tulsa	Eastern	Military	website, American Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Library, Flight Simulator, Models, Uniforms, Weapons, Photographs, Paintings, Theatre Room, Native American Display
Military Memorial Museum	Ardmore	Carter	South Central	Military	website, located in the west wing of the Greater Southwest Historical Museum but separate, includes military artifacts, documents, photographs, uniforms, weapons, knives, models, medals and personal memorabilia
Minco Historical Society Museum		Grady	Central	Local history	website
		Wagoner	Green Country	Local history	Located in a former early 20th century church
	Norman	Cleveland	Central	Historic house	Operated by the Cleveland County Historical Society, 19th century Victorian period house
Morgan Doll Museum			Southwestern Oklahoma	Doll	Features 5,000 antique and collectible dolls, doll buggies and doll houses
Murray-Lindsay Mansion		Garvin	South Central	Historic house	website, operated by the Lindsay Community Historical Society^[70]
Muscle Car Ranch	Chickasha	Grady	Central	Automotive	website, includes early 20th century dairy farm with 5 original barns, museum with automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, automotive signs and memorabilia
Museum of Creation Truth		Bryan	Kiamichi Country	Creationist	^[71]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Natural history	Exhibits of animal and human skeletons
	Lawton	Comanche	Southwestern Oklahoma	Multiple	Cultural and natural history of the Great Plains
		McCurtain	Kiamichi Country	Archaeology	website, includes archaeological artifacts of the Caddo and Choctaw, Precolumbian objects from Middle and South America, modern and contemporary native arts and crafts from throughout the Americas
		Jackson	Southwestern Oklahoma	History	website, information, history of southwest Oklahoma through display vignettes and dioramas. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	American West	Western and American Indian art works and artifacts including American rodeo, photographs, barbed wire, saddlery, and early rodeo trophies
	Anadarko	Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Native American	Features busts of forty-one Native Americans from various tribes to honor their contributions and place in American history
			Southwestern Oklahoma	Transportation	website, history of travel along all eight states on Route 66
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Sports	Includes the Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium, home to the World Cup of Softball and the annual Women's College World Series
	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Sports
Newkirk Community Historical Museum & Heritage Center		Kay	Red Carpet Country	Local history	^[72]
Newspaper Museum in Collinsville	Collinsville	Tulsa	Green Country	Media	website, open by appointment, history of Collinsville, its people and its newspapers
			Red Carpet Country	Local history	website, affiliate of the Oklahoma Historical Society, operated by the No Man's Land Historical Society
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Natural History Museum	Alva	Woods	Red Carpet Country	Natural history	website, mounted birds, mammals and fossils, also known as the Stevens-Carter Museum of Natural History, open by appointment
Norton's Indian Territory Museum		Love	South Central	History	Located inside Norton's Jewelry, collections include antique medicine and pop bottles, local photos, checks, letterheads, national currency, medicine bottles and more^[73]
Nowata County Historical Museum			Green Country	Local history	website, operated by the Nowata County Historical Society^[74]
Okfuskee County History Center			Central	Local history	website, housed in a 1926 Masonic temple, includes singer Woody Guthrie memorabilia^[75]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Art	Collection includes American and European painting and sculpture, drawings and prints, photography, glass by Dale Chihuly, information
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	History	Memorial and museum about the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Art	Contemporary art museum
	Guthrie	Logan	Central	Medical	website, artifacts and memorabilia associated with frontier pharmacies, early drugstores and medical arts
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Historic house
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	History	History of Oklahoma from prehistoric Native American tribes to the present day
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Hall of fame	Honors jazz, blues and gospel musicians in the state of Oklahoma
	Claremore	Rogers	Central	Military	website, part of Rogers State University, history of the defunct Academy, which operated from 1919 to 1971
