Places You Shouldn't Missed!
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This outdoor memorial is a tribute to the victims, survivors, rescuers, and others affected by the events of April 19, 1995, when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed. The reflecting pool and field of empty chairs have become well-known symbols of the city, and visitors can walk through the solemn setting. To find out more about the tragedy, you can tour the exhibits at the nearby Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum.
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Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
620 N Harvey AveThis outdoor memorial is a tribute to the victims, survivors, rescuers, and others affected by the events of April 19, 1995, when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed. The reflecting pool and field of empty chairs have become well-known symbols of the city, and visitors can walk through the solemn setting. To find out more about the tragedy, you can tour the exhibits at the nearby Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum.
In operation for more than a century, the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden engages tourists and families with more than 500 animal species, including rhinos, gorillas, lions, and tigers. Throughout the grounds, you can also see impressive displays of plants from Oklahoma and around the world.
Both kids and adults enjoy interactive experiences, such as lorikeet and giraffe feedings, sea lion shows, elephant demonstrations, a walk-through wallaby enclosure, and a stingray touch tank. Budding zoologists can also get up close to animals like grizzly bears and Asian elephants at special behind-the-scenes experiences. Boat and train rides provide adventurous ways to explore the expansive park grounds.
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Oklahoma City dýragarður
2000 Remington PlIn operation for more than a century, the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden engages tourists and families with more than 500 animal species, including rhinos, gorillas, lions, and tigers. Throughout the grounds, you can also see impressive displays of plants from Oklahoma and around the world.
Both kids and adults enjoy interactive experiences, such as lorikeet and giraffe feedings, sea lion shows, elephant demonstrations, a walk-through wallaby enclosure, and a stingray touch tank. Budding zoologists can also get up close to animals like grizzly bears and Asian elephants at special behind-the-scenes experiences. Boat and train rides provide adventurous ways to explore the expansive park grounds.
Packed with interactive exhibits, Science Museum Oklahoma presents ever-changing displays of science-themed topics intended to engage, entertain, and educate. Though kids are the main audience, adults, too, love learning and exploring here. Step into a tornado simulator, build with giant Legos, invent and test your own creations, walk a tightrope, and even learn to ride a Segway.
A theater and planetarium both present regular shows, and the expansive grounds are a lovely place to visit for a picnic, with a Japanese garden, children's garden, and lawn games.
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Science Museum Oklahoma
2020 Remington PlPacked with interactive exhibits, Science Museum Oklahoma presents ever-changing displays of science-themed topics intended to engage, entertain, and educate. Though kids are the main audience, adults, too, love learning and exploring here. Step into a tornado simulator, build with giant Legos, invent and test your own creations, walk a tightrope, and even learn to ride a Segway.
A theater and planetarium both present regular shows, and the expansive grounds are a lovely place to visit for a picnic, with a Japanese garden, children's garden, and lawn games.
The core collection at this Oklahoma gallery focuses on 19th- and 20th-century European and American art, but visiting works widen the scope. Touring national and international exhibitions complement permanent displays, like the bright art-glass work of the Seattle-area's Dale Chihuly. Other featured artists in the permanent collection include luminaries like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Henry Moore. The museum also runs a popular film program.
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Oklahoma City Listasafn
415 Couch DrThe core collection at this Oklahoma gallery focuses on 19th- and 20th-century European and American art, but visiting works widen the scope. Touring national and international exhibitions complement permanent displays, like the bright art-glass work of the Seattle-area's Dale Chihuly. Other featured artists in the permanent collection include luminaries like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Henry Moore. The museum also runs a popular film program.
Also known as the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, this large museum uncovers life in the Wild West with its large collections of historical materials, pictures, and sculptures. The Rodeo Hall of Fame features rodeo champions, but on-screen cowboys are also given a tip of the hat in their own hall of fame. Children can test the ranch-readiness of their skills in the Children's Cowboy Corral. To follow the cowboy theme, also plan a visit to the Oklahoma City Stockyards, where outdoor cattle pens fill for auctions every Monday and Tuesday.
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National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
1700 NE 63rd StAlso known as the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, this large museum uncovers life in the Wild West with its large collections of historical materials, pictures, and sculptures. The Rodeo Hall of Fame features rodeo champions, but on-screen cowboys are also given a tip of the hat in their own hall of fame. Children can test the ranch-readiness of their skills in the Children's Cowboy Corral. To follow the cowboy theme, also plan a visit to the Oklahoma City Stockyards, where outdoor cattle pens fill for auctions every Monday and Tuesday.
A fantastic example of a successful urban renewal project, Bricktown is the city's premier entertainment hub. The once-abandoned red-brick warehouses are now converted into funky shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, and attractions. In addition to enjoying all the fabulous shopping and dining opportunities, you can catch a baseball or basketball game at one of the sporting venues, attend a concert, see a movie, stroll along the river walk, or explore the American Banjo Museum.
Narrated cruises and dinner cruises along the canal are other popular things to do here. Be sure to stop by the impressive Centennial Land Run Monument, which commemorates the state's heroic settlers. Bricktown also makes a great base for exploring the city, with plenty of hotels nearby.
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Bricktown
A fantastic example of a successful urban renewal project, Bricktown is the city's premier entertainment hub. The once-abandoned red-brick warehouses are now converted into funky shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, and attractions. In addition to enjoying all the fabulous shopping and dining opportunities, you can catch a baseball or basketball game at one of the sporting venues, attend a concert, see a movie, stroll along the river walk, or explore the American Banjo Museum.
Narrated cruises and dinner cruises along the canal are other popular things to do here. Be sure to stop by the impressive Centennial Land Run Monument, which commemorates the state's heroic settlers. Bricktown also makes a great base for exploring the city, with plenty of hotels nearby.
