Museum of Tulsa History

07/03/2025

The museum is closed Friday July 4th and will reopen Saturday July 5th!

07/03/2025

Calling All Collectors, Creators, and Curiosity Seekers!

Got a collection that turns heads? A vintage treasure with a story to tell? Or maybe something totally unexpected that deserves the spotlight? The Museum of Tulsa History invites you to Tulsa Show & Tell, a spectacular celebration of everything we collect, cherish, and love.

🎯 From fossils to funky memorabilia, classic cars to tiny trinkets—if it’s meaningful to you, we want to see it!

🚀 Spots are limited—apply now and share your passion with the community!

👉 Get all the details and sign up today: https://tinyurl.com/2jfv43ju

Tulsa Show and Tell will be September 20th!

07/01/2025

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06/16/2025

Op Ed from our Board President in the Tulsa World!

"Our museum belongs to everyone. It’s for kids and families as much as it is for historians and academics. It’s for every person of every background, in every corner of our community. It’s for visitors and locals. It’s for all of us."

"With this rich backdrop and vibrant culture, several months ago our organization’s leaders decided to consider a new brand," writes the board president of the rebranded Museum of Tulsa History.

06/13/2025

We are thrilled to announce our new name and brand identity. Allow us to re-introduce ourselves. We are the Museum of Tulsa History, formerly known as the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum.

Our new name isn’t a big change. We’ve just moved and switched out a word here and there, so that our name better reflects our intent. We have stories to tell and a history that needs to be understood – even the ugly parts.

Why the change? With the vibrant history and culture of Tulsa in mind, in late 2024 our organization’s leaders decided to consider a new brand. The name Tulsa Historical Society & Museum has served us well. Our collection of more than 400,000 photographs, books, maps, personal artifacts, and other ephemera indeed tells the story of our unique city. But somehow, the word society seemed insufficient. It suggested exclusivity – a group closed off from some people. That’s the opposite of our mission.

Our museum belongs to everyone. It’s for kids and families as much as it is for historians and academics. It’s for every person of every background, in every corner of our community. It’s for visitors and locals. It’s for all of us.

06/11/2025

TOMORROW is the day…you may have guessed it by now. We're going through a metamorphosis and we think it's going to be perfect for our mission and our vibrant future.

06/10/2025

TWO days to go…

06/09/2025

Thursday is the big day. It's so hard to keep a secret! It'll be here before we know it, though and we'll make a little history of our own.

06/08/2025

In FOUR short days, all will be revealed. Intrigued? Antennae all a-twitter? Ours, too!

06/07/2025

FIVE DAYS until the big reveal!

06/07/2025

Today's Tulsa Chautauqua schedule:

Noon workshop: Speak No Evil: Censorship in America by Karen Vuranch

5:30 p.m. workshop: “Visions of the African American experience during the 1920s” by Rebecca Marks Jimerson

7:00 p.m. evening performance: Mae West by Karen Vuranch