Cherokee Heritage Center, Oklahoma, United States
4.5 (174 reviews) Temporarily closed - Closed until further notice Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #1 in Park Hill Speciality Museums • History Museums
Simply amazing
An independent nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve, promote, and teach Cherokee history, heritage, and culture. The center sits on 44 beautiful acres in historic Park Hill, Oklahoma and is home to the Diligwa Cherokee Village, an outdoor living history attraction, a genealogy library, and the Cherokee National Museum and Archives plus a permanent exhibit on the Trail of Tears and 1500 square feet of exhibit space with changing exhibits.
Address
21192 S. Keeler Drive, Park Hill, OK 74451
Mobile
Website
http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/
Working hours
Opening Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 15:49
User Ratings
4.5 based on (174 reviews)
Reviews
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4OKExplorer 5:00 PM Jun 6, 2013
A better village is now open.
The new Village at the Cherokee Heritage is now open. The updated ancient village is very nice. This is a "must see" attraction for the whole family.
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4Hotel_5150 5:00 PM May 9, 2010
A good gateway to the Trail of Tears
If you aren't familiar with this part of US history, the heritage center offers a good gateway to learning about the Trail of Tears, albeit from the Cherokee perspective. The kids found the exhibits entertaining and were wide eyed at one exhibit they dubbed the 'ghost room', portraying a group of destitute looking Indians walking forward in sorrow. It actually is a moving experience at times. As somewhat of an intellect but not all savvy on this part of history, I found it informative to the point of at least learning of why it was called "The Trail of Tears." The ancient village of Tsa La Gi as an experience was good, but could have been so much more. The village is in woeful need of more actors to make it come alive. It seemed sleepy and at one point I found myself fighting a major case of the yawns. But my kids may disagree, we all found the blow gun demonstration and arrow head crafting stops to be very cool. The Ancient Village tour guide "Wildcat" was endearing and entertaining and made up for the lack of activity. His obvious deep knowledge and love of the Cherokee culture, history & lifestyle was impressive and brought the mission of the center into focus.
