Oklahoma Territorial Museum

05/27/2026

05/21/2026

Here is a link to a podcast our director Michael did with author Heather Woodward. She'll be signing books on Saturday May 23 at 1:00, here at the museum.

In this episode of the NVus Alien Podcast, Heather Woodward is joined by Michael Williams, Director of the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and the Historic Carnegie

05/09/2026

Coming soon!

Join us on Wednesday, May 20th at 7pm for a lecture with Graduate student Haley Evans, she'll be discussing the history of public lands and ranching. Admission is only $5! Let us know you're coming at Public Lands and Ranching Lecture

04/25/2026

We didn’t let the rainy weather stop us from celebrating !

We drove out to Arcadia and cleaned the Camp marker, this is the spot Washington Irving set up camp in 1832, his adventures in Oklahoma are described in A Tour on the Prairies (1835).

04/24/2026

This Saturday!

Join us from 1pm to 3pm for an Earth Day Celebration, featuring a lecture from OSU (Oklahoma State University) PhD student Katelyn Cooke on Oklahoma's Early Farmers. The museum will also be giving away turnip seeds to students (6–18 years of age) visiting the museum as supplies last and explaining the importance of turnips to settlers during the Land Run of 1889.

📸: (OHS, 2012.201.B1000.0007, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection)

04/23/2026

On April 22nd, 1889, the first Land Run of what is now the state of Oklahoma took place. Attracting individuals from many places and many backgrounds, 1.9 million acres of land were opened to settlement by non-native peoples. This area of land, known as the "Unassigned Lands," was ceded to the U.S Government by the Five Tribes after the Confederacy lost the Civil War. The land became part of the public domain after remaining vacant until 1889.

Want to know more? Visit us Tuesday-Saturday, 9am - 5pm.