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.

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