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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)

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CONTACTS

Gilcrease Museum

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

Wallace Design Collective

123 North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Tulsa, OK 74103
USA

+1 918 584 5858

Flintco

1624 W. 21st St.
Tulsa, OK 74107
USA

+1  918 587 8451

1 Architecture

1319 E 6th Street
Tulsa, OK 74120
USA

+1 918 764 9996
info@1architecture.com

SmithGroup

899 Logan Street, Suite 508
Denver, CO 80203
USA

+1 303 832 3272
Brad Woodman
Denver Office Director
brad.woodman@smithgroup.com

Gallagher & Associates

8665 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
USA

+1 301 656 7575
Gretchen Coss
Director of Business Development
bd@gallagherdesign.com