Visitors to the Oklahoma Territorial Museum will have the opportunity
to view exhibits pertaining to Oklahoma Territorial History (1889-1907).
The museum has two galleries. Our first floor gallery focuses on
settlement in Territorial Oklahoma. The story begins with Indian
removal and American Indian policy, and the exhibits transition into
non-Indian settlement beginning with the Land Run of 1889. The gallery
covers all five land runs that took place between 1889 and 1895 as well
as lotteries and allotments. Original territorial documents such as
survey maps dating from the 1870s and homestead forms from the Guthrie
Land Office can be viewed in this gallery.

The Second floor gallery is titled Life in Oklahoma Territory, with
exhibits featuring blacksmiths, territorial customs, opera houses,
music, art, outlaws and law enforcement. The highlight of this gallery
is the new 1200 square foot Road to Statehood. This exhibit is an in-depth look
at Oklahoma's journey toward statehood and the creation of the
forty-sixth state. The exhibit expands on the traditional story of
statehood by dispelling myths about the removal of the capital from
Guthrie to Oklahoma City, and examines the effects the capital removal
had on Guthrie's economy, property values and population. Topics
previously unobserved such as The Dawes Commission, The Curtis Act,
Sequoyah Constitutional Convention and racial equity are looked at in
some detail.

The Carnegie Library is connected to the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and can be accessed by visitors through the second floor gallery. The
building was constructed in 1902, and was the second Carnegie Library
built in Oklahoma. Displays in the Carnegie cover the history of the
building and a brief look at the philanthropic activities of Andrew
Carnegie.