Last updated: 5/21/2011
508 North Peters
Norman, OK 73070
P.O. Box 260
Norman, OK 73070
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The Norman and Cleveland County Historical Museum is housed in the Moore-Lindsay house, a turn-of-the-century Queen Anne-style Victorian dwelling. Typical features of the style are displayed throughout the interior and on the exterior of the structure. Included are varied exterior coverings such as clapboard and shingled siding, a turret (tower), iron-work on the roof, gingerbread (decorative wood trim), stained glass windows, expansive porches and spindlework. Inside features include fireplaces, wood floors, a spiral staircase, decorative wood moulding, a butler's pantry, oak pocket doors and much more. The museum is furnished and outfitted with artifacts from 1850 to 1910. It is like walking through the door and travelling back 100 years to a middle-class household. So come with us and experience the affluent lifestyles of citizens living in turn-of-the-century Norman, Oklahoma!
The Cleveland County Historical Society has a large collection of Victorian territorial-era merchandise, art, photographs, documents, textiles, furniture, crafts and hand-made items. 30% of artifacts and 98% of furnishings are on display in 2,000 sqaure feet of the 2,400 sqaure feet available. The artifacts fill all the rooms in the house excep two, the office and the rotating exhibit space. The rest of the collection is housed in storage and is rotated quarterly. Since we are a historic museum we also consider our house to be a part of our collections (if not the biggest part). The house was built in 1899 by one of Norman's prominent families and still stands on its original lot on the original Norman town site. The house is one of the few unchanged examples of Victorian Queen Anne architecture left in the area.
Our research collections encompass about 35 square feet of space and include a general research library, a photographic library and archives of turn-of-the-century documents, letters and certificates. Most of the collections are listed and can be found in our website under "Research."
We offer:
guided tours of the museum
public speaking appointments and lectures a newsletter a website children's tours a docent and volunteer program a research library archive access These are all offered free to the public.
We issue a newsletter called "The Round Tower" quarterly to our members. The newsletter highlights historical society and museum activities and provides educational columns and features. The newsletter is released in January (winter), April (spring), July (summer), and October (Fall).
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