Covering 15 lush acres near the downtown center, Myriad Gardens is a wonderful spot for a quiet outdoor stroll amid flowerbeds and horticultural displays. Other features at these beautiful gardens are a children's playground, bubbling fountains, and jogging and walking paths. Even Fido is welcome at the off-leash dog park. After a walk, dine at the garden restaurant and patio, or go ice-skating at the wintertime Devon Ice Rink.
Indoors, the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory cultivates plants in hot-weather climates (both of the wet and dry varieties). The conservatory's acrylic panels allow plenty of Oklahoma sunshine to brighten the space. Admission fees apply to the conservatory, but the outdoor gardens are free.
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Myriad Grasagarður
301 W Reno AveCovering 15 lush acres near the downtown center, Myriad Gardens is a wonderful spot for a quiet outdoor stroll amid flowerbeds and horticultural displays. Other features at these beautiful gardens are a children's playground, bubbling fountains, and jogging and walking paths. Even Fido is welcome at the off-leash dog park. After a walk, dine at the garden restaurant and patio, or go ice-skating at the wintertime Devon Ice Rink.
Indoors, the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory cultivates plants in hot-weather climates (both of the wet and dry varieties). The conservatory's acrylic panels allow plenty of Oklahoma sunshine to brighten the space. Admission fees apply to the conservatory, but the outdoor gardens are free.
If this tourist attraction seems unusual, it's because it is. The bones of hundreds of animals make up the displays at the only skeleton museum in the United States. Thoughtfully presented specimens span big mammals to small critters, from apes and kangaroos to snakes and penguins. Most of the specimens are in life-like poses, so you can see how the animals move. You can stand under a giraffe or elephant skeleton or see a sloth skeleton hanging from a tree. Fun activities like treasure hunts are geared towards curious kids.
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Skeletons: Museum of Osteology
10301 S Sunnylane RdIf this tourist attraction seems unusual, it's because it is. The bones of hundreds of animals make up the displays at the only skeleton museum in the United States. Thoughtfully presented specimens span big mammals to small critters, from apes and kangaroos to snakes and penguins. Most of the specimens are in life-like poses, so you can see how the animals move. You can stand under a giraffe or elephant skeleton or see a sloth skeleton hanging from a tree. Fun activities like treasure hunts are geared towards curious kids.
The Smithsonian-affiliated Oklahoma History Center displays an astounding diversity of fascinating exhibits covering all facets of Oklahoma history. It's also a hub for archival and research materials. Exhibits cover everything from Native American history, pioneer life, and cowboys to the Crossroads of Commerce and even Oklahomans and Space. Excellent traveling exhibitions round out the collection, and plenty of interactive features keep little hands busy.
The center also offers lovely views of the domed Capitol building from its galleries. Outside, you can explore botanical gardens and stroll among beautiful sculptures and native plants on the Red River Journey, a quarter-mile walking tour that conjures the diverse terrain of Oklahoma's Red River Valley.
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Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi DrThe Smithsonian-affiliated Oklahoma History Center displays an astounding diversity of fascinating exhibits covering all facets of Oklahoma history. It's also a hub for archival and research materials. Exhibits cover everything from Native American history, pioneer life, and cowboys to the Crossroads of Commerce and even Oklahomans and Space. Excellent traveling exhibitions round out the collection, and plenty of interactive features keep little hands busy.
The center also offers lovely views of the domed Capitol building from its galleries. Outside, you can explore botanical gardens and stroll among beautiful sculptures and native plants on the Red River Journey, a quarter-mile walking tour that conjures the diverse terrain of Oklahoma's Red River Valley.
Located in Jenks, just south of Tulsa, the Oklahoma Aquarium is renown for having the world's largest collection of bullhead sharks. You can see them in the Shark Adventure exhibit, where you can watch these beautiful creatures glide gracefully from the walk-through glass tunnel.
Other interesting exhibits include Extreme Fishes, Sea Turtle Island, Eco Zone, and Polynesian Reef, all of which showcase colorful and fascinating sea creatures from around the world. In addition to exotic species, the aquarium presents local marine life in the engaging Aquatic Oklahoma exhibit, where you can see a 120-year-old alligator snapping turtle.
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Aquarium Drive
Aquarium DriveLocated in Jenks, just south of Tulsa, the Oklahoma Aquarium is renown for having the world's largest collection of bullhead sharks. You can see them in the Shark Adventure exhibit, where you can watch these beautiful creatures glide gracefully from the walk-through glass tunnel.
Other interesting exhibits include Extreme Fishes, Sea Turtle Island, Eco Zone, and Polynesian Reef, all of which showcase colorful and fascinating sea creatures from around the world. In addition to exotic species, the aquarium presents local marine life in the engaging Aquatic Oklahoma exhibit, where you can see a 120-year-old alligator snapping turtle.
Woolaroc Ranch covers 3,700 acres where American bison, longhorn cattle, and elk roam free on the wide-reaching landscape. Visitors can safely see and photograph these magnificent beasts from their vehicles.
Also on the ranch grounds are a western-focused museum (exhibiting art and artifacts) and a rustic lodge. The preserve is a 20-minute drive southwest of Bartlesville, which is also worth a visit to see Price Tower Arts Center – the only skyscraper constructed from renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's designs.
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Woolaroc safn og náttúruverndarsvæði
1925 Woolaroc Ranch RdWoolaroc Ranch covers 3,700 acres where American bison, longhorn cattle, and elk roam free on the wide-reaching landscape. Visitors can safely see and photograph these magnificent beasts from their vehicles.
Also on the ranch grounds are a western-focused museum (exhibiting art and artifacts) and a rustic lodge. The preserve is a 20-minute drive southwest of Bartlesville, which is also worth a visit to see Price Tower Arts Center – the only skyscraper constructed from renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's designs.