Osage Nation Museum

We enjoyed visiting this small museum! Very kind docents told us interesting info about the exhibits. It's one of the oldest Native American museums in the country. We also enjoyed viewing the room with all the photographs of the Osage tribe members registered on the roll book in 1906-1907, and talking to Katheryn an elder in the Osage community. What a treasure. Her niece is the one who painted the beautiful large oil painting about their origin story. The veterans memorial eagle feather sculpture outside is beautiful. We are so glad we stopped here!! Tip: when we went to buy admission tickets they said it's donation only so bring cash. :)Also, no inside photography allowed.

What a treasure! The Osage Nation Museum is small but, I learned so much! The exhibits are very impressive. The Drum exhibit is not to be missed. When I went, there was an entire room dedicated to the drums. Each one was built by hand then delivered to an artists. Each artist was responsible for designing the drum. Each drum had a story. I read every one and learned about the artist and why they designed the drum the way they did and "story" behind their drum. It was really wonderful and not to be missed! I'll be back! I hope you go there too!

I think after the movie Killers of the Flower Moon, they need to invest in their musuem more.