Places to Visit Native American Culture Exhibits in Oklahoma USA

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Here is a list of places to visit Oklahoma Native American Culture exhibits: museums, libraries, Heritage Centers, Living History Towns, and more.

The A.D. Buck Museum of Natural History & Science
1220 E. Grand 
Tonkawa, OK 74653
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 310
Tonkawa, OK 74653
tel (405) 628-6200
fax (405) 628-6209

Ataloa Lodge Museum, Bacone College
Bacone College, Muskogee (74403)
Features Indian arts and crafts. School is famous for its Indian Art School. Graduates include Willard Stone, Woody Crumbo, Acee Blue Eagle, Terry Saul and Solomon McComb
Phone #  918-781-7283

The Anadarko Philomathic Museum
311 E. Main St.
Anadarko, OK 73005
tel (405) 247-3240

Apache Historical Museum
Box 101, Apache (73006)
Original 1901 frontier bank with Indian art gallery
405-588-3392

Arkansas River Historical Society Museum
5350 Cimarron Rd.
Catoosa, OK 74015
tel (918) 266-2291
avery@centum.utulsa.edu

Ataloa Lodge Museum
2299 Old Bacone Rd.
Muskogee, OK 74403-1597
mailing address:
Bacone College
2299 Old Bacone Rd.
Muskogee, OK 74403-1597
tel (918) 683-4581, ext. 283
fax (918) 687-5913

Black Kettle Museum
Intersection of U.S, 283 & State Hwy. 47
Cheyenne, OK 73628
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 252
Cheyenne, OK 73628
tel (405) 497-3929

Caddo Indian Territory Museum and Library
Box 274, Caddo (74729)
Indian artifacts and library
405-367-2227

Center of the American Indian
2100 NE 52nd Street, Oklahoma City (73111)
Indian paintings from 1920 to present, including a collection of powwow dolls
405-427-5461

Cherokee Courthouse Visitors Information Center
2.5 miles S.E. of Gore on Hwy. 64
Gore, OK 74435
mailing address:
Rte. 2, Box 37-1
Gore, OK 74435
tel (918) 489-5663

Cherokee Heritage Center
Story of the Cherokee tribe is told through museum exhibits. Includes Tsa-La-Gi re-created ancient village and “Trail of Tears” historical drama.
P. O. Box 515
Tahlequah, OK 74465-0515
Phone: 918-456-6007, FAX: 918-456-6165

Cherokee National Historical Society
TSA-LA-GI-Cherokee Heritage Center
Willis Rd.
Tahlequah, OK 74465
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 515
Tahlequah, OK 74465
tel (918) 456-6007
fax (918) 456-6165

Cherokee Strip Museum
901 14th St.
Alva, OK 73717
mailing address:
Drawer “A”
Alva, OK 73717
tel (405) 327-2030

Chickasaw Bank Museum
413 West Main, Tishomingo (73460)
405-371-2175

Chickasaw Council House Museum
Court House Square
Tishomingo, OK 73460
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 717
Tishomingo, OK 73460
tel (405) 371-3351

Chickasaw Museum/Cultural Center
520 Arlington
P.O. Box 1548
Ada, OK 74820-1548
tel (405) 436-2603, ext. 303

Chisholm Trail Museum
605 Zellers Ave.
Kingfisher, OK 73750
tel (405) 375-5176
fax (405) 375-5176 (call first)

Choctaw Chief’s House
Box 165, Swink (74761)
1830’s home of Choctaw Chief Thomas LeFlore
405-873-2492

Choctaw National Historical Museum
Route 1, Box 105AAA, Tuskahoma (74574)
Once the capitol of the Choctaw Nation, now houses artifacts, paintings and photographs.
918-569-4465

Citizen Band Potwotomi Indians Tribal Museum
1901 S. Gordon Cooper Dr.
Shawnee, OK 74801
tel (405) 275-3119

Coo-Y-Yah County Museum
Box 969, Pryor (74362)
Artifacts of Cherokee, Creek and Osage tribes
918-825-2222

Creek Council House Museum
Town Square
106 W. 6th 
Okmulgee, OK 74447
tel (918) 756-2324

Creek Council Oak Tree
18th Street and Cheyenne, Tulsa (74103)
Historic landmark was the site of the council fire used by the first group of Creeks to come to Oklahoma from Georgia

Delaware Tribal Museum
Box 825, Anadarko (73005)
Delaware tribal history is reflected through artifacts, artwork and resource material
405-247-2448

Dewey Hotel
801 N. Delaware
Dewey, OK 74029
mailing addresss:
Rt.1, Box 282
Copan, OK 74022
tel (918) 534-0125, 532-4416

Five Civilized Tribes Museum
Agency Hill
Honor Heights Dr.
Muskogee, OK 74401
tel (918) 683-1701
fax (918) 683-3070

