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The U.S. Army set up Fort Towson near the Red River in what would later become southeastern Oklahoma. It played a major role in the nation's westward expansion from 1824 until it was closed in 1854.
This list of museums in Oklahoma encompasses museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Fort Washita Historic Site & Museum – Durant [51] General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum – Hobart. [52] Historic Fort Reno – El Reno [53] Honey Springs Battlefield Historic Site – Rentiesville. Largest Civil War battle fought in Oklahoma. [54] Lieutenant General Thomas Stafford Air & Space Museum – Weatherford. [55]
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 mangrove environment near the Stingray Touch Tank. A fish tank at the Oklahoma Aquarium. The Oklahoma Aquarium is home to the world's largest exhibit of bull sharks which you can explore in the unique, walk through tunnel. You can also see their loggerhead sea turtles, zebra sharks, and humphead wrasse.
The J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum is located in Claremore, Oklahoma. The Museum houses over 20,000 firearms and firearm related items. The Davis Museum contains guns from all around the world including Kentucky rifles, a Gatling gun, black-powder guns of all types, cannons, rare Colts, Winchesters, elephant, whaling, and outlaw guns.
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The List of National Historic Landmarks in Oklahoma contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Oklahoma. There are 22 National Historic Landmarks in Oklahoma. The following table is a complete list.