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Explore the state’s natural and cultural history, from dinosaurs to Indigenous peoples and Oklahoma habitats. Collections Take a look behind the scenes of 12 museum collections and learn about our experts’ research from around the world.
Sam Noble Museum The Sam Noble Museum at The University of Oklahoma inspires minds to understand the world through collection-based research, interpretation, and education. Oklahoma’s Museum of Natural History
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is the officially designated natural history museum for the State of Oklahoma, located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The museum was founded in 1899 by an act of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature.
On May 1, 2000, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History opened its doors to a new 198,000 square foot facility housing 12 collections, labs, libraries, offices and exhibit space.
This University Museum which traces several millions of years of Oklahoma's natural life is one of the best natural history museums I have ever seen. Its gigantic dinosaurs are not Hollywood reproductions but skeletons of Pentaceratops, Apatosaurus, etc. found in Oklahoma.
Six breathtaking galleries give you an in-depth tour of more than 500 million years of Oklahoma's fascinating natural history. Explore Oklahoma's indigenous people, native landscapes and dinosaurs including the worlds largest Apatosaurus and a Guinness-World-Record-Holding Pentaceratops.
Sam Noble Museum, Norman, Oklahoma. 17,261 likes · 136 talking about this · 42,012 were here. Understanding the world through collection-based research, interpretation and education.
