This spring, BAHM is proud to present: “Our Culinary Past” on display from April 7th through July 7th. The exhibit takes visitors on a delectable trek down memory lane of Washington County’s most popular restaurants and how the past shaped the flavors of our community today! Food has served as an essential part of […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our first ever “Breakfast Charcuterie with the Easter Bunny,” event! Chicks and bunnies 10 years or younger, may join us for a hopping good time as we welcome the Easter Bunny! Families can enjoy selfies with our favorite rabbit, an Easter-themed craft, or win a prize […]
Our February Lunch and Learn will be rescheduled for, Thursday, April 17th , 2025, from 12:00-1:00 PM, bring your lunch and a friend and join us, as the museum’s Education Coordinator, Denise Nowlin, presents Bartlesville Weddings Throughout the Years. Explore the vast photographic archives of local historians, Frank Griggs and Bob Heil and the timeless […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our May “Third Thursday Lunch and Learn" event will feature guest speaker and owner and CEO, of Red Dirt Rubs, Tyler Glenn! Red Dirt Rubs is a BBQ and a Steak seasoning company started in Bartlesville, Oklahoma On May 17th, 2018 and has made great strides towards […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is proud to announce a special event for our July Lunch & Learn series. On July 17, 2025 from 12:00-1:00PM, E. Sean Standing Bear, great-grandson to Osage Chief Fred Lookout and Julia Lookout, and grandson of Eugene George Standing Bear and Mary Nora (Lookout). Standing Bear will visit the museum […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our August “Lunch and Learn" event will feature guest speaker, former State representative and Will Rogers Memorial Museum Director, Tad Jones! Jones, became the 6th Executive Director of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and is currently working on a multi-million dollar renovation and rebranding of the Museum. […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our September “Third Thursday Lunch and Learn" event will feature guest speaker, Bob Fraser! Bob fell in love with the magic of Woolaroc as a little boy and fifty years later, that little boy walked through the doors as the CEO of the Frank Phillips Foundation, […]
This Fall, BAHM is proud to present: “Outlaw Trails and Legendary Hideouts” On display from October 1st through January 9th, the exhibit takes visitors on a journey exploring the hideouts infamous outlaws occupied and the trails that led them there. The Sooner State has a pretty wild past and Oklahoma’s outlaw hideouts are a testament […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our “October Lunch and Learn" event will feature guest speaker, Mark Archuleta! Archuleta is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, journalist, and performer. A fifth-generation Coloradoan of Spanish Basque descent, he grew up steeped in the history of the American West and the colorful characters who inhabited it. Archuleta […]
Calling all Boos and Ghouls! The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our annual Spooktacular Halloween Walk! Goblins 10 years or younger, will be guided through BAHM where they can find candy stops and win spooky prizes at game stations. Families can enjoy our ghoulish selfie station and a craft! This is sure […]
The Bartlesville Area History Museum is excited to announce our, "November Lunch and Learn" event will feature guest speaker, Dr. Michelle M. Martin. Dr. Michelle M. Martin is a Michigander by birth and a Kansan and Okie by choice. Martin is a historian who earned her doctorate at the University of New Mexico in May […]
On November 20, 2025, at 12:00 PM, we will be taking a journey across town to explore one of Bartlesville’s hidden gems, the La Quinta Mansion at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, 2201 Silver Lake Road. Join Education Coordinator, Denise Nowlin, as she spins a tale of the genius of Edward Delk, the architect of the mansion, […]