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Septemberfest is September 11

Bring your whole family to the Oklahoma History Center for SeptemberFest on Saturday, September 11, from 10:00 to 4:00. It is free, fun, family-friendly, and hands-on. Visitors get free admission to the museum all day long! Come early for easy parking. View a Septemberfest street map.

Devon Great Hall (Under the Winnie Mae Airplane)
10:00-10:45 Lewis Johnson telling Indian stories and playing flute
10:45-11:40 Fun family games
12:00-12:45 Classen School of Advanced Studies Jazz Band
1:00-1:50 Fun family games
2:00-2:45 Celtic Praise Dance Troupe

Other indoor activities and demonstrations include fabric weavers, yarn spinners, lacemaking, basket weaving, Betsy the Queen of all Cows milking simulator, face painting and origami with the Asian Society, the Sons of the Union Veterans, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife's fishing simulator, and Bazark the robot.

Outdoors on the grounds of the History Center you will see Civil War infantry and weapons, a cannon from Ft. Sill, primitive hunting tools, the World War II Airborne Demonstraton Team, Kevin Webb as Pawnee Bill, Critter Tales with live animals, tie-dye your own bandana, rope-making, and more!

SeptemberFest activities are from 10am to 4pm and best of all they are free!

Questions? Contact Walter Eskridge at (405) 522-0791 or email


Vote for the Oklahoma History Center!


Vote for the Oklahoma History Center as best museum in the Gazette's Best of OKC. Voting ends July 28. Visit the Oklahoma Gazette to find out more.

Register Now for the AASLH & OMA Annual Meeting


The American Association for State and Local History and the Oklahoma Museums Association will hold a joint meeting September 22-25 in Oklahoma City. Register online or download the program guide - PDF 14mb.


Save on Children's Admission to the History Center



Use the ExploringOK 2010 Kids Pass to save on children's admission to the Oklahoma History Center and other great Oklahoma attractions! Visit the MetroFamily magazine website for info.

Cartoonists Exhibit Opens June 12


Join us at the Oklahoma History Center June 12th for a truly uncanny adventure!

Activities begin at 10am and end at 3pm. Events are free with $7 admission. Saturday only - come dressed in costume and receive free admission. See the new exhibit and stay to hear tales of adventure from Oklahomans:

  • 11:30am - Sterling Gates, writer of Supergirl, World's Finest and the upcoming Kid Flash at DC Comics
  • 12:30pm - Art of Destruction, author and illustrator, reads from her latest work World Wide Tribune
  • 1:00pm - Hall Duncan, author and illustrator, Winner Williams and many children’s books
  • 2:00pm - Rob Vollmar, writer, The Castaways and Bluesman
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