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Goodbye, Gilcrease

You have five more days (Wednesday, June 30, 2021, to Sunday, July 4, 2021) to visit Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum, before the museum, as you've known it for the last 57 years, goes away forever.

Posted by Michael Bates on June 29, 2021 9:51 PM

Council to change tax ordinance to enable Gilcrease demolition

Back at the beginning of March, we reported that Gilcrease Museum would not be renovated and expanded, as Tulsa voters were promised in April 2016, but would instead be demolished and rebuilt as a smaller facility, with the help of funding from the University of Tulsa and other donors. The...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 22, 2020 2:18 AM

Tulsa Election 2013: Proposition 2: The "Improve Our Tulsa" sales tax

In addition to voting for mayor next Tuesday, Tulsans will also decide whether to re-elect or replace the City Auditor, and will vote on three ballot propositions. Prop. 1 involves raising the city councilor salary to $24,000 per year. Prop. 2 and 3 are collectively called "Improve Our Tulsa" and...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 9, 2013 11:37 PM

George Washington at Gilcrease: Final week

This is the final week to see a piece of George Washington's Mount Vernon right here in Tulsa. The traveling exhibition "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon" at Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum. The exhibition's final day is September 23, 2012. The exhibit goes beyond the familiar basic...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 17, 2012 12:08 PM

Ansel Adams exhibit at Gilcrease: final weekend

This afternoon, our family went to Gilcrease Museum to see Ansel Adams: A Legacy, a traveling exhibit of 138 prints by the legendary photographer. Sunday, January 4, 2009, is the final day for the exhibit. Here's a description of the exhibit from the website of the Friends of Photography, the...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 2, 2009 11:30 PM