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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.

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Name Town/city County Region Type Summary
14 Flags Museum Sallisaw Sequoyah Green Country History
45th Infantry Division Museum Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central 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
99s Museum of Women Pilots Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Aviation History of women in aviation
A. D. Buck Museum of Science and History Tonkawa Kay Red Carpet Country Multiple Birds and animals of North central Oklahoma, local history, located on the campus of Northern Oklahoma College
Afton Station Packard Museum Afton Ottawa Green Country Automotive Includes a showroom, 18 Packards & other vintage automobiles, Route 66 memorabilia
Alexandre Hogue Gallery Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Art website, housed in Phillips Hall and run by the School of Art of the University of Tulsa
Alfalfa County Museum Cherokee Alfalfa Red Carpet Country Local history website, includes period room displays
Alva Regional Airport Museum Alva Woods 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
American Banjo Museum 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 Anadarko Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Local history website, operated by the Anadarko Philomathic Club
Apache Historical Museum Apache Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Local history
Arbuckle Historical Museum Davis Murray South Central Local history Located in a historic depot
Arbuckle Historical Society Museum Sulphur Murray South Central Local history Facebook site
Arkansas River Historical Society Museum Catoosa Rogers Green Country Maritime website, located in the Tulsa Port of Catoosa
Ataloa Lodge Museum Muskogee Muskogee 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 Midwest City Oklahoma Central Historic house website, part of Rose State College
Bartlesville Area History Museum Bartlesville Washington Green Country Local history website, displays on area pioneers, Native Americans, oil industry, one room school
Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum Broken Bow McCurtain Kiamichi Country Natural history website, mounted wildlife dioramas
Bigheart Museum Barnsdall Osage Green Country Local history
Boswell Museum Leedey Dewey Red Carpet Country History Personal collection of buggies, pump organs, old clocks, dishes, and personal items of actress Darla Hood
Bristow Historical Museum Bristow Creek Green Country Local history Local history and railroad exhibits
Buffalo Museum Buffalo Harper Red Carpet Country Local history
Caddo Tribal Heritage Museum Binger Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Native American Facebook site, cultural traditions of the Caddo people
Canadian County Historical Museum El Reno Canadian Central Local history
Canadian Rivers Historical Society Museum Geary Blaine Red Carpet Country Local history
Canton Area Museum Canton Blaine Red Carpet Country Local history
Carl Hubbell Museum Meeker Lincoln Central Biographical Baseball player Carl Hubbell, located in City Hall
Catoosa Historical Museum Catoosa Rogers Green Country Local history
Cherokee Heritage Center Park Hill Cherokee 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
Cherokee National Prison Museum 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
Cherokee Strip Museum Perry Perry Red Carpet Country Local history website, history of the Cherokee Outlet and its peoples
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Enid Garfield 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.
Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum Tahlequah Cherokee Green Country History website, mid 19th-century judicial building with exhibits about area judicial system, newspapers, history
Cheyenne City Park and Museums Cheyenne Roger Mills 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
Chickasaw Bank Museum Tishomingo Johnston South Central Historic bank website, operated by the Johnston County Historical Society, historic bank with original bank equipment, Native American baskets, pottery and artifacts
Chickasaw Council House Museum Tishomingo Johnston South Central Native American Chickasaw artifacts, culture, notable individuals, contemporary art
Chickasaw Cultural Center Sulphur Murray South Central Native American History and culture of the Chickasaw
Chickasaw White House Milburn Johnston South Central Historic house First decade of the 20th century period home of Chickasaw Governor Douglas H. Johnston
Chisholm Trail Historical Museum Waurika Jefferson Southwestern Oklahoma History History of the Chisholm Trail and the people associated with it
Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Duncan Stephens Southwestern Oklahoma History website, Western heritage, culture and art, life along the trail, cattle drives
Chisholm Trail Museum 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 Indianola Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Historic house information
Choctaw Nation Capitol Museum Tuskahoma Pushmataha Kiamichi Country Native American History and culture of the Choctaw Nation, also known as Choctaw Nation Museum
Chouteau Memorial Museum Salina Mayes Green Country History website, partially recreated trading post and a flatboat
Cimarron Heritage Center Boise City Cimarron 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 Cushing Payne Central Railroad website, housed in a Santa Fe depot, includes railroad cars, equipment and memorabilia
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Shawnee 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!"
