Category: United States

There are few museums that I can’t describe in a half-dozen photos and some text. This is one of those. It’s the first museum I’ve visited that documents and explains the treatment of the First Americans from their point of view, from initial encounters with outsiders to the present day. This is a place of truth, of telling the lived experiences of the 39 tribes that now reside in Oklahoma. It’s not an easy place to visit, nor a quick in-and-out experience. There’s a lot of reading, a fair amount of comparing what you were taught in school (or not…

If you ever thought banjos were boring instruments that belong at the bottom of the ocean (an old banjo joke), you’ve never visited this place!

Drive out of the traffic and noise of downtown Oklahoma City, aim for the flat lands to the southeast, and look for a brown building next to a big warehouse. Congratulations, you’ve arrived at the Museum of Osteology, more commonly known around these parts as the Skeleton Museum. And, oh, is it worth the drive!