Museums and theaters Oklahoma City

water taxis in oklahoma city s downtown bricktown neighborhood

the donald w. reynolds visual arts center new downtown home oklahoma city museum of art. museum features visiting exhibits, original selections own collection, theater showing variety of foreign, independent, , classic films each week, , restaurant. okcmoa home comprehensive collection of chihuly glass in world including 55-foot eleanor blake kirkpatrick memorial tower in museum s atrium. art deco civic center music hall, totally renovated in 2001, has performances oklahoma city ballet, oklahoma city opera, oklahoma city philharmonic , various concerts , traveling broadway shows.

the survivor tree on grounds of oklahoma city national memorial

other theaters include lyric theatre, jewel box theatre, kirkpatrick auditorium, poteet theatre, oklahoma city community college bruce owen theater , 488-seat petree recital hall, @ oklahoma city university campus. university opened wanda l bass school of music , auditorium in april 2006.

the science museum oklahoma (formerly kirkpatrick science , air space museum @ omniplex) houses exhibits on science, aviation, , imax theater. museum formerly housed international photography hall of fame (iphf) exhibits photographs , artifacts large collection of cameras , other artifacts preserving history of photography. iphf honors have made significant contributions art and/or science of photography , relocated st. louis, missouri in 2013.

the museum of osteology houses more 300 real animal skeletons. focusing on form , function of skeletal system, 7,000 sq ft (650 m) museum displays hundreds of skulls , skeletons corners of world. exhibits include adaptation, locomotion, classification , diversity of vertebrate kingdom. museum of osteology 1 of kind in america.

the national cowboy & western heritage museum has galleries of western art , home hall of great western performers. in contrast, city home american indian cultural center , museum began construction in 2009 (although completion of facility has been held due insufficient funding), on south side of interstate 40, southeast bricktown.

the oklahoma city national memorial in northern part of oklahoma city s downtown created inscription on eastern gate of memorial reads, honor victims, survivors, rescuers, , changed forever on april 19, 1995 ; memorial built on land formerly occupied alfred p. murrah federal building complex prior 1995 bombing. outdoor symbolic memorial can visited 24 hours day free, , adjacent memorial museum, in former journal record building damaged bombing, can entered small fee. site home national memorial institute prevention of terrorism, non-partisan, nonprofit think tank devoted prevention of terrorism.

the american banjo museum in bricktown entertainment district dedicated preserving , promoting music , heritage of banjo. collection valued @ $3.5 million, , interpretive exhibit tells evolution of banjo roots in american slavery, bluegrass, folk , world music.

the oklahoma history center history museum of state of oklahoma. across street governor s mansion @ 800 nazih zuhdi drive in northeast oklahoma city, museum opened in 2005 , operated oklahoma historical society. preserves history of oklahoma prehistoric present day.