		Oklahoma	Central	Aviation	website, located at Wiley Post Airport, includes military aircraft under restoration, aviation history and artifacts
Oklahoma Oil Museum		Seminole	Central	Industry	website, operated by the Seminole Historical Society^[76]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Railroad
		Custer	Southwestern Oklahoma	Transportation	Route 66 history and memorabilia operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
	Guthrie	Logan	Central	Sports	website, also known as the Territorial Sports Museum
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Firefighting	Preservation and display of antique fire apparatus and equipment
		Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Prison	Artifacts and history of Oklahoma's prison system^[77]
Oklahoma State University Heritage Hall	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Sports	website, history of athletics at OSU
	Guthrie	Logan	Central	History	website, story of Oklahoma's territorial period presented by the Oklahoma Historical Society
	Perkins	Payne	Central	History	website
Oklahoma WONDERtorium	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Children's	website
			Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	website, includes period rooms and businesses, pioneer, Native American and cowboy artifacts, antiques, local history displays
		Beckham	Southwestern Oklahoma	Open-air	website, includes the Pioneer Museum and Beutler Brothers Rodeo Hall, the Farm and Ranch Museum, Livery Stable, Train Depot, Wagon Yard and other areas depicting Old Town Elk City as well as The National Route 66 and Transportation Museums
Oologah Historical Museum		Rogers	Green Country	Local history	website, exhibits include farm, ranch, military, school, home, childhood, Will Rogers, business life and early town government displays
			Green Country	Local history	website, exhibits include Boy Scouts of America, Western life, pioneer life, early day oil industry, and Native American life
Osage Tribal Museum	Pawhuska	Osage	Green Country	Native American	website
Owasso Historical Museum		Tulsa	Green Country	Local history	website
Owens Arts Place Museum	Guthrie	Logan	Central	Art	website
			Green Country	Biographical	Includes museum about Wild West showman Pawnee Bill and wife May Lillie, their 1910 Arts and Crafts home, barn with wagons and farm equipment, log cabin, blacksmith shop, buffalo and cattle
Pawnee County Historical Society Museum	Pawnee	Pawnee	Green Country	Local history	website, includes period room displays, Dick Tracy exhibit
		Le Flore	Kiamichi Country	Historic house	website
Pfeiffer Farm Collection	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Agriculture	Antique farm equipment and machinery^[78]
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Art
	Bartlesville	Washington	Green Country	Industry	website, history of Phillips 66, Phillips Petroleum Company and petroleum exploration
Picher Mining Field Museum		Ottawa	Green Country	Mining	^[79]
	Ponca City	Kay	Red Carpet Country	Art	website, Native American Turquoise Jewelry; African American art by Malvin Gray Johnson, Faith Ringgold, Woodrow Nash; Native American art by Allan Houser, Josue Sanchez, Yatika Starr Fields, Ed Natiya, Oreland Joe, Clyde Otipoby; Oklahoma art by John Free, Becky Manschreck, Roger Disney, Daniel Pickens; Bronze Sculpture by Donald De Lue, Paul Manship, Jo Davidson, Bryant Baker; Verdite Sculpture of Zimbabwe^[80] ^[81]
Piedmont Historical Society Museum		Canadian	Central	Local history	website
		Tillman	Southwestern Oklahoma	Open-air	website, complex includes Tillman County Historical Museum, depot, barn, general store, church and other buildings, operated by the Tillman County Historical Society
	Ponca City	Kay	Red Carpet Country	Local history	Exhibits include pioneer family life and women who have made outstanding "pioneering" contributions in space, photography, medicine as well as settling a new land. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Pittsburg County Historical Museum		Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Local history	^[82]
Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum			Red Carpet Country	History	website
	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Education	Preserved one-room schoolhouse open for school tours
		Pottawatomie	Central	Local history	website, operated by the Historical Society of Pottowatomie County, formerly the Santa Fe Depot Museum
Prague Historical Museum		Lincoln	Central	Local history	Exhibits include Czech heritage, Native Americans, early business, a doll collection and a military room^[83]
Prairie Song	Dewey	Washington	Green Country	Open-air	website, open by appointment, replica 19th-century pioneer town with saloon, hardware store, chapel, trading post
