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HAPPENING AT THE OKLAHOMA HISTORY CENTER - TONIGHT!
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On Wednesday, April 10, from 5 to 7 p.m., the Oklahoma History Center Museum will host Pop Night in collaboration with OKPOP, the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture. This FREE Open House event will highlight pop culture in Oklahoma. Guests can look forward to activities highlighting famous and impactful Oklahomans and an Oklahoma-themed pop trivia game! Pop Night is free and open to the public.
The Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture’s (OKPOP) website contains stories of Oklahoma’s finest creatives. Check out OKPOP’s Media page for the latest news and the video series “From the Vault.”
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“Something to Grow About” Earth Day Native Plant and Seed Swap
Gardeners and eco-enthusiasts will delight in the celebration of Earth Day at the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A native plant swap, a seed buffet, and loads of gardening tips, tricks, and activities will be a part of the “Something to Grow About” event.
Join in sharing plants and seeds. Participants are encouraged to bring labeled seeds and plants for the swap. Agricultural experts will be available to teach about planting techniques, native pollinators, plants, and seeds. Visitors can learn to build a plant press, learn about soil types, and discover natural plant dyes. Children’s activities include a coloring table, craft table, and much more hands-on fun. Guests can enter the “Bug, Bird, and Bat House Contest!”
“Something to Grow About” is free to attend, but guests must pay admission to tour the mansion. There will be a water bottle filling station available. Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and use the on-site picnic facilities.
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Movie Night featuring Will Rogers in A Connecticut Yankee
Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore will host a FREE Movie Night featuring the film A Connecticut Yankee (1931) in its theater on Friday, April 19.
Admission to the movie is free, and guests can also enjoy free popcorn and drinks while watching the film, thanks to the Bank of Commerce’s sponsorship. Because seating is limited, the doors will open at 6 p.m. Please call 918-341-0719 for more information.
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Make your own glass pendants, magnets, and keychains!
This spring, artist Audrey Schmitz and Pioneer Woman Museum and Statue are offering two “Glass and a Glass!” sessions—the popular interactive glass fusing class for adults. The classes will take place on Saturday, April 20. Each participant can select either the 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. session and will create two custom items—either pendants, magnets, or keychains—included in the $25 registration fee. During the class, participants will also learn about the art of fused glass and try their hand at “inclusions” while enjoying complimentary drinks and snacks.
Along with a wide array of colorful art glass, other materials such as frit, wire, dots, stringer, and copper sheets will be available. Additional items may be made and paid for during the event. “Glass and a Glass!” events are for ages 18 and up; no prior experience with glass is required to create original art. Have fun and get your sparkle on!
The Pioneer Woman Museum will take all the reservations and collect the $25 fee. Call 580-765-6108 or come into the museum at 701 Monument Road, Ponca City to reserve a seat. Each session is limited to 14 people.
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Attend the Oklahoma History Symposium
Join us on Saturday, May 4, for “Perspectives in History.” Presented by the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), the Oklahoma History Symposium is held each spring at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. This one-day symposium offers scholars, historians, authors, and museum professionals a forum to share their work with history enthusiasts.
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Pinhole Camera Workshop with Jim Meeks
On Saturday, April 20, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Oklahoma History Center, photographer and artist Jim Meeks will provide an introduction and historical overview of pinhole cameras. In the Pinhole Camera workshop, students will have the opportunity to make their own pinhole cameras. Meeks will also lead the group in creating a camera obscura using the classroom space to explore the concept of creating pinhole images.
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is Sunday, April 28!
Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. In the event of cloudy or rainy weather, this class will be rescheduled to Saturday, June 15, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Purchase tickets to the workshop.
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Poultry of Antiquity: Using Historical Techniques to Raise Poultry Breeds
On Saturday, April 27, from 1 to 3 p.m., Hunter’s Home will host a workshop to learn how to raise chicken breeds, some dating back centuries, that lived in Indian Territory in the 1840s and 1850s. This workshop will cover the background history of several chicken breeds that are readily available, where to find them, and how to raise them using historical techniques.
Did you know today you can raise chickens whose ancestors lived during the reign of Julius Caesar? That specific silver-grey Dorking chicken breed is being raised at Hunter’s Home. This workshop is free with the regular cost of admission.
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From the Stacks: With Walker in Nicaragua
On Thursday, April 18, at 6 p.m., the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library in Guthrie will offer the evening educational program, From the Stacks: Readings from the Carnegie Library. OTM curator/registrar Michael Williams will lead a discussion about the final book of the series, With Walker in Nicaragua: Or, Reminiscences of an Officer of the American Phalanx (1909), James Carson Jamison.
