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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 ...
By this time the area was known as 'Tulsey Town' and had grown to be a trading post and cattle town. According to Oklahoma historian, Angie Debo, Lewis Perryman had multiple wives and many children, including at least five sons: Legus C., Sanford W., Thomas W., George and Josiah C., all of whom became prominent in Tulsa's early history. [5]
The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
Portrait of Cherokee leader Cunne Shote (1762) by Francis Parsons. Gilcrease Museum, also known as the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, [1] is a museum northwest of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma housing the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the American West, as well as a growing collection of art and artifacts from Central and South America.
Other museums, such as the Tulsa Historical Society, the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, and the Tulsa Geosciences Center, document histories of the region, while the Greenwood Cultural Center preserves the culture of the city's African American heritage, housing a collection of artifacts and ...
"Chronology of Tulsa Events". Local History in the Research Center. Research Guides. Tulsa City-County Library. Items related to Tulsa, Oklahoma, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) Materials related to Tulsa, various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division) National Museum of African American History and ...
The society operates the Oklahoma History Center, the state's museum located in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma History Center occupies 215,000 ft 2 (19,974m 2) and contains more than 2,000 artifacts and exhibits featuring hands-on audio, video, and activities. A museum store is available online or at the Oklahoma History Center.
A replica of Oklahoma aviator Wiley Post's Winnie Mae hangs in the atrium of the Oklahoma History Center. The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located on an 18-acre (7.3 ha) plot across the street from the Governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City, the current museum opened in 2005 ...