Category Archives: Museums/Events

Oklahoma Railway Museum ~OKC, OK

We were not ready to go home yet after going to the Museum of Osteology so we stopped by the Oklahoma Railway Museum for a short visit.

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It actually worked out pretty perfectly.

They had a playground for the kids to play on and they got to go inside some of the rail cars!

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This is my favorite shirt…

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It is free so a quick stop worked out great!

Everyone got any extra energy out for the drive back!

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Just for fun I looked up pictures from the last time we went for our oldest’s birthday.

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2010 train ride at the Railway Museum!

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Seems like a different lifetime.

Museum of Osteology ~OKC, OK

This place is really cool and the staff is super friendly.

The Museum of Osteology or if you are like me the Bone Museum(I did not want to fumble the name when I said it out loud) is small but like nothing I have seen before.

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They provide scavenger hunts and give a prize out for finishing.

Little bit was sure she was doing exactly what the big kids were doing…

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It is oddly fascinating to see all these animals just as skeletons.

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The kids were determined to finish their scavenger hunts!

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There are two floors to the museum and it is laid out like a box, with displays along the perimeter as well as bigger displays in the middle.

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Check out the Skulls Unlimited site to see some cool videos about how they clean the bones.

The even had Mike Rowe do a dirty jobs with them!

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I look up if museums have scavenger hunts before we go.

They are such great learning tools.

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I like how they made these skeletons come to life.

The snakes still looked menacing.

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The museum offers so much to touch.

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I wanted a pic of Little bit to show the scale of the elephant.

Of course my other children walked into the shot…

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I am not sure how often we will end up going but I am so glad we went at least once!

It was such a unique museum to see!

Dripping Springs Rendezvous ~Okmulgee, OK

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These events just make me happy.

The people at them love history and enjoy sharing that love and knowledge with people.

I am so glad we popped in on the way to the Talimena Drive for my birthday.

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History really comes to life at these events.

You feel like you have stepped back in time.

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If nothing else I hope they came away thinking that history is interesting and alive.

And that it prepped them for the really long drive we took that day to the Ouachita Mts. HA!