Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
The natural history museum of the University of Oklahoma, whose dinosaur hall features the world's largest Pentaceratops skull and a giant Apatosaurus skeleton.
The museum is on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, about 30 km south of the city, and is one of the largest university natural history museums in the United States. The dinosaur hall displays a complete Apatosaurus skeleton and the world's largest Pentaceratops skull. Other galleries cover the state's Native American cultures, palaeontology and animal specimens, and a children's discovery area suits families. Admission is about 10 US dollars. It can be combined with a stroll around the OU campus and a visit to downtown Norman for a half-day outing.
Opening hours
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun 13:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- First Americans Museum
- Riversport OKC
- Scissortail Park
- Bricktown & Bricktown Canal
- Myriad Botanical Gardens
- American Banjo Museum
- Stockyards City
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art