	Bartlesville	Washington	Green Country	Multiple	Historic tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, includes museum galleries with exhibits of art, architecture and design
			Kiamichi Country	Local history	Operated by the Pushmataha County Historical Society in a former depot^[84]
Putnam City Schools Museum		Oklahoma	Central	Local history	website
	Enid	Garfield	Red Carpet Country	Railroad	Located in a former Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe freight depot, features operating HO and N-gauge model railroads, rolling stock, railroad artifacts and a reference library
Ralph Cain Jr. Memorial Newspaper Museum		Alfalfa	Red Carpet Country	Media	Demonstrations of 1916 newspaper printing using handset type and vintage equipment^[85]
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Native American	American Indian arts and culture, includes fine art, pottery, basketry, textiles, and beadwork
Renfrow-Miller Museum	Billings	Noble	Red Carpet Country	Historic house	Early 20th-century home and office of pioneer doctor Thomas F. Renfrow^[86]
Richard O. Dodrill's Museum of Rocks, Minerals & Fossils	Cushing	Payne	Central	Natural history	^[87]
		Beckham	Southwestern Oklahoma	Biographical	Life and memorabilia of singer and composer Roger Miller
Round Barn		Oklahoma	Central	Historic site	website, used for special events by the Arcadia Historical Society
Route 66 Interpretive Center	Chandler	Lincoln	Central	Transportation	Impact of Route 66 and automobiles on local communities
		Ottawa	Green Country	Transportation	website, motorcycles, bicycles
		Mayes	Green Country	Poetry	website, poetry, nature, rural life, writing, literature
	Norman	Cleveland	Central	Natural history
Sand Springs Historical and Cultural Museum		Tulsa	Green Country	Local history	website
Santa Fe Depot Museum		Garvin	South Central	Local history	^[88]
Sapulpa Historical Society Museum		Creek	Green Country	Local history	website, exhibits include Glenpool Oil Field, Frisco Railroad, Creek and Yuchi Indians, brick glass & pottery industries, 1890s kitchen, country store and war room
	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Multiple	Hands-on science museum that also houses the Kirkpatrick Planetarium, Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame; formerly the Omniplex Science Museum
			Red Carpet Country	Historic house	Also known as Governor Seay Mansion, Victorian mansion home of Oklahoma territorial governor Abraham Jefferson Seay, operated by the Chisholm Trail Museum
		Seminole	Central	Native American	website
		Sequoyah	Green Country	Historic house	Home of Sequoyah or George Gist, who created a written language for the Cherokee nation
			Red Carpet Country	Technology	website, park features 51 vintage windmills, a wind generator and a half-dugout home^[89]
	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Local history	website
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Art	Jewish culture, history, religion and art
Shortgrass Country Museum		Beckham	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	website
Simpson's Old Time Museum	Enid	Garfield	Red Carpet Country	History	website, 19th century old west memorabilia, movie studio
Skiatook Museum		Osage	Green Country	Local history	website
		Alfalfa	Red Carpet Country	Historic house	Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Southern Plains Indian Museum	Anadarko	Caddo	Southwestern Oklahoma	Native American	website, arts and artifacts of western Oklahoma tribal peoples
Spencer Historical Society Museum		Oklahoma	Central	Local history	^[90]
Spiro Mounds		Le Flore	Kiamichi Country	Native American	Ancient ceremonial mounds and visitor center with artifacts administered by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
		Custer	Southwestern Oklahoma	Aerospace	Aviation, space exploration and rocketry
State Capital Publishing Museum located in Co-Operative Publishing Company Building	Guthrie	Logan	Central	Media	website, history of printing and architecture in Oklahoma, includes original printing equipment, operated by the Logan County Historical Society
Stephens County Historical Museum	Duncan	Stephens	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	Includes period business and room displays, Native American artifacts, household items, tools, antiques^[91]
Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum	Stillwater	Payne	Central	Aviation	Located in Stillwater Regional Airport Terminal^[92]
Tahlonteeskee Cherokee Courthouse Museum		Sequoyah	Kiamichi Country	Native American	Recreated first capitol building of the Cherokee Nation^[93]
		Delaware	Green Country	Local History	website
Tannehill Museum		Pittsburg	Kiamichi Country	Local History	Private collection of historical guns, artifacts relating to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and other special collections with local interest.