Williams will explore the historical context in which the author lived and wrote the title. Admission is free, and donations are always appreciated. Call 405-282-1889 for more information.
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IN FIVE DAYS!!
Kilgen Theatre Organ performance with Rosemary Bailey
On Monday, April 15, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., a Kilgen Theatre Organ performance at the Oklahoma History Center will feature organist Rosemary Bailey. Her song selections will follow the theme “Here’s Rosie!”
Bailey started playing music at age five when she learned to play classical piano music. She added jazz and traditional popular styles into her repertoire. By age nine, Bailey was already performing around the United States. A year later, Hammond Organ hired her as a concert artist.
Tickets are available online. They are $10 for Oklahoma Historical Society members and $20 for the general public. Click here to purchase tickets.
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536 was definitely his favorite number!
With baseball season officially open, how about a little trivia? This gentleman was born in Spavinaw and grew up in Commerce, Oklahoma. He was known in his youth as the “Commerce Comet.”
To see if your guess is correct and to explore the people, places, events, and objects of Oklahoma history, visit The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, a publication of the OHS.
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APRIL IS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH
Volunteers keep our doors open!
Over the years, the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has developed numerous collections, programs, research centers, museums, historic homes, and military sites across the state. We recognize that we are only able to function throughout the year thanks to our faithful and steadfast volunteers who give their time at all our locations.
Volunteers make the mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society possible by providing invaluable resources through educational programs, assisting in daily operations, and working behind-the-scenes in collections. Our volunteers help us in countless ways, including dressing the part for living history demonstrations, assisting with hands-on learning experiences, and cooking over an open flame—quite literally keeping the home fires burning!
Thanks, OHS volunteers, for all you do to carry the OHS mission forward—helping us collect, preserve, and share the history and culture of Oklahoma and its people!
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Click event listings below for more information.
10 - Pop Night, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
11 - Lunch and Learn: “African-Diasporic Peoples of Oklahoma and Indian Territories: Genealogy, Story and Culture” presentation by Shelby R. B. Ward, State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
12 - "Liquid History: Beer Garden," Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
13 - Quilting Workshop, Sod House Museum, Aline
13 - Carved in Stone: Gravestone Symbols and Their Meanings workshop, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
13 - Firearms of the Civil War program, Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
15 - Kilgen Theatre Organ performance featuring Rosemary Bailey, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
17 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center
18 - Historic Preservation Review Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
18 - From the Stacks: Readings from the Carnegie Library, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Guthrie
18 - Thursday Night Learning Lecture: Will Rogers and His America with author Gary Clayton Anderson, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
19 - Fort Gibson Education Day **full,** Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
19 - Movie Night featuring Will Rogers in A Connecticut Yankee (1931), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
20 - 200th Anniversary Commemoration, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
20 - Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Leagues exhibit closes, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
20 - Something to Grow About: Earth Day Native Plant and Seed Swap, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
20 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
20 - “Glass and a Glass!” – Pendants, Magnets, and Keychains, Pioneer Woman Museum and Statue, Ponca City
20 - Pinhole Camera Workshop with Jim Meeks, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
27 - Poultry of Antiquity: Using Historical Techniques to Raise Poultry Breeds, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
27 - “Dirt Tells the Story of Our History” talk with Christina Rich-Splawn, Pioneer Woman Museum and Statue, Ponca City
1–2 - Oklahoma National History Day State Contest, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
2 - Boots, Beer, & BBQ Gala Dinner, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
3 - “Hunter Trapper” Living History program begins, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
3 - Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
4 - “Perspectives in History” The Oklahoma History Symposium, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
4 - Spring on the Farm, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
4 - Oklahoma Historical Society Membership Meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
4 - Blacksmithing Demonstration, Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School, Perry
4 - Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors Organizational Meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
4 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
6 - From Our Hands, exhibit opening, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
6 - Virtual Field Trip with Dr. Theodore Gonzalves, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
8 - Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) webinar, State Historic Preservation Office
9 - Drafting and Executing Section 106 Agreement Documents with the OKSHPO webinar, State Historic Preservation Office
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Masthead image: Detail of the Report of A.W. Robb, acting quartermaster for Fort Gibson, ending August 31, 1864. It includes a hand-written account of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage used by the post. (1981.119.03, Kay Senseney Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Manuscript Collection).
To enlarge and read the report, click here.
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