Plan an Unforgettable Birthday at the Sam Noble Museum!
Do you know a young adventurer who’s wild about dinosaurs, animals and exploration? Plan them a birthday party at the Sam Noble Museum! Let us take care of the set-up, clean-up and entertainment as you spend an unforgettable day at the museum with friends and family. Explore the dropdown menus below for more information on planning your next birthday celebration!
Availability
Parties can be reserved at the following time slots:
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. | 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. | 3 to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 to 3 p.m. | 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Birthday parties are reserved on a first come, first serve basis and availability is limited. Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance.
For more information, questions or to book, you can contact our visitor services department at (405)325-7975 or email reservations.samnoblemuseum@ou.edu.
Party Packages
Spike’s Birthday Party Package: $275 Museum Members / $300 Non-Members
Spike’s Birthday Party Package includes:
- Free museum admission for up to 20 total youth and adults (museum members not counted towards total)
- Reserved room usage, tables and chairs for 2 hours
- Your choice of colored paper products, table covers and décor
- A dinosaur-themed coloring activity for the group
- Personalized ‘Happy Birthday!’ slide displayed on the museum monitors the day of your party
- Birthday host to facilitate your visit
- T-shirt for the birthday child
- Set-up, breakdown and cleanup
- E-vites (will be emailed to you with your party details)
Additional Amenities:
- Additional Guests ($9 adult / $11 youth)
- Party Favors ($2.50 per bag) – Party favor bags include a Dino Mask and other dinosaur goodies
- Spike’s Card ($5 per card) – Redeemable for items in our Excavations Gift Store. Added to your party favor bags. Spike’s Cards hold no value, are one-time use, cannot be replaced if lost or stolen and expire one (1) year from the date of the birthday party.
- Gift Cards – Want to gift a toy store shopping spree? Gift Cards to Excavations the Museum Store can be purchased for any amount and do not expire.
- Additional Party Activity #1 ($50): Pick-a-Puppet – Your child can pick a dinosaur or fox puppet to create and color! You and your group will have 30 minutes of private access to the discovery room to play, create, color and construct your puppets.
- Additional Party Activity #2 ($25): Gallery Activity – Your choice of a dinosaur or fox themed gallery activity. Follow your birthday guide to the correct gallery for both kids and parents to explore. Find the answers to our gallery activities to become official museum explorers!
Food and Decoration Options
Party planners are welcome to use our listed catering options or to bring their own food! Because some food items and materials can attract pests or cause harm to our collections, several restrictions have been placed on what can be brought into the building. Please review the Birthday Party Guidelines tab for additional information.
Museum Food Packages Include:
The Sandwich Package ($200)
- 3-inch Hoagie-Style Sandwiches
- 10 full-sized sandwiches or 20 half sandwiches
- Your choice of turkey, ham, chicken salad, veggie sandwiches or any combination of options
- Potato Chips
The Pizza Package ($200)
- 12-inch Thin-Crust Pizzas
- 10 pizzas (additional pizzas can be requested for $16.50 each)
- Your choice of cheese, pepperoni or any combination of the two
Drinks ($1 per person) – The museum offers tea (sweetened and unsweetened) and lemonade. Water is also available for no charge.
Cupcakes ($50) – 24 dinosaur-themed cupcakes in either chocolate or vanilla flavors
All listed prices include sales tax
Birthday Party Guidelines
The Sam Noble Museum is one of the most renowned university-based museums in the world. We preserve over 10 million artifacts and specimens representing the natural and cultural history of our world.
To protect the museum’s collections from damage and pests, we need your help!
Please review the important guidelines below and pass the information on to your party guests. If you have any questions, please contact our visitor services department at (405) 325-7977 or visitor.samnoblemuseum@ou.edu.
- Food – Cake, snacks, candies, and other food items can be brought into the museum, but must remain in the designated party space or on the cart provided by your party host. Due to time limitations, the museum does not allow deliveries of food to birthday parties.
- Drinks – Please bring only individual servings of beverages without colored dyes. Examples of acceptable beverages include clear or brown sodas such as Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Capri-Sun, bottled juice or juice boxes and bottled water. Please do not bring beverages with a colored dyes. Examples of prohibited beverages include Kool-Aid, fruit punch, grape juice, orange soda or beverages in 2-liter or gallon bottles.
- Decorations – You are welcome to bring additional table decorations and party decorations. However the following materials are not allowed in the museum: Balloons (with or without helium), glitter, confetti, streamers, crepe paper, wall decorations, or any items made from organic materials (e.g. live plants, moss, straw, feathers, potpourri, etc).
- Candles – Open flames including lit candles are strictly prohibited inside and outside of museum property.
- Plates, Utensils and Service Ware – Visitors are welcome to bring their own paper products for a party such as napkins, plates, forks, spoons, etc. Serving utensils can be provided for cutting cakes. Guests are asked to use plastic bags instead of paper sacks for transporting items. Coolers and Tupperware-style containers are permitted. Corrugated cardboard boxes are NOT allowed inside museum.
- Miscellaneous – All food, other items and gifts brought in by your guests must be placed on the cart(s) provided by your Spike Party Pal. Your Spike Party Pal will set up the party area with your items. Use of electrical appliances and devices requires prior approval.
- Photography or video taken at a party is permitted for personal use only. Visitors are asked to obtain permission from other museum guests, families, staff, employees and volunteers before including them in photos.
Rescheduling and Refunds
Payment is required at the time of the reservation and cannot be refunded.
Cancellations made more than two weeks before the scheduled reservation date can be rescheduled.
Cancellations made less than two weeks before the reservation date will forfeit payment.
For more information, questions or to book, you can contact our visitor services department at (405)325-7975 or email reservations.samnoblemuseum@ou.edu.
