by Richard Ellwanger | Sep 28, 2023 | News
Fund will create new programs and strengthen educational outreach. A long-sought-after dream was realized this summer with the establishment of a permanent endowment fund dedicated to supporting the museum’s educational programming for youth. The Shermaine...
by Richard Ellwanger | Sep 28, 2023 | Exhibit
The Seminole Nation Museum, in concert with the Historic Preservation Office of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has developed a new exhibition about the famed Mikasuki Academy. The show contains an array of never-before-seen photographs and artifacts...
by Richard Ellwanger | Jul 27, 2023 | News
In honor of what would have been her 107th birthday on July 28, the Seminole Nation Museum is honored to announce its 2023 Joan Roberts Ligon Collection Endowment purchase. Two paintings by renowned Muscogee (Creek) artist Fred Beaver, “Seminole Medicine Man” (1971)...
by Richard Ellwanger | Apr 20, 2023 | Events
It was nearly fifty years ago that the Seminole Nation Museum and the Wewoka Rotary Club conspired to make a little sorghum syrup on a fall day in 1976. The whole affair was undertaken, more than anything, to draw local attention to the newly opened museum and to show...
by Richard Ellwanger | Apr 7, 2023 | News
Beaded bandolier bag crafted by the late Damian Jay McGirt (Seminole/Muscogee) circa 1990. The Seminole Nation Museum purchased the cultural item for its permanent collection through a 2023 Oklahoma Historical Society Heritage Preservation Grant. OKLAHOMA CITY...