Coal County Miner's and Historical Museum Coalgate Coal South Central Mining website, area coal mining instruments and tools, models, historic photos and area artifacts
Collinsville Depot Museum Collinsville Tulsa Green Country Local history website, operated by the Collinsville Historical Society
Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center Lawton Comanche Southwestern Oklahoma Native American website, operated by the Comanche Nation
Confederate Memorial Museum & Cemetery Atoka Atoka South Central Military website
Conoco Museum Ponca City Kay Red Carpet Country Industry website, history of the ConocoPhillips Company
Coo-Y-Yah Museum Pryor Mayes Green Country Local history Exhibits include Cherokee and Osage artifacts and art, local history items, salt-glazed pottery, 19th century printing press
D.W. Correll Museum Catoosa Rogers Green Country Multiple website, includes antique automobiles, bottles and decanters, rocks and minerals, seashells, antiques, local history
Cotton County Museum Walters Cotton Southwestern Oklahoma Local history website
Covington Historical Museum Covington Garfield Red Carpet Country Local history
Creek Council House Museum Okmulgee Oklahoma Eastern Native American Muscogee (Creek) Nation's historical council house, art, and history
Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum Afton Ottawa Green Country Automotive website, classic hot rods and custom cars
Dave Sasser Memorial Museum Perkins Payne Central History Pioneer life
Delaware County Historical Society and Mariee Wallace Museum Jay Delaware Green Country History Includes toy trains, buggies and wagons, Native American and Trail of Tears historic artifacts
Delaware Nation Museum Anadarko Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Native American
Dewey County Jail House Museum Taloga Dewey Red Carpet Country Prison Also known as Tom Mix Jail, open by appointment
Dewey Hotel Museum Dewey Washington Green Country History website, restored Victorian hotel with period furnishings and artifacts, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Diamond Point School Nowata Nowata Green Country Education Preserved one-room schoolhouse, used for school programs
Dobson Museum Miami Ottawa Green Country Local history website, operated by the Ottawa County Historical Society
Fred and Adeline Drummond House Hominy Osage Local history Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Drumright Historical Museum Drumright Creek Green Country Local history website, operated by the Drumwright Historical Society in a historic depot
Dwight Presbyterian Mission Marble City Sequoyah Green Country Religious History of the former mission for Native Americans
Eastern Trails Museum Vinita Craig 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
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park Foyil Rogers Green Country Art Park with concrete totem pole sculptures and museum of Galloway's work
Edmond Historical Society Museum Edmond Oklahoma Central Local history website
Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum Ardmore Carter South Central Doll
Elsing Museum Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Natural history website, part of Oral Roberts University, includes gems, minerals, natural art, Native American artifacts, Asian artifacts
Eskridge Hotel Museum Wynnewood Garvin South Central Historic site website, open by appointment with the Wynnewood Historical Society, historic hotel with period furnishings
Field Historical Printing Museum Hominy Osage Green Country Media Includes historic printing, Western Union and Dow Jones ticker tape equipment
Five Civilized Tribes Museum Muskogee Muskogee Green Country Native American Art, history and culture of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole tribes information
Foreman Prairie House Duncan Stephens Southwestern Oklahoma Historic house website, also known as W.T. Foreman Prairie House, early 20th-century brick home
Forest Heritage Center Broken Bow McCurtain Kiamichi Country Industry Includes forestry tools, homestead memorabilia, 14 diorama paintings of local history, located in Beavers Bend Resort Park
Fort Gibson Historic Site Fort Gibson Muskogee Green Country Military Reconstructed frontier fort, original buildings and exhibits
Fort Reno El Reno Canadian Central Military Visitor center features historic artifacts, photographs, Frederic Remington art about the fort, tours of the historic buildings
Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum Fort Sill Comanche Southwestern Oklahoma Military website, history of the fort
Fort Supply Historic Site Fort Supply Woodward Red Carpet Country Military Includes visitor center with exhibits, 5 original building, replicas of the stockade and a tipi
Fort Towson Historic Site Fort Towson Choctaw Kiamichi Country Military Includes visitor center with exhibits and early 19th century fort ruins
Fort Washita Historic Site Durant Bryan South Central Military Includes museums and restored mid 19th century fort buildings
Frank Phillips Home Bartlesville Washington Green Country Historic house website, home of oilman Frank Phillips, includes museum with exhibits about Phillips and his family, the oil industry
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Norman Cleveland Central Art Part of the University of Oklahoma, collections in American, Native American, Asian, Contemporary and European art, photography
Freedom Museum Freedom Woods Red Carpet Country Local history Includes late 19th century and early 20th century household items and memorabilia
Frisco Depot Museum Hugo 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 Crescent Logan Central Local history website, includes pioneer artifacts, period home and business displays, one room schoolhouse, oil industry and military displays
