Beginning June 15, the Oklahoma History Center will offer a new photographic exhibit entitled In the Vernacular: Everyday Images of Oklahoma Life, which will celebrate everyday image-making. The exhibit is expected to run for approximately one year, and is composed of 36 black-and-white and color images curated from the Oklahoma Historical Society’s photographic collections. It […]
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Oklahoma Historical Society shares black history online
The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has released a new landing page on its website that offers numerous opportunities to learn more about the Black experience in Oklahoma. Visit www.okhistory.org/blackhistory to start exploring. “Drawing attention to the legacy of racism is not enough to make permanent change,” said Dr. Bob Blackburn, executive director of the OHS. […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma History Center partners with Oklahoma Contemporary for Bright Golden Haze: Reflections
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is proud to announce an invitation from Oklahoma Contemporary to participate in a multi-organization collaboration exhibition entitled “Bright Golden Haze: Reflections.” This exhibition is created in conjunction with “Bright Golden Haze,” the inaugural exhibition at Oklahoma Contemporary. The OHC outdoor installation will opened to the public on June 15 and […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center reopened to the public June 2
The Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center reopened to the public on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Its hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The Research Center is located inside the Oklahoma History Center at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. Due to COVID-19, the Research Center has implemented […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma Historical Society asks Oklahomans to share their COVID-19 stories
For more than 125 years, the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has worked to collect, preserve and share our history. Just as the OHS has chronicled World War I, the influenza outbreaks in 1918 and 1919, the Great Depression and Okie migration of the 1930s and 1940s, World War II, the 1980s oil bust and other […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma Historical Society museums and historic sites will remain closed until June 1
All Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) museums, historic sites and affiliates, including the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, have been closed to the public since Tuesday, March 17, 2020. These facilities will remain closed until Monday, June 1. A list of OHS museums and historic sites can be found at www.okhistory.org/sites. All OHS-sponsored events at […]
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Take a virtual tour of Henry Overholser Mansion
If you’ve ever wondered what Henry Overholser Mansion looks like on the inside, wonder no more. Today at 2 p.m., mansion coordinator Lisa Escalon is giving a virtual guided tour. Overholser Mansion, located at 405 NW 15th St., was built in 1903 by Henry and Anna Overholser and was technically outside “town,” over a mile away from […]
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Night of movement
A Night with Ralph Ellison 6-9 p.m. Feb. 29 Oklahoma Historical Society 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive ralphellisonfoundation.org $85-$10,000 Michael Owens created Ralph Ellison Foundation in 2014 after finding out there was no organization dedicated to Oklahoma Native Ellison’s legacy. Now, the foundation is preparing for its seventh annual gala celebration and fundraiser. A Night with […]
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40 years: City changes
Oklahoma City as we know it was unrecognizable 40 years ago. While physical changes — like the contemporaneous influx of entertainment and eatery options — are obvious, the attitudes of city residents were also drastically different in 1979 and in the following decades. “1979 was important for a lot of reasons,” said Bob Blackburn, executive […]
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Radio Okie
Michael Dean book signing 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday Full Circle Bookstore 1900 Northwest Expressway, Suite 135 fullcirclebooks.com 405-842-2900 Free In Ardmore in 1953, Michael Dean saw a television for the first time. He was not impressed. “The couple that lived on the end of the block bought a TV, and they had to put a tower […]