National Weather Festival 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday National Weather Center 120 David L. Boren, Norman www.nwc.ou.edu Free Channel your inner weatherman on Saturday at the National Weather Center’s sixth annual National Weather Festival. “The festival is an opportunity for visitors to see what we do and learn about weather processes and organizations,” said Keli Pirtle […]
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The Orr Family Farm combines a whole lot of adventure into one location
City slickers looking for a little “Green Acres” don’t have to leave the metro to find a bit of farm livin’ at the Orr Family Farm, 14400 S. Western. Billing itself as “agri-tainment,” the plantation play place is an outdoor oasis catering to kids. Llamas, pygmy goats, sheep, bunnies and pot-bellied pigs reside in […]
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Norman’s Little River Zoo is home to nearly 400 animals
You can pet a porcupine, feed a kangaroo and get friendly with a 17-foot albino Burmese python at Norman’s Little River Zoo, 3405 S.E. 120th. Just south of busy Highway 9, the zoo sits amid 50 heavily wooded acres in the cross timber forest, which the zoo claims is one of the last remaining ancient […]
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Whether the weather is stormy or calm, Norman’s National Weather Center is on the case
When the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain, the meteorologists at Norman’s National Weather Center, 120 David L. Boren Blvd. on the University of Oklahoma campus, are on high alert to anticipate Mother Nature’s sometimes-nasty moods. Student-led tours take visitors into the heart of the facility’s weather warning and storm forecasting nerve center for a […]
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Get hung up at the Oklahoma Museum of Telephone History, offering a look at the communication tool’s yesteryear
Alexander Graham Bell might be surprised by how much his invention has changed since that first telephone call to Mr. Watson. Lucky for him, he could track his machine’s evolution at the Oklahoma Museum of Telephone History, 111 Dean A. McGee. Tracing the advances in technology that have carried the industry from Bell’s early experiments […]
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The state Capitol, more than just the Legislature’s home, is a dynamic museum of architecture and art
You don’t have to like politics to appreciate the art and architecture that graces our state Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln. Completed in 1917 at a cost of about $1.5 million, the stately limestone and granite statehouse was designed by principal architect Solomon Layton. Materials from each of Oklahoma’s 77 counties were used in constructing the […]
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Take off into the ‘wild blue yonder’ at the Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots
They pushed the boundaries of human flight and sometimes pushed the boys out of their way to get there. The female pioneers of aviation still soar at the Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots, 4300 Amelia Earhart. Established in 1929 as an association for female aviators, the Ninety-Nines is an international organization of women pilots that […]
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Martin Park Nature Center brings the wild to town, with miles of trails through forests and meadows
Hikers, joggers, walkers and families can commune with nature without leaving the shadow of the city’s hustle and bustle with a visit to Martin Park Nature Center, 5000 W. Memorial. Visitors and wildlife share four trails that wind through the tall trees and patches of prairie comprising the 141-acre city park. Guiding attendees to the […]
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Oklahoma’s military past comes to life at historic Fort Reno
Our state’s history is flavored with tales of land runs, cattle drives and Buffalo Soldiers. But the story of Oklahoma’s Fort Reno, 7107 W. Cheyenne, four miles west of El Reno, can’t be told without also talking of German prisoners of war and a renowned Western artist. First established in 1874 as a military camp […]
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Shawnee’s Mabee-Gerrer Museum houses a diverse mix of art and artifacts
Father Gregory Gerrer was an Oklahoma artist and collector of curiosities who traveled the world in the early 20th century, assembling a collection of art and objects that now serves as the foundation for one of the state’s oldest museums. Gerrer founded St. Gregory’s Museum and Art Gallery in 1919 to open his collection to […]