Garrard Ardeneum McAlester Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Multiple Museum with antique furnishings, maps, photographs, and historical items and an arboretum, open by appointment
Gardiner Art Gallery Stillwater Payne Central Art Part of Oklahoma State University's Bartlett Center for Visual Arts
Gardner Mansion and Museum Broken Bow McCurtain Kiamichi Country Native American 1884 home of Jefferson Gardner, a Chief of the Choctaw, includes Native American artifacts and fossils
Gateway to the Panhandle Museum Gate Beaver Red Carpet Country Local history
Gaylord-Pickens Museum 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 Gene Autry Oklahoma South Central Media Gene Autry and singing cowboy memorabilia from films, television, radio and beyond
George M. Murrell Home Park Hill 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
Gilcrease Museum Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Art Art of the American West, art and artifacts from Central and South America
Goddard Center 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
Grady County Museum Chickasha Grady Central Local history website, operated by the Grady County Historical Society
1893 Land Run Museum & Historical Center Medford Grant Red Carpet Country Local history Grant County Historical Society - Open Wed-Sat 10-4 & Sun 1-4
Greater Southwest Historical Museum 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
Guthrie Scottish Rite Museum Guthrie Logan Central Historic site Material and cultural heritage of the Masonic fraternity
Har-Ber Village Museum Grove 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 Hollis Harmon Southwestern Oklahoma Local history website
Harn Homestead Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central History website, pioneer farm and homestead
Harrah History Center Harrah Oklahoma Central Local history website, includes museum, restored train depot, caboose and coal cars
Haskell County Historical Museum Stigler Haskell Kiamichi Country Local history website
Healdton Oil Museum Healdton Carter South Central Industry Area oil industry and development
Heartland Air Museum Bristow Creek Green Country Aviation Includes vintage military aircraft, vehicles and memorabilia - may be closed, no current information
Heartland of America Museum Weatherford Custer 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 Billings Noble Red Carpet Country Biographical Papers and exhibits of Governor Henry Bellmon
Henryetta Territorial Museum Henryetta Okmulgee Green Country Local history website
Henryetta Art Association Museum Henryetta Okmulgee Green Country Art Open by appointment and during art shows
Henry Overholser Mansion Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Historic house 1903 Victorian home of social and civic leader Henry Overholser
Hinton Historical Museum Hinton Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Local history
Indian Territory Museum Caddo Bryan South Central Local history
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Hall of fame — sports Housed inside the Science Museum Oklahoma
J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum Claremore Rogers Green Country Weapons Includes over 20,000 guns, also knives, beer steins, music boxes, World War I posters, statues by John Rogers
Jacobson House Native Art Center Norman Cleveland Central Art website, Native American art gallery located in the historic Oscar B. Jacobson House
Jasmine Moran Children's Museum Seminole Seminole Central Children's
Jim Thorpe House Yale Payne Central Biographical Home of athlete Jim Thorpe
John Frank House Sapulpa 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 Beaver Red Carpet Country Local history Operated by the Beaver County Historical Society
Kanza Museum Kaw City 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
Kenton Mercantile Museum Kenton Cimarron Red Carpet Country Natural & local history Combination general store, museum with dinosaur and jar and bottle collection displays, restaurant and gas station
Kerr Mansion Poteau Le Flore Kiamichi Country Biographical Home of Governor Robert S. Kerr, proposed museum, formerly operated as the Robert S. Kerr Conference Center & Museum
Kiowa County Historical Museum Hobart Kiowa Southwestern Oklahoma Local history Operated by the Kiowa County Historical Society in a historic depot
Kiowa Tribal Museum Carnegie Caddo Southwestern Oklahoma Native American website
Krebs Heritage Museum Krebs Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Local history website
Laverne Community Museum Laverne Harper Red Carpet Country Local history
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
Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History Chandler 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 Chickasha Grady Central African American website, includes one room school
Love County Military Museum Marietta Love South Central Military Includes photos, artifacts and war memorabilia from World War I up until the present day War in Iraq
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
Lutie Coal Miner's Museum Wilburton Latimer Kiamichi Country Mining Open by appointment
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art Shawnee 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
McAlester Building Foundation McAlester Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Local history Located in a former high school
Sand Creek Museum / Major County Historical Society Museum Fairview Major Red Carpet Country Local history website
Mannford Museum Mannford Creek Green Country Local history Also known as Keystone Crossroads Museum, operated by the Keystone Crossroads Historical Society
Marland Estate 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
