Celebration Station
4518 E. Skelly Drive
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135
918-493-3331
Summer hours: weekdays 10am.-11pm, weekends open until midnight. School year hours: Monday - Thursday, 10am – 9pm; Friday - Saturday, 10am - midnight; Sunday noon -9pm. Closed Christmas
Admission Charged
Race in go-carts, smash in bumper boats, play miniature golf. A '50s-style diner and video arcade help keep the whole family happy.
Bell's Amusement Park
3901 E. 21st St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
918-744-1991
Open weekends April, May and September; daily June through August. Group rates are available.
Admission charged
Scream out loud as you crest the top of Zingo, an authentic, old-fashioned wooden roller coaster. Log rides, Ferris wheel, bumper boats, midway games, lots of kiddy rides, and a putt-putt golf course make this park a favorite of Tulsa families and visitors alike.
Big Splash Water Park
4707 E. 21st St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
918-749-7385
Open daily Memorial Day through Labor Day
Admission charged
Cool off and have fun in the sun with seven-story-tall water slides, wave pool, float ride and children's pool.
Discoveryland!
5529 S Lewis Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74105
Located five miles west of state Hwy 97 on West 41st Street (Sand Springs)
918.245.OKLA
Open early June – late August, Monday – Saturday. Call for additional information
Admission Charged
Enjoy Rodgers' and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma at Discoveryland's outdoor amphitheater, where cowboys race on stage astride real ponies. This is a timeless story filled with laughter, romance and drama as cowboys and ranchers settle Oklahoma's wide open spaces. In addition, Oklahoma alternates performances with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, another award-winning, rollicking frontier musical. Before the shows, visitors can chow down at the cattleman's ranch dinner, ride a pony, watch Native American dancing, or visit the Indian trading post where they will find Native American art, beadwork, crafts and jewelry. It's fun for the whole family, and children with a parent get in free. Call for reservations in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the gate just prior to performance if available.
Fair Meadows
4609 E 21st St.
Tulsa, OK 74114
918-743-RACE
Call for days and hours of operation
Admission Charged
Live horse racing on the Fair Meadows track during summer meets and Simulcast Racing from tracks around the nation in the state-of-the-art Simulcast Racing & Sports Bar.
Geoscience Center
8801 S Yale Ave
Tulsa, OK 74137
918-497-5555
Open Tuesday - Friday, 2 - 5pm. Tours scheduled by reservation, Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 2pm. Museum closed some holidays
Admission Free
This museum, sponsored by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, provides an introduction to geophysics and its value in our personal lives to students of all ages, including K-12 and university level. The museum offers an exciting introduction to science, specifically geophysics, and encourages young students to consider a career in geophysics.
Golf World
8101 S. Garnett Road (Broken Arrow)
Tulsa, OK 74012
918-252-9797
Open year-round, when the temperature is above 50 degrees. Monday - Friday, 1 - 10pm; Saturday, 10am - 10pm; Sunday, 1 - 8:30pm
Admission Charged
Get ready for the mini golf pro tour at Golf World! After visitors conquer the mini links, they can race a go-cart or compete with video games.
Oxley Nature Center
6700 Mohawk Blvd.
(Mohawk Park, north of Tulsa Zoo)
Tulsa, OK 74117
918-669-6644
Open year-round 8am - 5pm. Closed some holidays
Admission Free
Get up close and personal with nature on the trails that wind through this 800-acre wildlife sanctuary. Guided tours are available by appointment. The visitor center has hands-on exhibits of area plants and wildlife. Handicapped accessible.
Redbud Valley Nature Preserve
6700 Mohawk Blvd
Tulsa, OK 74117
918-669-6644
Open Wednesday - Sunday, 8am - 5pm
Admission Free
The Redbud Valley Nature Preserve is a place of quiet beauty and rugged scenery. On a one-mile trail, visitors will see plants and animals found nowhere else in northeastern Oklahoma. Go slowly, open the senses and enjoy the wonders of this unique place.