		Blaine	Red Carpet Country	Historic house	website, home of Oklahoma territorial governor Thompson Benton Ferguson
Territory Town Museum		Okfuskee	Central	History	Store fronts of the old western town. The museum exhibits include Civil War relics, Wells Fargo items, Indian artifacts, western memorabilia, and souvenirs^[94]
	Muskogee	Muskogee	Green Country	Historic house	Home of Oklahoma history author Grant Foreman
	Muskogee	Muskogee	Green Country	Local history	website
	Durant	Bryan	South Central	Local history
Timberlake Rose Rock Museum		Cleveland	Central	Natural history	website, rocks and minerals, focus is the barite rose rock, the state rock of Oklahoma
	Dewey	Washington	Green Country	Biographical	website, movie cowboy Tom Mix, operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Tonkawa Tribal Museum	Tonkawa	Kay	Red Carpet Country	Native American	^[95]
		Kay	Red Carpet Country	Local history
Townsend's Classic & Antique Auto Collection		Pottawatomie	Central	Automotive	^[96]
		Garvin	South Central	Toy	website, art and sculpting of action figures
	Ardmore	Carter	South Central	Natural history	Located in Lake Murray State Park, exhibits of local geology, wildlife, and native inhabitants
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Aerospace
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Science	website, geology, earthquakes, oil exploration and industry
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Local history	website, located in the historic Samuel Travis Mansion, changing exhibits of Tulsa and Oklahoma history
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Zoo
Twister Museum		Grant	Red Carpet Country	Media	website, location and items used in filming the movie Twister
University of Central Oklahoma Galleries		Oklahoma	Central	Art	website, several galleries of art, photography, design and important papers in the College of Arts, Media & Design
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Nesbitt Gallery	Chickasha	Grady	Central	Art	website
Untitled (ArtSpace)	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Art	website, contemporary art gallery
		Comanche	Southwestern Oklahoma	Military	website, history of the United States Army Field Artillery School and artillery, includes over 70 guns and artillery pieces
	Muskogee	Muskogee	Green Country	Maritime	Submarine museum ship and war memorial park
Wagoner City Historical Museum		Wagoner	Green Country	Local history	^[97]
		Payne	Central	Local history	website, exhibits include early-day explorers, lawmen and outlaws, a Civil War battle, the beginnings of country music, Southeast Native American artifacts
		Roger Mills	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	Visitor center and site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Peace Chief Black Kettle where the Battle of Washita occurred
Washita County Museum	Cordell	Roger Mills	Southwestern Oklahoma	Local history	Located in a former Carnegie library^[98]
Waynoka Historic Air Rail Museum & Station		Woods	Red Carpet Country	Local history	website, located in the Harvey House, operated by the Waynoka Historical Society
Webbers Falls Historical Museum		Muskogee	Green Country	Local history	^[99]
Wichita Tribal History Center http://wichitatribe.com/culture/wichita-tribal-history-center.aspx		Caddo	Native American	Wichita and Affiliated Tribes	The official museum of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in Southwest Oklahoma http://wichitatribe.com/culture/wichita-tribal-history-center.aspx
Wildlife Heritage Center Museum		Pushmataha	Kiamichi Country	Natural history	website, mounted wildlife displays
Willard Stone Museum		Mayes	Green Country	Art	website, art of Cherokee sculptor Willard Stone
		Rogers	Green Country	Historic house	Post-Civil War period home and ranch where entertainer Will Rogers was born
		Rogers	Green Country	Biographical	Artifacts, memorabilia and tomb of entertainer Will Rogers
Wilson Historical Museum		Carter	South Central	Local history and genealogy	website, operated by the Wilson Historical Society
	Tulsa	Tulsa	Green Country	Music	Life and music of singer Woody Guthrie
	Bartlesville	Washington	Green Country	Multiple	Includes Western paintings and sculpture, Western artifacts and culture, Colt firearms, Native American pottery, baskets, beads, blankets and cultural art, life of oilman Frank Phillips
World Organization of China Painters Museum	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Central	Art	website, art on porcelain objects
Yukon Historical Society Museum and Art Center		Canadian	Central	Multiple	Local history and art^[100]
Yukon Veteran Museum	Yukon	Canadian	Central	Military	^[101]
Yukon's Best Railroad Museum	Yukon	Canadian	Central	Railroad	^[102]

Defunct museums

• Center of the American Indian (1978–1992), Oklahoma City
• Derailed Railroad Company Museum, Blackwell, display moved to Top of Oklahoma Historical Society Museum after creator's death^[103]
• Ida Dennie Willis Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys, Tulsa
• Indian City USA Cultural Center, Anadarko
• International Linen Registry Museum, Tulsa^[104]
• National Lighter Museum, Guthrie^[105]
• Old Santa Fe Depot of Guthrie, Guthrie^[106]
• RS & K Railroad Museum, Sayre^[107]

See also

• Aquaria in Oklahoma (category)
• Nature Centers in Oklahoma

External links

• Historical Museums Guide for Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Museums Association
• TravelOK - Oklahoma's official tourism portal

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14 Flags Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
2. Web site: 14 Flags Museum. Explore Southern History. 21 June 2015.
3. Web site: Our Community. Alva, OK. 22 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810010957/http://alvaok.net/our-community/. 10 August 2015. dead.
