Museums

Native American Museums
State of Oklahoma

Chickasaw Cultural Center Museum
Box 1548, Ada (74820)
Arlington Chickasaw tribal artifacts.
405-436-2603 (ext.303)

Indian City USA
Box 695, Anadarko (73005)
Outdoor museum featuring authentic villages. Indoor museum exhibits, artifacts, clothing, photos and other memorabilia.
405-247-5661

National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians
Box 548, Anadarko (73005)
Outdoor garden featuring bronze busts of noteworthy Indians
405-247-5555

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

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

Southern Plains Indian Museum and Crafts Center
Box 749, Anadarko (73005)
Historic artwork of Southern Plains Indians
405-247-6221

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

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

Woolaroc Museum
Box 1647, Bartlesville (74005)
An extensive collection of significant art and artefacts, plus a wildlife refuge and Y-Indian Guide Center.
918-336-0307

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

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

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

Black Kettle Museum
Box 252, Cheyenne (73628)
Dedicated to Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle
405-497-3929

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ataloa Lodge and McComb's Home
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
918-683-4581 (ext-283)

Five Civilized Tribes Museum
Honor Heights Drive, Agency Hill, Muskogee (74001)
The original union Indian Agency, built in 1875, features beadwork and baskets made by members of the Five Civilized Tribes, as well as an art gallery, print room and artifacts
918-683-1701

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

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

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

State Museum of History
2100 Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City (73105)
History of Oklahoma including Indian art and exhibits
405-521-2491

Creek Council House and Museum
100 West 6th, Okmulgee (74447)
Creek Indian art and artifacts. Once the Creek National Capitol
918-756-2324

Osage Tribal Museum
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cherokee Heritage Center
Box 515, Tahlequah (74465)
Story of the Cherokee tribe is told through museum exhibits. Includes Tsa-La-Gi re-created ancient village and "Trail of Tears" historical drama
918-456-6195

Murrell Home
HC 69 Box 54, Tahlequah (74451)
Depicts affluent lifestyle of the Cherokee people
918-456-2751

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

Chickasaw Council House Museum
Box 717, Tishomingo (73460)
First capitol of the Chickasaws in Indian Territory, built in 1855
405-371-3351

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

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

Gilcrease Museum
1400 Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127
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

Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 South Rockford Road, Tulsa (74114)
Collection includes modern Indian paintings and sculptures from the late 19th century to present day. Also includes collections of baskets and pottery
918-749-7941

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

Seminole National Museum
Box 1532, Wewoka (74884)
Paintings of Seminole tribal history and sculpture by Enoch Kelly Haney. Includes exhibits depicting the history of the Seminole Nation
450-257-5580

Plains Indians and Pioneer Museum
Box 1167, Woodward (73802)
Indian artifacts
405-256-6136

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