Marland Grand Home 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 Marlow Stephens Southwestern Oklahoma Local history
Mattie Beal House Lawton Comanche Southwestern Oklahoma Historic house website, operated by Lawton Heritage Association, early 20th-century mansion
Maud Historical Museum Maud Pottawatomie Central Local history
McAlester Scottish Rite Temple 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
McClain County Museum Purcell McClain Central Local history Includes photos, pioneer furniture and artifacts from the county, operated by the McLain County Historical Society
Metcalfe Museum Durham Roger Mills Southwestern Oklahoma Biographical website, photos, historic homestead and repository for the works of Oklahoma artist Augusta Corson Metcalfe
Midgley Museum 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 Minco Grady Central Local history website
Mission Bell Museum Coweta Wagoner Green Country Local history Located in a former early 20th century church
Moore-Lindsay House Historical Museum Norman Cleveland Central Historic house Operated by the Cleveland County Historical Society, 19th century Victorian period house
Morgan Doll Museum Altus Jackson Southwestern Oklahoma Doll Features 5,000 antique and collectible dolls, doll buggies and doll houses
Murray-Lindsay Mansion Lindsay Garvin South Central Historic house website, operated by the Lindsay Community Historical Society
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 Bokchito Bryan Kiamichi Country Creationist
Museum of Osteology Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Natural history Exhibits of animal and human skeletons
Museum of the Great Plains Lawton Comanche Southwestern Oklahoma Multiple Cultural and natural history of the Great Plains
Museum of the Red River Idabel 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
Museum of the Western Prairie Altus Jackson Southwestern Oklahoma History website, information, history of southwest Oklahoma through display vignettes and dioramas. Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 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
National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians 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
National Route 66 & Transportation Museum Elk City Beckham Southwestern Oklahoma Transportation website, history of travel along all eight states on Route 66
National Softball Hall of Fame 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
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum Stillwater Payne Central Sports
Newkirk Community Historical Museum & Heritage Center Newkirk Kay Red Carpet Country Local history
Newspaper Museum in Collinsville Collinsville Tulsa Green Country Media website, open by appointment, history of Collinsville, its people and its newspapers
No Man's Land Museum Goodwell Texas 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 Marietta 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
Nowata County Historical Museum Nowata Nowata Green Country Local history website, operated by the Nowata County Historical Society
Okfuskee County History Center Okemah Okfuskee Central Local history website, housed in a 1926 Masonic temple, includes singer Woody Guthrie memorabilia
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Art Collection includes American and European painting and sculpture, drawings and prints, photography, glass by Dale Chihuly, information
Oklahoma City National Memorial Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central History Memorial and museum about the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995
Oklahoma Contemporary Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Art Contemporary art museum
Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum Guthrie Logan Central Medical website, artifacts and memorabilia associated with frontier pharmacies, early drugstores and medical arts
Oklahoma Governor's Mansion Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Historic house
Oklahoma History Center Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central History History of Oklahoma from prehistoric Native American tribes to the present day
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Hall of fame Honors jazz, blues and gospel musicians in the state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Military Academy Museum Claremore Rogers Central Military website, part of Rogers State University, history of the defunct Academy, which operated from 1919 to 1971
Oklahoma Museum of Flying Bethany Oklahoma Central Aviation website, located at Wiley Post Airport, includes military aircraft under restoration, aviation history and artifacts
Oklahoma Oil Museum Seminole Seminole Central Industry website, operated by the Seminole Historical Society
Oklahoma Railway Museum Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Railroad
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum Clinton Custer Southwestern Oklahoma Transportation Route 66 history and memorabilia operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Oklahoma Sports Museum Guthrie Logan Central Sports website, also known as the Territorial Sports Museum
Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Firefighting Preservation and display of antique fire apparatus and equipment
Oklahoma State Penitentiary Museum McAlester Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Prison Artifacts and history of Oklahoma's prison system
Oklahoma State University Heritage Hall Stillwater Payne Central Sports website, history of athletics at OSU
Oklahoma Territorial Museum Guthrie Logan Central History website, story of Oklahoma's territorial period presented by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Perkins Payne Central History website
Oklahoma WONDERtorium Stillwater Payne Central Children's website
