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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.
Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman Frank Phillips.
Oklahoma Trails: The total area of this exhibit is 7.7 acres or 3.1 hectares featuring animals native to Oklahoma, including black bears, alligators, bison, and over two dozen snakes. The exhibit includes a walk-in bird exhibit and a barn, which houses bats, skunks, and owls. [10]
Found in the eastern and central portions of Oklahoma, the venomous copperhead snake plays an important role in controlling to rodent and vermin populations, according to the wildlife department.
Tulsa (/ ˈ t ʌ l s ə / TUL-sə) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. [5]
Out of every water snake found in Oklahoma, the cottonmouth is the only venomous kind, according to Dwayne Elmore, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension wildlife specialist.
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is the officially designated natural history museum for the State of Oklahoma, located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The museum was founded in 1899 by an act of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature. Its current building was completed in 1999 under the leadership of Michael A. Mares ...
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