Cowboy Culture: The Top Western Heritage Museums in Oklahoma
With several world-class museums dedicated to Old West heritage, Oklahoma boasts the most comprehensive collections of Western art in the world.
Museums
Oklahoma boasts hundreds of museums, each offering an opportunity to gain a richer appreciation for our history or discover new interests. Our museums span every interest from the Old West to Oklahoma’s strong connection to space exploration. Browse the world’s largest collection of Western art and artifacts at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa or head to the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford for an up-close look at one of the few actual Titan II rocket launch vehicles on display anywhere.
Explore Oklahoma’s rich Native history and watch the past come alive at one of the state’s many American Indian cultural centers and museums such as the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur. Discover intriguing antiquities like an Egyptian mummy and Amazonian shrunken heads at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum in Shawnee or head to the Oklahoma City Museum of Osteology, one of two skeleton museums in America.
Stroll through 4 billion years of natural history and be awe-struck by colossal dinosaur giants at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Uncover ever-changing gems at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art or unexpected masterpieces in off-the-beaten path museums. Oklahoma's hometowns also offer specialty museums devoted to everything from sports and fossils to science and local history.
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