Fort Sill Museum
437 Quanah Rd.
Fort Sill, OK 73503-5100
tel (405) 531-5123

Fort Washita Historic Site
Star Route 213, Durant (74701)
This fort provided protection for the civilized Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians against the Plains Indians in the mid-1800’s
405-924-6502

Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art
University of Oklahoma
410 W. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-0525
tel (405) 325-3272
fax (405) 325-7696

Gilcrease Museum
Former home of Cherokee Thomas Gilcrease. Features works by Acee Blue Eagle, Willard Stone and Woody Crumbo. Also contains other Indian paintings, sculptures and bronzes
918-582-3122
1400 Gilcrease Museum Rd.
Tulsa, OK 74127
tel (918) 596-2700
fax (918) 596-2770

Henry Harris Home
HC 60, Box 2070, Haworth (74740)
Home of prominent Choctaw leader, includes Trail of Tears artifacts
405-245-1129

Indian City USA
Highway 8, 2.5 miles S.E. of Anadarko
Anadarko, OK 73005
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 695
Anadarko, OK 73005
tel (405) 247-5661 or (800) 433-5661
chamber@tanet.net

J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum
333 N. Lynn Riggs Blvd.
Claremore, OK 74018
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 966
Claremore, OK 74018
tel (918) 341-5707
fax (918) 341-5771

Jim Thorpe Home
706 East Boston, Yale (74085)
Direct descendant of Chief Black Hawk, Jim Thorpe was acclaimed as the greatest athlete of the early twentieth century
918-387-2815

Kiowa Tribal Museum
Box 369, Carnegie (73015)
Kiowa Tribe artifacts and artwork
405-654-2300 (ext. 217)

Kirkpatrick Center Museum Complex
2100 N.E. 52nd
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
tel (405) 427-5461
fax (405) 424-1407

Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
1900 W. MacArthur
Shawnee, OK 74801-2499
tel (405) 878-5300
fax (405) 878-5198

Murrell Home
Depicts affluent lifestyle of the Cherokee people
3 miles south of Tahlequah, 1 mile east of SH 82
Tahlequah, OK 74464
mailing address:
HC 69, Box 54
Park Hill, OK 74451
tel (918) 456-2751

Museum of the Cherokee Strip
507 S. 4th St.
Enid, OK 73701
tel (405) 237-1907

Museum of the Red River, Idabel 
812 E. Lincoln Rd.
Idabel, OK 74745
tel (405) 286-3616

Museum of the Western Prairie
1100 N. Hightower
Altus, OK 73521
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 574
Altus, OK 73521
tel (405) 482-1044

National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center
1700 NE 63rd Street, Oklahoma City (73111)
Internationally renowned museum, including a prestigious collection of Indian art, the famous “End of the Trail” statue and a Kachina doll collection.
405-478-2250

National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians
Hwy. 62 E.
Anadarko, OK 73005
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 548
Anadarko, OK 73005
tel (405) 247-555 & 3331
fax (405) 247-5571

No Man’s Land Historical Museum
207 W. Sewell St.
Goodwell, OK 73939
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 278
Goodwell, OK 73939
tel (405) 349-2670
fax (405) 349-2670

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Museum
Jesse Dunn Hall
709 Oklahoma Blvd.
Alva, OK 73171
mailing address:
Museum NWOSU
Alva, OK 73717
tel (405) 327-1700 ext. 8513
fax (405) 327-1881

Oklahoma Historical Society
2100 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
mailing address:
Wiley Post Historical Building
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
tel (405) 521-2491
fax (405) 522-2492

Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
University of Oklahoma
1335 Asp Avenue
Norman, OK 73019-0606
tel (405) 325-4712
fax (405) 325-7699

Oklahoma State Capitol
Capitol Building, Oklahoma City (73105)
Murals by Indian artist Charles Banks Wilson, “As Long as the Waters Flow” statue by American Indian sculptor Allan Houser and “The Flags Plaza of Indian Tribes of Oklahoma”.
405-521-3356

Old Greer County Museum & Hall of Fame
222 W. Jefferson St.
Magnum, OK 73554
tel (405) 782-2851

Old Town Museum
Pioneer Rd. & Hwy. 66
Elk City, OK 73648
mailing address:
P.O. Box 542
Elk City, OK 73648
tel (405) 225-2207

Osage County Historical Museum
700 N. Lynn Ave.
Pawhuska, OK 74056
tel (918) 287-9924

Osage Tribal Museum
Indian Agency Campus
600 N. Grandview Avenue, Pawhuska (74056)
Indian Agency Campus Artifacts of Osage Tribe
918-287-2495 (ext. 280)

Pawnee Bill Museum
Box 493, Pawnee (74058)
Home of Major Gordon William Lillie (better known as Pawnee Bill), one of America’s foremost wild west showmen. Includes mementos from wild west shows
918-762-2513

Pawnee Indian Agency
Box 470, Pawnee (74058)
Pawnee Agency buildings on reserve Land
918-762-3621

