Oklahoma City celebrates its Native American roots and Western heritage while blending modern venues and performances to offer a diverse cultural arts scene.

Performing arts: Ballet Oklahoma Centennial Rodeo Opry Lyric Theatre Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra Oklahoma Opera and Music Theatre Oklahoma Opry Other performing arts

Museums and galleries:

• Cowboy Culture
• Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Center
• Harn Homestead Museum
• Historic sites
• National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
• Native American culture
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum
• Oklahoma History Center
• Science Museum Oklahoma
• Visual arts 
• Other museums 

Other venues:

• Civic Center Music Hall
• Express Ranches Clydesdale Center
• Ford Center
• Historic Stockyards City
• Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Gardens
• Stage Center
• State Fair Park
• The Paseo Arts District

Fast facts about the arts in Oklahoma City:

• Governor Brad Henry declared the Centennial Rodeo Opry Oklahoma's Official Country Music Show in August 2007.
• Founded in 1963, Lyric Theatre is Oklahoma's only year-round professional music theater company.
• Comprised of 10 acres and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Harn Homestead Museum was claimed during the Great Land Run of 1889.
• The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is home to the most comprehensive collection of Chihuly glass in the world.
• The 30,000 square foot Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is a tribute to those who were killed, those who survived and those who were changed forever by the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building downtown.
• Science Museum Oklahoma is a Smithsonian affiliate and the only science museum in Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma City's Stockyards is the largest stocker/feeder cattle market in the world.

Source: Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau

Back to Oklahoma City main

Back to Cities We Serve