Upcoming Events

Can you solve the mystery at the museum? Put on your thinking cap and explore the museum’s galleries to complete nature-themed challenges and a craft to discover the clues. Work together to assemble the clues and solve the case! Deadline to Register: January 21 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program's theme is animals.  Deadline to Register: February 1 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Friday, February 19, 6 to 8 p.m. Have you ever wanted to be a paleontologist? Join us after hours at the museum for an adventure of prehistoric proportions! We will learn about paleontology, meet a paleontologist, complete a simulated excavation and explore our new temporary exhibit, Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice! Deadline to Register: February 11 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This week's particular program theme is color.  Deadline to Register: February 15 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Explore how photography can be used to convey different meanings of a subject. Photographer Charles Ruston will give an introduction to foundational concepts of photography before providing prompts and guiding participants through museum grounds as they take photographs using their own cameras. Charles Rushton is a Norman photographer, specializing in portraiture and street photography. He teaches classes on digital photography and has had work purchased and displayed nationally and internationally at art galleries and museums including the New Mexico (art)…

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program's theme is dinosaurs.  Deadline to Register: March 1 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Join the Cleveland County Horticulture Educator to explore what plants are best to cultivate a pollinator garden! Learn about the importance of pollinators, what types of plants attract these critical organisms in our ecosystem and have the opportunity to ask all your gardening questions as we explore gardens on museum grounds. Then, you’ll plant seeds to grow at home to attract pollinators in your garden! Deadline to Register: March 12 Price: $25 (Member) $35 (Non-Member)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program's theme is bubbles. Deadline to Register: March 15 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program’s theme is insects. Deadline to Register: April 5 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Learn the basics of how boomerangs fly before getting the chance to throw them. Working together, create a boomerang using household materials and experiment with changing the shape to change how it flies through the air! Deadline to Register: April 8 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Get ready to go to the moon! Experiment with making craters, meet an astronomer, learn tips for stargazing at home and make a craft that is out of this world! Deadline to Register: April 15 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program’s theme is weather. Deadline to Register: April 19 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Whether designed to travel long distances or return quickly, boomerangs come in a multitude of shapes and sizes! Join us to see a demonstration of different boomerang types, practice throwing and constructing them, and experiment with making your own boomerangs using household materials. Deadline to Register: April 22 Price: $25 (Member) $35 (Non-Member)

Discover the language of frogs with your family! We will meet at a Norman park and learn about frog calls, habitats and identification from a herpetologist before setting out to explore the night life of Oklahoma frogs. Deadline to Register: April 30 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Little Scientists is for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Introduce your little learner to science concepts through doing, discovering and making! Each stand-alone program explores a different theme and features stories, games, songs, crafts and museum exploration. This particular program’s theme is plants. Deadline to Register: May 3 Price: $5 (Member Adult or Youth) and $7 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)

Bring a family keepsake and learn more about the proper care and preservation techniques for your unique treasure. Proper methods for storing textiles, documents, photographs, silver and other historic objects will be demonstrated. Participants will receive sample archival supplies to take home and use. Deadline to Register: May 6 Price: $25 (Member) $35 (Non-Member)

Step back in time to discover dinosaurs! Join us for an evening exploring fossils, learning about how dinosaurs lived, creating a craft to take home and more! Experience the temporary exhibit, Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice, in a new way before it closes! Deadline to Register: May 13 Price: $10 (Member Adult or Youth) and $15 (Non-Member Adult or Youth)