Pawnee Tribal Museum
P.O. Box 493
Pawnee, OK 74058
tel (918) 762-2513
fax (918) 762-2513 (call first)

The Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc.
2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Tulsa, OK 74114-4104
Collection includes modern Indian paintings and sculptures from the late 19th century to present day. Also includes collections of baskets and pottery
tel (918) 748-5321
fax (918) 743-4320

Philomathic Museum
311 Main Street, Anadarko (73005)
Indian art and Indian doll collection
405-247-3240

Plains Indians and Pioneers Museum
Indian artifacts
2009 Williams Ave.
Woodward, OK 73802
405-256-6136

Ponca City Cultural Center and Museum
1000 East Grand, Ponca City (74601)
Indian artifacts
405-767-0427

Potawatomi Indian Museum and Gift Shop
Route 5, Box 151, Shawnee (74802)
Handmade items by Indian artists
405-275-3121

Quanah Parker Star House and Eagle Park Ghost Town
Route1, Box 9, Cache (73527)
Restored home of famed Comanche Chief
405-429-3238 or 405-429-3420

Red Earth Indian Center Museum
2100 N.E. 52nd St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
tel (405) 427-5228

Riverside Indian School
Route 1, Anadarko (73005)
One of the five remaining all-Indian boarding schools in the United States, built in 1871
405-247-6673

Robert S. Kerr Museum
1507 S. McKenna
Poteau, OK 74953
mailing address:
Rte. 1, Box 111
Poteau, OK 74953
tel (918) 647-8221, ext. 116
fax (918) 647-3952

Seminole Nation Museum
Paintings of Seminole tribal history and sculpture by Enoch Kelly Haney. Includes exhibits depicting the history of the Seminole Nation
524 S. Wewoka Ave.
Wewoka, OK 74884
450-257-5580

Sequoyah’s Home Site
Route 1, Box 141, Sallisaw (74955)
Home of Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet, built in 1829
918-775-2413

Southern Plains Indian Museum and Craft Center
715 E. Central, Highway 62
E. of Anadarko
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 749
Anadarko, OK 73005
tel (405) 247-6221
fax (405) 247-7593

Spiro Mounds Archaeological Park
Route 2, Spiro (74959)
Life and culture of pre-historic Indians discovered through excavation of burial mounds
918-962-2062

The State Museum of History
History of Oklahoma including Indian art and exhibits
Wiley Post Historical Bldg.
2100 N. Lincoln 
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
tel (405) 521-2491
fax (405) 521-2492

Stephens County Historical Society and Museum
Hwy. 81 & Beach
Fuqua Park
Duncan, OK 73533
mailing address:
P.O. BOX 1294
Duncan, OK 73533
tel (405) 252-0717
fax (405) 255-1231

Territory Town
five miles west of Okemah on I-40
Okemah, OK 74859
mailing address:
Rte. 2, Box 297-A
Okemah, OK 74859
tel (918) 623-2604

Three Valley Museum
Box 1191, Durant (74702)
Choctaw Indian memorabilia
405-920-1907

Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma Tribal Museum
Route 2, Box 346, Tonkawa (74653)
Artifacts of the Tonkawa tribe
405-682-5301

Top of Oklahoma Historical Museum
303 S. Main St.
Blackwell, OK 74631
mailing address:
1822 S. 3rd.
Blackwell, OK 74631
tel (405) 363-0209 & 0933

Tulsa Zoo & Living Museum
5701 E. 36th St.
N. Tulsa, OK 74115
tel (918) 669-6201
fax (918) 669-6260

U.S. Army Field Artillery and Fort Sill Museum
437 Quanah Road, Fort Sill (73503-5000)
Eight exhibit buildings include Geronimo’s guardhouse and graves of Geronimo and other Indian Chiefs.
405-351-5123

Wallis Museum at Connors State College
Connors State College
Rte. 1, Box 1000
Warner, OK 74469
tel (918) 463-2931 & 6251

Washita Battlefield
Box 252, Cheyenne (73628)
Site of 1868 “Battle of the Washitas” between General George Custer’s troops and the Cheyenne Indians
405-497-3929

Will Rogers Memorial
West Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore (74018)
_ Tribute to the legendary Cherokee cowboy and entertainer Includes a museum and family gravesite
918-341-0719

Willard Stone and Sons Museum and Gallery
Star Route East, Box 6, Locust Grove (74352)
Indian art and sculpture by Cherokee artist Willard Stone and his family
918-479-5388

Wichita Memory Exhibit Museum, Wichita Tribal Cultural Center
P.O. Box 729
Anadarko, OK 73005
tel (405) 247-2425

Woolaroc Museum & Nature Preserve
An extensive collection of significant art and artifacts, plus a wildlife refuge and Y-Indian Guide center.
State Highway 123
Bartlesville, OK 74003
mailing address:
Rt. 3, Box 2100
Bartlesville, OK 74003
tel (918) 336-0307
fax (918) 336-0084

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