4. Web site: Alva Regional Airport Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
5. Web site: Apache Historical Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
6. Web site: Arbuckle Museums. Davis, OK. 21 June 2015.
7. Web site: Arbuckle Historical Museum / Davis Santa Fe Depot. Exploring Oklahoma History. 21 June 2015.
8. Web site: Arbuckle Historical Society Museum - Sulphur Branch . Chickasaw Country. 21 June 2015.
9. Web site: Bigheart Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
10. Web site: Boswell Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
11. Web site: Area Museums & Memorials. Visit Bristow, OK. 21 June 2015.
12. Web site: Buffalo Museum. Buffalo, Oklahoma. 21 June 2015.
13. Web site: Canadian County Historical Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
14. Web site: Canadian Rivers Historical Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
15. Web site: Canton Area Museum. LASR. 22 June 2015.
16. Web site: Carl Hubbell Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
17. Web site: This year marks the 30th year of the Carl Hubbell Museum in Meeker. NewsOK. 22 June 2015. June 20, 2010.
18. Web site: Catoosa Historical Society Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
19. Web site: Cherokee Strip Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
20. Web site: Museums/Historic Sites. Rogers Mill County. 22 June 2015.
21. Web site: Chisholm Trail History Museum. Blog Oklahoma. 22 June 2015.
22. Web site: Claremore Museum of History. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
23. Web site: Facebook site. Claremore Museum of History. 24 June 2015.
24. Web site: Coal County Historical & Mining Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
25. Web site: Coo-Y-Yah Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
26. Web site: Covington Historical Museum. LASR. 22 June 2015.
27. Web site: Dave Sasser Memorial Museum. LASR. 22 June 2015.
28. Web site: Delaware County Historical Society & Mariee Wallace Museum. Travel OK. 22 June 2015.
29. Web site: Things to Do in Dewey, Oklahoma. City of Dewey. 23 June 2015.
30. Web site: Dewey County Jail Museum. Discover Western Oklahoma. 23 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150623165038/http://www.westernokla.com/dewey-county-museums/. 23 June 2015. dead.
31. Web site: Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum. Visit Ardmore. 21 June 2015.
32. Web site: Field Historical Printing Museum. Green Country, OK. 23 June 2015.
33. Web site: Freedom Museum. LASR. 23 June 2015.
34. Web site: Gardiner Art Gallery. Oklahoma State University Department of Art. 23 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504150420/http://art.okstate.edu/facilities/gardiner.php. 4 May 2015.
35. Web site: Gardner Mansion and Museum. Travel OK. 21 June 2015.
36. Web site: Gateway to the Panhandle Museum. Travel OK. 23 June 2015.
37. Web site: Facebook site. Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum. 11 December 2015.
38. Web site: George's Antique Auto Museum. LASR. 23 June 2015.
39. Web site: Museum Trips. Goddard Youth Camp. 21 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621171115/http://www.goddardyouthcamp.org/museum-day-trips/. 21 June 2015. dead.
40. Web site: Grant County Historical Society Museum. LASR. 24 June 2015.
41. Web site: Healdton Oil Museum. Chickasaw Country. 24 June 2015.
42. Web site: Henry and Shirley Bellmon Library & Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
43. Web site: Henryette Territorial Museum. Henryetta Today. 24 June 2018.
44. Web site: Henryetta Art Association Museum. Online Highways. 24 June 2015.
45. Web site: Hinton Historical Museum & Parker House. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
46. Web site: Indian Territory Museum. Town Restoration Association of Caddo. 24 June 2015.
47. Web site: Jones and Plummer Trail Museum. LASR. 24 June 2015.
48. Web site: Kaw City Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
49. Web site: Kenton Mercantile. Online Highway. 24 June 2015.
50. Web site: Home Homepagelatest Legacy of former Gov. Kerr's home in Poteau being preserved. Tulsa World. 24 June 2015. March 12, 2014.
51. Web site: Kiowa County Historical Society. Facebook site. 24 June 2015.
52. Web site: Kiowa County Historical Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
53. Web site: Kiowa Tribal Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
54. Web site: Krebs Heritage Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
55. Web site: Fox Hotel - Laverne, Oklahoma. Waymarking. 24 June 2015. In 1973 the City of Laverne purchased the building to be used as the community museum..
