Oklahoma's art museums are some of the easiest in the region to see for free. In Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art — home to a soaring 55-foot Chihuly glass tower — is free to everyone on the second Sunday of each month through Art Bridges' 'Access for All' program, and the city's striking Oklahoma Contemporary art center is free every single day. Down in Norman, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma is free for all on the second Friday of every month. And while Tulsa's beloved Philbrook Museum of Art (an Italian villa surrounded by 25 acres of gardens) isn't free, it drops admission to just $5 every Friday night. Every entry below was checked against the museum's own admission page.
A few more ways to save: Philbrook also offers $1 admission every day to Museums for All (EBT/SNAP) cardholders, as does the Fred Jones museum, and reduced EBT admission is common across Oklahoma's science and history museums. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art gives Bank of America cardholders free admission the first full weekend of each month and free admission to active military and families each summer (Blue Star). Note that the OKC Museum of Art's adult ticket is now $19.95 (kids 17 and under are always free). Two big OKC museums worth knowing about — the First Americans Museum and the Oklahoma History Center — don't have a recurring free day, but both offer discounted tribal, senior, and military rates.
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Regularly $19.95 adultsThe Oklahoma City Museum of Art, in the heart of downtown, is free to visitors of all ages on the second Sunday of every month thanks to Art Bridges' 'Access for All' program (OKCMOA is the only Oklahoma art museum to receive the grant). Regular admission is $19.95 ($17.95 seniors, $12.95 college students), and children 17 and under are always free. The museum holds the world's largest public collection of Dale Chihuly glass, crowned by a 55-foot tower in the atrium. Free tickets for the second Sunday release about a week ahead.
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Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Regularly $12 adultsThe Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma is free to everyone on the second Friday of each month. Regular admission is just $12 to begin with, and it's always free for visitors 17 and under, OU students and staff, members, active-duty military and veterans, and SNAP/EBT cardholders. The collection is a standout for a university museum — it includes the Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism, one of the largest gifts of Impressionist art ever made to an American public university.
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Philbrook Museum of Art
Regularly $20 adultsPhilbrook isn't free, but it's one of the great cheap evenings in Tulsa: every Friday night the 1920s Italian Renaissance villa and its 25 acres of formal gardens drop general admission to just $5 (regular admission is $20, free for kids 2 and under and members). The museum stays open until 9 p.m. on Fridays. Even better, Philbrook offers $1 admission every day to Museums for All (EBT/SNAP) cardholders. Reserve a timed ticket online; parking is free.
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No free day needed — these flagship museums never charge general admission.