LOCATION USA
ATTRACTION TYPE Museum/gallery
OPENING YEAR 2025*
STATUS Active
BUDGET $75,000,000
SUMMARY
The Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is named after Thomas Gilcrease who built the fine art and American history museum in 1940. First opened to the public nine years later, the museum’s collection includes over 350,000 objects, including a major collection of American West art and objects. Work is currently underway to transform the museum. The original building has been selected for demolition, with a new state-of-the-art facility being built in its place. The project team includes architects SmithGroup, 1 Architecture and exhibit designer Gallagher & Associates. The $75 million project aims to improve the museum’s design to create a visitor-friendly museum that’s easy to navigate. The new facility will provide increased gallery space to show more of the Gilcrease collection, as well as accommodate exciting travelling exhibitions and ensure the preservation of the museum’s invaluable art, artefacts and documents. In May 2022, the project celebrated its official groundbreaking ceremony. The new building is slated to open to the public in 2025. (Updated 18 May 2022)
CONTACTS
1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127
USA
Sandi Freeman
Director of Operations
+1 918 596 2754
sandi-freeman@utulsa.edu
Frank Mulhern
Director of Development
+1 918 596 2756
frank-mulhern@utulsa.edu
Susan Neil
Executive Director
+1 918 596 2710
susan-neal@utulsa.edu
+1 918 584 5858123 North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Tulsa, OK 74103
USA
Flintco
+1 Â 918 587 84511624 W. 21st St.
Tulsa, OK 74107
USA
1 Architecture
+1 918 764 99961319 E 6th Street
Tulsa, OK 74120
USA
info@1architecture.com
SmithGroup
+1 303 832 3272899 Logan Street, Suite 508
Denver, CO 80203
USA
Brad Woodman
Denver Office Director
brad.woodman@smithgroup.com
Gallagher & Associates
+1 301 656 75758665 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
USA
Gretchen Coss
Director of Business Development
bd@gallagherdesign.com