Oklahoma Hall of Fame at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum

It’s been a while since my visit but I remember it fondly. The building and grounds were absolutely beautiful. And the exhibits were informative. If you like history or pop culture you will enjoy them. I liked the one on Will Rogers and was surprised by how well faceted he was. Worth a visit if you are a local or passing through.

I love this beautiful building and more importantly the state pride they instill into their visitors. You can learn the stories of well known Okies like Reba and Will Rodgers but also inspiring stories from Jim Shoulders and Greg Burns. I also love the exhibit with T Boone Pickens quotes called ‘Boonisms’ they will make you laugh.
Their gift shop is also amazing. It is my go-​to for all things local and Oklahoma themed. From their huge collections of books, to jewelry, ornaments and adorable tee shirts you will find something for everyone.

Man, I wish I had a better review to write about this place. My wedding was there over Memorial Day weekend just 2 weeks ago. The wedding itself was WONDERFUL. We were in a flash flood, so even though we had planned to have the ceremony and cocktail hour outside, we ended up doing both things indoors. Which was fine. Not what I wanted, but on your wedding day, it turns out you don’t really care about these kinds of details. It was beautiful regardless. The venue is BEAUTIFUL. I can’t say enough good things about that. But as my mom always says, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. And in my final moments there, as a bride, they lost ALL POINTS.
Here is the issue I had… We had two rooms on the 3^rd floor for the groomsmen and bridesmaids to get ready in. We didn’t TRASH the rooms. The bridesmaids were there getting ready for about 45 minutes, hardly time to trash the place. HOWEVER, when we were leaving to go to the reception site, we cleared all of our personal items from the room, and left the plastic covers from the dresses, and some hangers in the room. After all, the trash can they give you is only a small bathroom sized one.
We are about to board our party bus for the reception and the venue coordinator walks up to MY MOM and myself and goes «Are you the mother of the bride?», my mom said «yes» and she goes «Then you better get upstairs and clean that room, or we will charge you a $ 500 cleaning fee». UM. RUDE. I’m fine with cleaning the room, but provide us with a TRASH CAN. And how dare you talk to my mother that way given the amount of money she SPENT RENTING THE PLACE. I have no idea whether this cleaning fee was written in the contract, it probably was. Again, it was just plastic dress covers and hangers, but the way she talked to my mom, in front of me and my mother in law, was LUDICROUS.
Cheevers saw the whole thing go down, and was so mortified, that THEY offered to clean the rooms up for us, so we could get to the party. 10 STARS FOR CHEEVERS.
The people that run this museum are flat our RUDE. My wedding was great. I loved every second. But they need to find new venue coordinators. People with some TACT.

This review is for using the museum as a wedding venue.
While driving all around OKC looking for a wedding venue and becoming disheartened over the lack of non-​church venues with a beautiful setting and reasonable rental price, we stumbled upon this beautiful place. We thought it would be expensive, and almost didn’t go inside… but luckily we did.
This place is used to doing weddings and we had someone there helping us along the way (at the time it was Carly and she is AMAZING, she might still be there but I’m not 100% sure). And like I said, it fit our budget. Also, the rates to book as a venue are tax deductible because it is viewed as a donation.
We chose to do the ceremony and reception here, with the ceremony being on the second floor with beautiful marble floors and staircase, and the reception on the top floor with an amazing sunset view! I’ve also seen a lot of people do ceremonies on the front steps outside and receptions in their gorgeous courtyard in the back. There’s dressing rooms inside as well as a decent amount of bathrooms.
Planning was a breeze with Carly and they also work with Cheevers as a caterer (Rococo is also a caterer). What I really liked was that communication was top notch and the caterer and venue worked together flawlessly.
Like most weddings, something tends to go wrong on the day of, and for us that happened to be the AC unit failing during our hot August indoor wedding. So yeah, no AC for the entire wedding. And although that sucked, Carly did everything she could to help manage by bringing large fans out for the reception. It helped some, but it was still hot. These things happen. The venue was kind enough to refund our rental.
Overall it was still a good decision with the countless gorgeous photo opportunities as well as an incredibly accommodating staff. I’d love to come back someday for a courtyard party. Photographers can also take photos here for a fee (check website). Definitely worth checking out for weddings or other parties!

Went to this museum on a school field trip and I was BLOWN AWAY!
It’s very easy to navigate and you certainly leave feeling incredibly proud of Oklahoma. The interactive media elements were beautifully done, and they all worked — which isn’t always the case in these kid-​friendly museums. The staff is very knowledgeable and handled the big groups with kindness and ease.
The video segments that dot much of the museum are perfect — high quality, not too long, and they hit the highlights of the super famous Oklahomies (Will Rogers) and the newer folks (Mat Hoffman). My daughter and her friends had a fantastic time and we can’t wait to go again.

Very pretty building and area.