River City Tours
918-688-5345
Tours given April 1-October 31 (regular season) and weather permitting off-season. Call for additional information
Admission Charged
See Tulsa and the Arkansas River from a new perspective with this exciting airboat tour. Travel upriver to the Keystone Dam or downriver to the new Oklahoma Aquarium on the only craft capable of negotiating every part of Tulsa's river. Tours can be custom designed. Tickets can be purchased at the River's Edge Restaurant (19th and Riverside), or by contacting the tour company.
Tulsa Air and Space Museum
7130 E Apache St
Tulsa, OK 74115
918-834-9900
The museum is open Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 4pm; Saturday, 10am – 5pm; Sunday, 1 - 4pm. Closed major holidays
Admission Charged
The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is dedicated to preserving not just general aviation but Tulsa's rich aviation history. Exhibits include an F-14 Tomcat, Bell 47-K helicopter, shuttle launch cockpit simulator, wind tunnel, and airplane simulator(s). Enjoy the computer-simulation lab and view several rare airplanes, including the Spartan C-3 biplane built in Tulsa in 1930 and purchased by W.G. Skelly when he began Spartan Aircraft Co. Also see the C-2 monoplane, a trainer used at Spartan School of Aeronautics.
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum
6421 E. 36th St. North (Mohawk Park)
Tulsa, OK 74115
918-669-6601
Open daily 9am - 5pm. Closed Christmas and the third Friday in June
Admission Charged
Ready to go on safari? At the Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum, visitors can trek through rain forests and climates cold enough for penguins—all in the space of an afternoon. Located on 78 acres within Tulsa's Mohawk Park (the third largest municipal park in the country), the zoo displays nearly 1,500 animals (436 species), many of them rare and endangered. Watch animals in such exhibits as the Tropical Rain Forest, North American Living Museum, Elephant Encounter, Children's Zoo, Animal Kingdom, Sea Lions, Bear and Cat Grottos, African Savanna and Aldabra Tortoises. A favorite stop is the Chimpanzee Connection, which allows up-close encounters with the zoo's chimpanzee group.
Ida Dennie Willis Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
628 N. Country Club Drive
Tulsa, OK 74127
918-584-6654
Open Wednesday - Saturday, 11:30am - 4:30pm. Closed major holidays.
Admission Charged
View more than 2,000 dolls, dollhouses, miniatures, and a delightful mechanical carnival.
Mac's Antique Car Museum
1319 E. Fourth St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74115
918-583-7400
Open Saturday - Sunday, noon – 5pm.
Admission Charged
Glimpse yesteryear through a collection of antique automobiles.
Greenwood Cultural Center
322 N. Greenwood Ave.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120
918-596-1001
Call for tours and information. Open Monday - Friday, 9am – 5pm; Saturday,
10am – 1pm. Closed major holidays
Admission Charged
This center recognizes and honors Oklahoma jazz musicians, documenting and reserving their works in jazz, blues, and gospel art forms. Includes a library, listening kiosks, and a
Hall of Fame pictorial gallery.
Gilcrease Museum
1400 Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127
918-596-2700
Tuesday - Sunday, 10am – 4pm. Public tours daily at 2pm. Closed Mondays and Christmas Day
Admission Free, Donations Accepted
North American history comes alive at Gilcrease Museum, home of one of the world's largest and most comprehensive collections of art of the American West. Gilcrease Museum features more than 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by 400 artists from colonial times to the present. See the rugged Old West in works by Remington, Russell, Catlin and Moran. Galleries include The American West, About Face: American Portraits, American Genre and Las Artes de Mexico. In addition, Gilcrease has extensive archival and anthropology collections spanning cultures through the 20th century.
The Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 S. Rockford Road
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
918-749-7941
Museum hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am – 5pm; Thursday, 10am – 8pm; Sunday, 10am – 5pm. Closed major holidays
Admission Charged
Formerly the home of oilman Waite Phillips, the Philbrook Museum of Art is an historic villa restored to preserve the grandeur of the 1920s. Nestled in one of Tulsa's oldest neighborhoods, Philbrook exhibits more than 8,500 works of art, including Italian renaissance art, classical and Oriental pieces, and extensive Native American collections. As one of America's Top 65 art museums, Philbrook's Italian-style villa is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was featured in the television series “America's Castles.” In addition, Philbrook offers 23 acres of English-style formal gardens.
