Cherokee Strip Museum, Oklahoma, United States
4.0 (6 reviews) Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Perry History Museums
Easy day trip and well worth it!
This is an easy stop off of I-35, but don't miss the town of Perry as well. We had lunch in town and then explored the museum. Great place for an outdoor stretch break, you could picnic there while watching the stream trip over rocks and slip under a small walking bridge. Take in the outdoor exhibits - school house and equipment shed. Some playground equipment that would have been on my playground decades ago! The museum is clean, well cared for and offers good history lessons for all ages.
Address
2617 W Fir St, Perry, OK 73077-7903
Mobile
Website
http://www.cherokee-strip-museum.org/museum.htm
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday :
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 19:08
User Ratings
4.0 based on (6 reviews)
Reviews
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3ellenbee56 5:00 PM Jan 15, 2023
small but interesting
We stopped here recently and enjoyed looking around at the exhibits, which introduced us (we’re from eastern PA) to the Cherokee Strip Land Run and early settlement and development in this part of OK. We also learned about the founding of the Sonic restaurants. Outside is the Rose Hill School and some farming implements on display. There are numerous picnic tables scattered about for enjoying a picnic lunch on a nice day. We combined our 30-minute visit here with the Cherokee Strip Heritage Center in Enid and the Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher (see separate reviews) for a nice day’s outing. There is plentiful free onsite parking, and admission is very reasonable.
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4Joan W 5:00 PM Apr 30, 2018
Interesting Stop
This small but informative museum is located in a five acre wooded area a short distance from I-35. Picnic tables are provided. A wooden bridge leads to the Rose Hill School which visitors can check out and area students can spend a day experiencing what is was like to attend a 1895 one room school. A blacksmith's shop has recently opened. An older home has been moved to the site but is not open for visitors yet. Inside are exhibits on the Land Run on Sept. 16, 1893, the largest ever in the US, that has been called "The Greatest Competitve Event in Human History" when over 100,000 people sought one of 42,000 sections of land. There are also Native American artifacts and exhibits telling of the life of a homesteader in this part of Oklahoma. Among the displays are a kitchen, dressmaker shop, school room and a doctor's office. Everything is wheelchair accessible. All ages would find something of interest. I spent about an hour here. In warmer weather families could enjoy the inviting setting and bring a picnic lunch.
