Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - Culture

Oklahoma City is the home of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center and the National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Oklahoma State Museum of History has an outstanding collection of American Indian archives. The State Fair of Oklahoma is held in the city each September, and the State Fair Park is the scene of the International Finals Rodeo in January. The Tunnel, built in the 1970s as part of a program to revive the downtown area, is a broad subterranean concourse, four blocks long, connecting downtown buildings and lined with shops and restaurants. The downtown revitalization program continued with the creation of Myriad Gardens, a 12-acre recreational park with gardens, an amphitheatre, and the seven-story Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory. Oklahoma City became the site of the deadliest terrorist incident ever to occur in the United States on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb destroyed part of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the downtown area, leaving 168 people dead and more than 500 injured.

Arts Festival Oklahoma features continuous live entertainment, fun activities for children and acres of original artwork and craft items. Tourism is taking off in Oklahoma City! Legendary attractions like the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Myriad Botanical Gardens. World-class equine action at Remington Park racetrack. The authentic sights, sounds and flavor of the Old West in Stockyards City. And historic Bricktown, our renovated entertainment and dining district. Over 50 great attractions and activities, 12,000 hotel rooms, and a million friendly people who wouldn't live anywhere else.