
LOCATION USA
ATTRACTION TYPE Museum/gallery
OPENING YEAR 2022*
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. Despite the quality of its collections, the institution currently attracts just 80,000 visitors a year. In July 2019, the City of Tulsa announced Flintco was selected to lead the ‘Vision Tulsa’ construction project. They will work with city officials, as well as the Gilcrease Museum, Gallagher & Associates, and SmithGroup and 1 Architecture on the renovation project. The $75 million project aims to improve the museum’s design to to create a visitor-friendly museum that’s easy to navigate, engaging and shows more of the Gilcrease collection. In addition to a major overhaul of the museum’s interiors, the project also includes a new museum store, a Discovery Center for children and underground car parking. In February 2020 it was announced after surveying the current structure, which consists of a 1913 building and four layers of renovations and extensions, that a brand new facility would be the most prudent option. SmithGroup recommended constructing an entirely new facility that provides increased gallery space to show more of the Gilcrease collection, as well as accommodating exciting travelling exhibitions and ensure the preservation of the museum’s invaluable art, artifacts and documents. Currently a new timeline for this work has yet to be announced. Prior to this, construction was anticipated to begin in early 2021, with the museum complete by 2022. (Updated 12 February 2020)

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
+1 918 587 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, Maryland 20910
USA
Gretchen Coss
Director of Business Development
bd@gallagherdesign.com