Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/Chicago
- 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Winter Homeschool Day Opens the Oklahoma History Center to Hands-On Learning
Winter Homeschool Day combines several ways of engaging with Oklahoma’s past: hands-on activities, interactive living-history presentations, and access to educational trunks and carts. The Oklahoma History Center also opens its galleries without charge for the four-hour program, though the event listing does not name specific activities or presenters.
A mix of activities, interpretation and materials
The event listing names three parts of the day: hands-on activities, interactive living-history presentations, and access to educational trunks and carts. The museum’s broader traveling-trunk program uses lesson guides, activities and hands-on objects, but the event page does not say which materials or carts will be available on Dec. 16. Families planning around a particular subject or object should check with the organizer rather than assume a specific selection.
Further reading: Winter Homeschool Day | OHS Calendar ↗ · Traveling Trunks | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗
Living history offers a way into the past
The museum describes living history as interpretation through a character’s point of view, eyewitness accounts, clothing and artifacts. That background helps explain what an interactive presentation can involve, but it is not a cast list for this Homeschool Day: the event listing does not identify its presenters or the historical figures they may portray.
Further reading: Winter Homeschool Day | OHS Calendar ↗ · History Alive! Outreach | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗
The galleries broaden the day’s scope
Free gallery admission gives families the option to add the museum’s permanent exhibitions to the scheduled program. The History Center describes five galleries spanning more than 50 topics and 2,000 artifacts. Its broader institutional overview includes Native culture, pioneers, aviation and commerce; those are themes across the center, not a confirmed list of this day’s activities.
Further reading: Winter Homeschool Day | OHS Calendar ↗ · Visit | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗ · Oklahoma History Center | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗
Plan your visit
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2026
The program runs from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Time.
Free; registration requested
The event is free, including gallery admission. The organizers ask attendees to register using the official form; the listing does not specify a deadline or additional sign-up conditions.
Homeschool students of all ages
The event welcomes homeschool students of all ages. The museum’s general visitor policy requires anyone under 18 to be accompanied by an adult.
Winter Homeschool Day | OHS Calendar ↗ · Visit | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗
Family and access resources
The museum lists complimentary wheelchairs, audio tours and audio-tour scripts, available by asking at the Admissions Desk. It also has a private nursing pod on the first floor, changing tables in all museum restrooms, and an adult changing station in the first-floor family restroom. These are general venue amenities, not event-specific arrangements.
Getting to the Oklahoma History Center
Address and entrance
The event is at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, across from the Oklahoma State Capitol. The museum’s driving directions locate its entrance on the north side of NE 23rd Street. Its visitor guide provides routes from Tulsa, Norman, Will Rogers World Airport, Guthrie, El Reno and Shawnee; the map links can calculate directions from your own starting point.
Winter Homeschool Day | OHS Calendar ↗ · Visit | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗
Parking and transit
The museum lists free parking, including bus parking, and says the parking is wheelchair accessible. The captured venue guide does not list public-transit routes; use the map links to check directions for your starting point.
Before you make a plan
Is registration required?
The organizers ask attendees to register. The event listing does not state a deadline or additional sign-up conditions.
Are activities and presentations scheduled at specific times?
The listing gives the overall event hours, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., but no session timetable, activity subjects or presenter names.
Who can attend, and do children need an adult?
The event welcomes homeschool students of all ages. The museum’s general policy requires visitors under 18 to be accompanied by an adult.
Winter Homeschool Day | OHS Calendar ↗ · Visit | Oklahoma Historical Society ↗
Does the event include museum admission?
Yes. Admission to the galleries is free during the event, with support from the Inasmuch Foundation.
Location & Google Maps
Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Map search by venue and address. Check the organiser’s entrance details before travelling.