OHS extra!, 02/05/2014

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February 5, 2014
Special Gallery Opening
Sunday, February 9 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Oklahoma History Center | Oklahoma City, OK
On Sunday, February 9, the Oklahoma History Center will host a special
opening of the newly renovated Kerr-McGee Gallery for OHS members
from 2 to 4 p.m. The gallery features new expanded exhibits with major
updates and all new content and artifacts. Included are exhibits on the
steamboat Heroine, the African American experience in Oklahoma,
Oklahoma military history, and the oil and gas industry.
On May 6, 1838, a steamboat
called Heroine was traveling
up the Red River to deliver
supplies to Fort Towson in
what is now Choctaw County
in southeast Oklahoma when
it struck a submerged log and
sank. Pieces of the ship and
some of its contents have
been collected and are now
on display, 175 years later. Interactive touchscreens, hands-on elements,
reconstructed machinery, and excavated artifacts tell the story of the
earliest steamboat to be recovered and studied by archaeologists.
Visitors will not only get a glimpse of life during this formative period in US
history, but also will experience the mystery of the Heroine and how its
story was brought to light through archaeological evidence and historical
research.
OHS EVENTS
Fort Towson:
2/8, Basket Making
Workshop, 10am, (580) 873-
2634
Oklahoma History
Center:
2/6, Black History Month:
Movie Screening: The
Loving Story, 7pm, (405)
522-3602
2/9, Special Opening of
Kerr-McGee Gallery, 2pm,
(405) 522-5242
2/15, Black History Month:
Gallery Walk and Talk,
10:30am, (405) 522-3602
2/15, Traditional Candle
Making Class, 10am, (405)
522-3602
2/20, Black History Month:
Civil Rights and the
Constitution, Panel
Discussion, 7pm, (405) 522-
3602