Nearby Attractions:
Cherokee Hills Resort & Casino
777 West Cherokee Street
Catoosa, OK 74015
800-760-6700
The 41,000-square-foot facility is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Admission Free
Feeling lucky? Try your hand at high-stakes bingo, traditional bingo, electronic gaming and blackjack.
Oklahoma Aquarium
300 Aquarium Drive
Jenks, Oklahoma 74037
918-296-FISH (3474)
Open year-round, 10am – 6pm, Tuesday until 9pm. Closed some major holidays. Admission Charged
With more than 200 exhibits and more than 1 million gallons of water, visitors can “sea” it all at the Oklahoma Aquarium. Visit this exciting new facility to see the many mysterious and wonderful creatures of the ocean that now make their home right here in Oklahoma. There's also a collection devoted entirely to fishing tackle. Handicapped accessible.
Perryman Wrangler Ranch
11524 S Elwood Ave
Jenks, OK 74037-2046
918-299-2997
Call for days and hours of operation
Admission Charged
Mosey on down to the Perryman Ranch, part of the first ranch established by the pioneer Perryman family in 1896. Two hundred acres remain of the 250,000 acres originally operated by this frontier family. Visitors can pretend they are back in the Wild, Wild West and cheer on the good guys in staged outlaw shootouts, eat cowboy fare around a campfire, enjoy a hayride, and watch Native American dancers. Reservations required.
Tulsa Port of Catoosa and Arkansas River Historical Society Museum
5350 Cimarron Rd
Catoosa, OK 74015
918-266-2291
Open Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm. Closed some holidays
Admission Free
Visit the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, head of the 445-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System that links Tulsa with the world and foreign ports by way of the Mississippi River and Port of New Orleans.
Blue Bell Creameries
8201 E Highway 51
Broken Arrow, OK 74014
918-258-5100
Tours are by appointment Monday - Friday and last 30-45 minutes
Admission Charged
Come see how the "Best Ice Cream In The Country" is made at Blue Bell Creameries. Visitors will view the Dry Storage area, Processing and the Production Departments through glass windows, and then watch a short video on the history of Blue Bell. A sample scoop of Blue Bell ice cream is served at the end of each tour.
Shopping:
Brookside
33rd to 52nd Streets on S. Peoria Ave.
This historic district, filled with quaint boutiques, art galleries, antique shops and trendy restaurants, turns into a neon avenue at night, with clubs and bars bringing out crowds for nightlife.
Cherry Street/15 th Street District
15th Street east of S. Peoria Ave.
The Cherry Street area, redeveloped in the early 1980s, is known for architecture, antiques and fine dining. Gift shops and antiques, salons and a Saturday morning Farmer's Market during the growing season make this area an interesting place to wander.
Jenk's, America
Take a trip back in time while wandering the antique shops and tearooms in the heart of the Jenks downtown district. West of the Arkansas River on S. 96th Street, Jenks is fondly known as the Antiques and Crafts Capital of Oklahoma.
SouthRoads
41st Street and S. Yale Ave.
Browse at Barnes & Noble, or catch the latest flick at the AMC 20 movie theaters. Other stores include Oshman's Sporting Goods, Old Navy, Office Max, Paper Warehouse and restaurant TGI Friday's.
The Farm Shopping Center
51st Street and S. Sheridan Road
A little bit of country in the heart of town, this tree-lined center features a restored rustic barn and boardwalk-style walks between shops. More than 40 national, regional, and local retailers and an assortment of restaurants create a convenient shopping experience.
Utica Square
21st Street and S. Utica Ave.
Utica Square is a Tulsa original, offering shoppers a unique variety of upscale local and national retail shops and restaurants. This outdoor shopping center features 36 varieties of trees, meticulously designed flower beds, water fountains, English telephone booths, wrought iron benches and Old World tower clocks.
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