The Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, attained its $18 million fundraising goal a few days ago, activating $18 million in matching funds from the state government so the Tulsa facility can finish interior exhibits and construction. The museum has now set a goal for a grand opening celebration for the spring of 2028. … Continue reading OKPOP museum in Tulsa hits fundraising goal, gets state matching funds to finish project
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OKPOP museum in Tulsa may open by late 2024
The Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture in downtown Tulsa, known as OKPOP, has set a fundraising goal of $30 million so it can open to the public by late 2024. According to an article in the Tulsa World, the museum's foundation is assembling a campaign Cabinet of influential and noteworthy Oklahomans. The Oklahoma Legislature in 2015 … Continue reading OKPOP museum in Tulsa may open by late 2024
Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa opens to the public
The Bob Dylan Center, which houses a collection of the memorabilia and media the acclaimed musician collected over his 60-year career, held its ceremonial ribbon-cutting Tuesday at the site in downtown Tulsa. About 200 people attended the event. Dylan, a notoriously taciturn man, was not one of them. Tulsa People magazine published a gallery of … Continue reading Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa opens to the public
Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa will open to the public in May 2022
The widely anticipated Bob Dylan Center will open to the public on May 10, 2022, in downtown Tulsa, appropriately just a few feet from the Woody Guthrie Center. Early in his career, Dylan was a musical disciple of Guthrie, a folk-music icon. According to the announcement Wednesday from the center's website, the facility devoted to … Continue reading Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa will open to the public in May 2022