Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History — Attraction in Norman

This museum was incredible! The number of excellent exhibits was surprising due to the somewhat small size of the museum. There are multiple fossils arranged as examples for various epochs in time, but one of the most impressive aspects is that most if not all of the creatures displayed were uncovered here in Oklahoma.

The museum also has many interactive exhibits which will appeal to children, and there are multiple exhibits involving nature and many of the animals that can be found throughout the state.

Aside from these incredible fossils, there is a very large number of Native American artifacts dating back earlier than the arrival of Europeans, including examples of objects such as Clovis points, various stone tools including: hammers, axes, spear points, knives, and arrow heads. Bone tools including fish hooks, awls, drills, gardening implements, and the tools used to make stone tools.

There are also many examples of pottery, quartz arrow heads and tools, copper tools and accessories, beads made from various materials including bone, shell fragments, and even freshwater pearls.

All of these ancient tools list where they were found in Oklahoma, who was likely responsible for the manufacture and use of these tools, and descriptive information about the difference between the cultures known to have existed in this state long ago.

Altogether, the museum is a lovely place. It is particularly great that OU students get free admission, while regular adults only need tob pay $8, which is absolutely worth it.

A must visit museum for those who love history, nature, and have an interest in history unique to the State...

Amazing place to peer into the past, you can travel back in time without the need of a time machine. Pro tip: do NOT hang out in the bathroom asking people who walk in if they are black market Flux capacitor dealers. Apparently, doing that combined with what was referred to as "an inability to understand" what it means when they say don't climb on the displays ruffles feathers. In my defense that dinosaur was being smug and there isn't a sign (that I saw) that explicitly said do not eat the sand in the children's discovery room. Oh and they have a nice gift shop. A little humid but bearable. Pro tip #2: They will not consider adjusting the AC for you after you've been given a "final warning". For anyone who does visit please contact me if you find a gecko that answers to the name Todd that seems to be trained to unlock museum doors after hours. If you do find him maybe ask him why he didn't unlock the doors after the museum closed. Sounds like someone was given all the training needed to become a master of the dark arts and then got too big for his britches and decided to fly solo. Well guess what Todd? I did eat all the Velveeta cheese and I'm not sorry! We were going to start a dinosaur bone collection together we...

We love this museum. I bought the family pass. I only my gave it 4 stars this time because I made the mistake of keeping my coffee in the stroller tray. You k ow how busy moms do... Well, it was completely my fault. I had a herd of children with me and didn't think twice about it. We were entering an exhibit and a woman spotted my coffee and was quite rude. After apologizing she made it a point to show us the sign and remarked, "the signs are listed everywhere." I wasn't drinking the coffee, it was just there. I absent mindedly left it there upon entering. She even walked is back toward security towards the front desk and got on the ladies at the desk for not noticing I had the coffee. It was quite embarrassing. Why put on a big show? I didn't argue or show attitude. My daughter was sooooo extremely embarrassed especially since she was the one pushing the stroller. The ladies at the front desk were so kind. It was just the one employee that made my experience sour for about 5 minutes. Other than that, the museum was great. Make sure you eat before you come! The diner/ cafeteria is closed and there wasn't a definite...