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Heirloom Care Classes
Have you ever wondered why museums keep the lights low or the galleries dark? Do you know what type of box or materials your great grandmother’s wedding dress should be stored in? The Oklahoma History Center is excited to offer a new series of classes. Our mission is to collect, preserve, and share Oklahoma history for all. Now is a chance for our curators to help you! Beginning in April the museum will offer a number of heirloom care classes to help individuals learn to better care for their personal collections. Each class will run from 10:00am – 12:00pm and address basics of care of different items. Details on how to store materials, cleaning methods, and best practices for preserving items will help you care for your family’s treasures.
The cost for each class is $10.00 per person. Registration is required and seating is limited. To sign up please contact Jason Harris at or 405-522-0785.  Home School Day The Oklahoma History Center presents “Home School Day” Monday, October 4, 2010. This special program will run from 10:00 AM through 2:00 PM. View the flyer - PDF 1MB. Join us at the Oklahoma History Center for a hands-on adventure into Oklahoma’s past. Explore the museum with the help of gallery guides, follow along with our scavenger hunt, take part in hands-on demonstrations, and enjoy a variety of living history programs. Students will find activities throughout the museum’s galleries as living history characters and museum staff bring the past to life through hands-on demonstrations. Discover life on the cattle drive, explore pioneer life and the tools of the day, play turn of the century games at the museum, and more! There will be activities for students of all ages. Special living history programs will take place each hour beginning at 10:00 AM. Home School Day is designed for family learners and Home School groups to come, experience, and do! No registration is required and you can join the activities at any time. Admission is free for students. For more information on Home School Day contact Jason Harris at (405) 522-0785 or by email at  Oklahomans in the World Series Mark your calendars for a special program with Fritz Buckallew, Carl Hubbell biographer, at the Oklahoma History Center. This special programming is hosted by the museum and 46 Starr Press on Thursday October 7, 2010. Admission is Free. The museum will open at 6:00 PM and the program will begin at 7:00 PM. View the flyer - PDF 258kb. This program will look at a number of Oklahoma’s major league players and focus on Carl Hubbell and his World Series record. Hubbell made World Series appearances in 1933, 1936, and 1937 and won MVP in 1936 and 1937. Hubbell found his way onto the All Star Team nine times before his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. Yearly reporters asked him about his legendary moment at the 1934 All-Star Game. He had scored five consecutive strikeouts there: a feat for the ages, considering that all five of the batters he bested were to become among the brightest figures in baseball’s Hall of Fame. Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, and Babe Ruth all failed to master Hub’s baffling screwball while the crowd was hushed in disbelief.
For more information on Okies and the World Series please contact Jason Harris at 405-522-0785 or by email at  Dutch Oven Cooking Class Saturday, October, 23, 2010 1pm – 5pm The Oklahoma History Center offers this hands-on, active participation class to teens and adults. The Dutch Oven class is designed to introduce the students to Dutch Oven cooking. Learn a variety of recipes as you create a dish and discover how to use a Dutch Oven in your back yard. Cost for the class is $10.00. All necessary materials will be provided by the museum. Space is limited so sign up early! Your class will begin inside the museum for background information, instructions on how to care for and clean Dutch Ovens, recipes, and different cooking methods. The majority of the class will be spent outdoors preparing a group meal. All food items and ovens are provided by the center. Please remember to dress for the weather. Also, please no open-toed shoes or sandals. Registration starts September 1st. To register contact Jason Harris at 405-522-0785 or email Universal Design: Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act WebinarWednesday, October 27, 2010 WHAT: This collaboration brings together AAM’s extensive experience in online learning, the outreach capabilities of Smithsonian Affiliates, and the world-renowned expertise of the Smithsonian’s Accessibility Program. The webinar will offer a unique online/onsite learning opportunity. Museum professionals will have the option to participate in the webinar with their peers across the country - not only by gathering online, but also by visiting Smithsonian Affiliate museums nationwide who will serve as hosts for regional gatherings and offer interactive programming around the webinar topic. HOW: Smithsonian Affiliates serve as host sites, providing a discounted $15 registration fee. In addition, Affiliates will host a pre-webinar networking opportunity for participants, full access and interaction to the live webinar, and a post-webinar discussion to explore common questions with colleagues. WHY: The goal is to provide an opportunity for museum peers to become more aware of issues affecting museum accessibility and to share their mutual concerns, both online and in-person. The addition of onsite gatherings to complement online content allows museum peers at the local level to share common problems and issues around this topic, and collectively find creative, cost-effective solutions that benefit a city’s cultural environment as a whole. Speakers include: Beth Ziebarth, Director of the Smithsonian’s Accessibility Program; Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Centered Design; and Mr. Ray Bloomer, Director of Education and Technical Assistance for the National Center on Accessibility. Registration is $15. Deadline to register is October 22, 2010. Download the registration form - PDF.This webinar is made possible through the generous support of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. For additional information contact Jason Harris at (405) 522-0785 or email  Beyond the Laughter Join us for a special discussion on World War II through the eyes of Bill Mauldin, Willie and Joe on November 4. This lecture is presented by Dr. James Baker, professor of history at the University of Central Oklahoma. Topics for the discussion include:
Doors open at 6pm and the program begins at 7pm. Admission is free. For more information contact Jason Harris at 405-522-0785 or  Make a Light Saturday, November 6, 2010, from 10am to 3pm. This is a hands-on bees’ wax candle making event that is included with your museum admission. You and each member of your party will have the opportunity to personally make a historic candle. All of the equipment and materials will be provided by the museum. You can make a candle by pouring wax into a mold, by dipping a wick into melted wax, or by rolling a sheet of bees’ wax over a wick. Best of all you can take it home. You’ll have fun, learn something, and you will have a unique candle to take with you. For more information contact Walter Eskridge at 405-522-0791 or email |
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Biographer Fritz Buckallew will be available to sign copies of his book, A Pitcher’s Moment Carl Hubbell And the Quest for Baseball Immortality. The book chronicles Carl Hubbell’s rise from an Oklahoma village through fifteen years of major league pitching excellence. The book also looks at his influence beyond that as a top executive with his Giants (in New York and San Francisco). It’s a compelling tale of a pitcher who became much more than a baseball player.