Old Greer County Museum and Hall of Fame Mangum Greer Southwestern Oklahoma Local history website, includes period rooms and businesses, pioneer, Native American and cowboy artifacts, antiques, local history displays
Old Town Museum Elk City 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 Oologah Rogers Green Country Local history website, exhibits include farm, ranch, military, school, home, childhood, Will Rogers, business life and early town government displays
Osage County Historical Museum Pawhuska Osage 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 Owasso Tulsa Green Country Local history website
Owens Arts Place Museum Guthrie Logan Central Art website
Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum Pawnee Pawnee 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
Peter Conser Home Heavener Le Flore Kiamichi Country Historic house website
Pfeiffer Farm Collection Stillwater Payne Central Agriculture Antique farm equipment and machinery
Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Art
Phillips Petroleum Company Museum Bartlesville Washington Green Country Industry website, history of Phillips 66, Phillips Petroleum Company and petroleum exploration
Picher Mining Field Museum Picher Ottawa Green Country Mining
Pickens Museum 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
Piedmont Historical Society Museum Piedmont Canadian Central Local history website
Pioneer Townsite Museum Frederick 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
Pioneer Woman Museum 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 McAlester Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Local history
Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum Woodward Woodward Red Carpet Country History website
Pleasant Valley School Stillwater Payne Central Education Preserved one-room schoolhouse open for school tours
Pottawatomie County Museum Shawnee Pottawatomie Central Local history website, operated by the Historical Society of Pottowatomie County, formerly the Santa Fe Depot Museum
Prague Historical Museum Prague Lincoln Central Local history Exhibits include Czech heritage, Native Americans, early business, a doll collection and a military room
Prairie Song Dewey Washington Green Country Open-air website, open by appointment, replica 19th-century pioneer town with saloon, hardware store, chapel, trading post
Price Tower Arts Center Bartlesville Washington Green Country Multiple Historic tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, includes museum galleries with exhibits of art, architecture and design
Pushmataha County Historical Museum Antlers Pushmataha Kiamichi Country Local history Operated by the Pushmataha County Historical Society in a former depot
Putnam City Schools Museum Warr Acres Oklahoma Central Local history website
Railroad Museum of Oklahoma 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 Carmen Alfalfa Red Carpet Country Media Demonstrations of 1916 newspaper printing using handset type and vintage equipment
Red Earth 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
Richard O. Dodrill's Museum of Rocks, Minerals & Fossils Cushing Payne Central Natural history
Roger Miller Museum Erick Beckham Southwestern Oklahoma Biographical Life and memorabilia of singer and composer Roger Miller
Round Barn Arcadia 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
Route 66 Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum Miami Ottawa Green Country Transportation website, motorcycles, bicycles
Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry Locust Grove Mayes Green Country Poetry website, poetry, nature, rural life, writing, literature
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Norman Cleveland Central Natural history
Sand Springs Historical and Cultural Museum Sand Springs Tulsa Green Country Local history website
Santa Fe Depot Museum Pauls Valley Garvin South Central Local history
Sapulpa Historical Society Museum Sapulpa 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
Science Museum Oklahoma 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
Seay Mansion Kingfisher Kingfisher 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 Nation Museum Wewoka Seminole Central Native American website
Sequoyah's Cabin Sallisaw Sequoyah Green Country Historic house Home of Sequoyah or George Gist, who created a written language for the Cherokee nation
Shattuck Windmill Museum Shattuck Ellis Red Carpet Country Technology website, park features 51 vintage windmills, a wind generator and a half-dugout home
Sheerar Museum Stillwater Payne Central Local history website
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Art Jewish culture, history, religion and art
Shortgrass Country Museum Sayre 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 Skiatook Osage Green Country Local history website
Sod House Museum Aline 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 Spencer Oklahoma Central Local history
Spiro Mounds Spiro Le Flore Kiamichi Country Native American Ancient ceremonial mounds and visitor center with artifacts administered by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Stafford Air & Space Museum Weatherford 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
Stillwater Airport Memorial Museum Stillwater Payne Central Aviation Located in Stillwater Regional Airport Terminal
Tahlonteeskee Cherokee Courthouse Museum Gore Sequoyah Kiamichi Country Native American Recreated first capitol building of the Cherokee Nation
Talbot Library and Museum Colcord Delaware Green Country Local History website
Tannehill Museum McAlester Pittsburg Kiamichi Country Local History Private collection of historical guns, artifacts relating to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and other special collections with local interest.