56. Web site: Laverne Community Museum. Museums USA. 24 June 2015.
57. Web site: Lewis Museum. Online Highways. 22 June 2015.
58. Web site: Love County Military Museum. Chickasaw Country. 24 June 2015.
59. Web site: Love County Pioneer Museum. Chickasaw Country. 24 June 2015.
60. Web site: Lutie Coal Miner's Museum. LASR. 24 June 2015.
61. Web site: Mac's Antique Car Museum. Yelp. 24 June 2015.
62. Web site: McAlester Building Foundation, Inc.. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
63. Web site: Facebook site. Mannford Museum. 24 June 2015.
64. Web site: Keystone Crossroads Historical Society & Museum. Museums USA. 24 June 2015.
65. Web site: Marlow Area Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
66. Web site: Maud Historical Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
67. Web site: McCarter Museum of Tonkawa History & Centennial Park. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
68. Web site: McClain County Museum. Chickasaw Country. 24 June 2015.
69. Web site: Facebook site. McClain County Historical Museum. 24 June 2015.
70. Web site: Murray-Lindsay Mansion & Pikes Peak School. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
71. Web site: Museum of Creation Truth. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
72. Web site: Newkirk Community Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
73. Web site: Norton's Indian Territory Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
74. Web site: Nowata County Historical Society Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
75. Web site: Okfuskee County History Center. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
76. Web site: Oklahoma Oil Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
77. Web site: Oklahoma State Penitentiary museum. News OK. 24 June 2015.
78. Web site: Pfeiffer Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
79. Web site: Picher Mining Field Museum, Inc. LASR. 24 June 2015.
80. https://www.poncacitynow.com/hugh-pickens-signs-construction-contract-for-museum-honoring-his-late-wife/ Ponca City Now. "Hugh Pickens signs construction contract for museum honoring his late wife" June 29, 2018.
81. http://www.pickensmuseum.com Pickens Museum
82. Web site: Pittsburg County Genealogical & Historical Society Library & Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
83. Web site: Prague Historical Museum. LASR. 24 June 2015.
84. Web site: Pushmataha County Historical Society Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
85. Web site: Ralph Cain Jr Memorial Newspaper Museum. Online Highway. 24 June 2015.
86. Web site: Dr. Renfrow-Miller Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
87. Web site: Links. The Rock Hound. 24 June 2015.
88. Web site: Santa Fe Depot Museum. Travek OK. 24 June 2015.
89. Web site: Windmill Museum/Park. Shattuck, OK. 24 June 2015.
90. Web site: Spencer Historical Society Museum. Travel OK. 24 June 2015.
91. Web site: Stephens County Historical Museum. LASR. 25 June 2015.
92. Web site: Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum. LASR. 25 June 2015.
93. Web site: Tahlonteeskee. All Things Cherokee. 25 June 2015. July 8, 2014.
94. Web site: Territory Town Museum. LASR. 25 June 2015.
95. Web site: Tonkawa Tribal Museum. Travel OK. 25 June 2015.
96. Web site: Townsend\'s Classic and Antique Auto Museum. LASR. 25 June 2015.
97. Web site: Wagoner City Historical Museum. Travel OK. 25 June 2015.
98. Web site: Washita County Museum. Travel OK. 25 June 2015.
99. Web site: Webbers Falls Historical Museum. Travel OK. 25 June 2015.
100. Web site: Things to See and Do. Yukon Chamber of Commerce. 25 June 2015.
101. Web site: Facebook site. Yukon Veterans Museum. 25 June 2015.
102. Web site: Yukon's Best Railroad Museum - Yukon, OK. Waymarking. 25 June 2015.
103. Web site: Derailed Railroad Co. Museum. LASR. 22 June 2015. DISPLAY MOVED TO TOP OF OKLAHOMA MUSEUM, 303 South Main.
104. Web site: International Linen Registry Foundation. Yelp. 24 June 2015.
105. Web site: National Lighter Museum. Trip Advisor. 24 June 2015. December 9, 2012. This business is closed..
106. Web site: Old Santa Fe Depot of Guthrie. Haunted Places. 24 June 2015. As of January 2013, this 1900s train depot is no longer in operation, and stands empty and for sale..
107. Web site: Ray H. Killian Obituary. Martin-Dugger Funeral Home. 24 June 2015. 2014. He was an avid train collector for many years and owned and operated the RS&K Railroad Museum in Sayre, Oklahoma..