of the original MAPS program gave this venue new life. Called one of the “10 great places to see the lights way off Broadway” by USA Today, now it is home to productions by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, Oklahoma City Ballet, touring Broadway musicals and an annual series of nationally acclaimed artists. For a taste of local talent, the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Jewel Box Theatre and the Carpenter Square Theatre all produce a full roster of live performances, ranging from classic musicals to national-debuting scripted dramas. Oklahoma City University’s nationally known Bass School of Music, which has produced Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-award winning musicians, and the internationally renowned Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment, produce more than 250 events throughout the year. Oklahoma City Museum of Art Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art serves more than 135,000 visitors annually and hosts special exhibitions drawn from throughout the world. Recently, OKCMOA was the exclusive North American venue for Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, which presented, for the first time outside Europe, highlights from one of the world’s preeminent collections of Modern Art. OKCMOA’s collection covers a period of five centuries, with strengths in American and European art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum also includes a comprehensive collection of glass sculpture by Washington-native Dale Chihuly. Red Earth Gallery and Museum Red Earth, a museum and gallery dedicated to showcasing Native American Arts, is home to a permanent collection of more than 1,000 items of
There’s no bones about it. The Museum of Osteology will leave you in awe with its expansive collection.
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