T.B. Ferguson Home Watonga Blaine Red Carpet Country Historic house website, home of Oklahoma territorial governor Thompson Benton Ferguson
Territory Town Museum Okemah 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
Thomas-Foreman Historic Home Muskogee Muskogee Green Country Historic house Home of Oklahoma history author Grant Foreman
Three Rivers Museum of Muskogee Muskogee Muskogee Green Country Local history website
Three Valley Museum Durant Bryan South Central Local history
Timberlake Rose Rock Museum Noble Cleveland Central Natural history website, rocks and minerals, focus is the barite rose rock, the state rock of Oklahoma
Tom Mix Museum 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
Top of Oklahoma Historical Society Museum Blackwell Kay Red Carpet Country Local history
Townsend's Classic & Antique Auto Collection Shawnee Pottawatomie Central Automotive
Toy & Action Figure Museum Pauls Valley Garvin South Central Toy website, art and sculpting of action figures
Tucker Tower Nature Center Ardmore Carter South Central Natural history Located in Lake Murray State Park, exhibits of local geology, wildlife, and native inhabitants
Tulsa Air and Space Museum Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Aerospace
Tulsa Geoscience Center Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Science website, geology, earthquakes, oil exploration and industry
Tulsa Historical Society Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Local history website, located in the historic Samuel Travis Mansion, changing exhibits of Tulsa and Oklahoma history
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Zoo
Twister Museum Wakita Grant Red Carpet Country Media website, location and items used in filming the movie Twister
University of Central Oklahoma Galleries Edmond 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
U.S. Army Artillery Museum Fort Sill Comanche Southwestern Oklahoma Military website, history of the United States Army Field Artillery School and artillery, includes over 70 guns and artillery pieces
USS Batfish Muskogee Muskogee Green Country Maritime Submarine museum ship and war memorial park
Wagoner City Historical Museum Wagoner Wagoner Green Country Local history
Washington Irving Trail Museum Ripley 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
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Cordell 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
Waynoka Historic Air Rail Museum & Station Waynoka Woods Red Carpet Country Local history website, located in the Harvey House, operated by the Waynoka Historical Society
Webbers Falls Historical Museum Webbers Falls Muskogee Green Country Local history
Wichita Tribal History Center [1] Anadarko Caddo Native American Wichita and Affiliated Tribes The official museum of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in Southwest Oklahoma [2]
Wildlife Heritage Center Museum Antlers Pushmataha Kiamichi Country Natural history website, mounted wildlife displays
Willard Stone Museum Locust Grove Mayes Green Country Art website, art of Cherokee sculptor Willard Stone
Will Rogers Birthplace Oologah Rogers Green Country Historic house Post-Civil War period home and ranch where entertainer Will Rogers was born
Will Rogers Museum Claremore Rogers Green Country Biographical Artifacts, memorabilia and tomb of entertainer Will Rogers
Wilson Historical Museum Wilson Carter South Central Local history and genealogy website, operated by the Wilson Historical Society
Woody Guthrie Center Tulsa Tulsa Green Country Music Life and music of singer Woody Guthrie
Woolaroc Museum 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 Yukon Canadian Central Multiple Local history and art
Yukon Veteran Museum Yukon Canadian Central Military
Yukon's Best Railroad Museum Yukon Canadian Central Railroad

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
  • Ida Dennie Willis Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys, Tulsa
  • Indian City USA Cultural Center, Anadarko
  • International Linen Registry Museum, Tulsa
  • National Lighter Museum, Guthrie
  • Old Santa Fe Depot of Guthrie, Guthrie
  • RS & K Railroad Museum, Sayre

See also

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