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A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
The Route 66 museum is part of the larger Old Town Museum Complex which showcases pioneer life in western Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton was built on land donated by the late Walter S. Mason Jr., a retired country veterinarian who once served as president of the Best Western hotel chain. It is designed to display the iconic ...
The Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton includes nostalgic experiences, including a 1950s diner, sounds of the Big Band era, and various exhibits on the Route 66 experience. Discover the strangest ...
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum is the state's official showcase of Route 66, operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society, and located on historic U.S. Route 66. [24] The Cheyenne Cultural Center was founded in hopes of preserving the Cheyenne people's way of life. The site has become a regional interpretive center for Cheyenne history and culture. [25]
Given that Historic U.S. Route 66 runs through Elk City, a sprawling museum complex has developed, which includes the National Route 66 Museum, the Old Town Museum, the Transportation Museum, the Farm and Ranch Museum, and the Blacksmith Museum. Each museum is housed in separate buildings, which altogether depict a mockup of early Elk City ...
Oklahoma: Central: Railroad: Oklahoma Route 66 Museum: Clinton: Custer: Southwestern Oklahoma: Transportation: Route 66 history and memorabilia operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Oklahoma Sports Museum: Guthrie: Logan: Central: Sports: website, also known as the Territorial Sports Museum Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum: Oklahoma ...
An entrepreneur operating a Route 66 business at Arcadia wants to promote towns along one of the Mother Road's most scenic stretches in Oklahoma.