MARC Roundup 2008
Activity Tours & Field Trips
Tuesday, June 17 - Activity Tours - 9:00am - 11:30am
Registrants may choose one of the following activity tour options. Transportation provided.
 "A"
- National
Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum – Located atop
Persimmon Hill in east Oklahoma City, the “Cowboy Hall” (as it
is locally known) features one of the most distinguished
collections of western art in the world, including significant
works by master artists such as Charles Russell, Frederic
Remington and Albert Bierstadt. Also included are numerous
historical exhibits that tell America’s story as it unfolds
across the West, from Prosperity Junction, a 14,000-square-foot
Western cattle town, and the children's Cowboy Corral, to the
gallery of Fine American Firearms and the Hall of Great Western
Performers. |
 "B"
- Oklahoma City Museum of
Art
– Located in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City, the Museum of
Art offers visitors fine works of art on three floors, including
“Dale Chihuly: The Exhibition,” the most comprehensive
collection of Chihuly glass in the world. Featuring traveling
exhibitions as well as displays from its permanent collection,
the museum offers self-guided family tour backpacks filled with
games and activities to encourage an interactive exploration of
the galleries, as well as Museum School art classes and
screenings of classic and art house films. |
 "C"
- Oklahoma
National Stockyards – Home of the world’s largest
stocker and feeder cattle market, more than 100 million cattle
have passed through the gates of Stockyards City since 1910.
There are live cattle auctions every Monday and Tuesday
throughout the year, and Stockyard City’s main street offers
plenty of shopping in authentic handcrafted boots, hats, spurs,
saddles and the latest in western clothing. While you’re there,
don’t miss
Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, established in 1910 and a favorite
Oklahoma City stop for the likes of Gene Autry, John Wayne,
Ronald Reagan, and then-President George H.W. Bush. |
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