The Philbrook Museum is located in the original 72-room Italian Renaissance Phillips mansion, sitting on 23 acres of grounds. The Museum presents a history of visual arts from antiquity through the present, with broad collections centering on Antiquities, Asian, African, American and European art, Decorative Arts, and Works on Paper.
A satellite facility, Philbrook Downtown, features the Museum's growing collection of Modern and contemporary art as well as highlights from the Native American collection.
Philbrook Museum of Art is committed to being Tulsa’s most welcoming and engaging cultural institution, providing a unique trifecta of experiences: a historic home, world class art museum, 25 acres of gardens.
Philbrook Museum of Art opened on October 25, 1939. The addition of a 70,000 square foot wing in 1990 turned the historic home into a modern museum complex. A major garden renovation in 2004 cemented the Museum’s reputation as “the most beautiful place in Oklahoma.”
The Philbrook is positioned as a space for new ideas, diverse stories and perspectives, and social connection. The Philbrook Collection features more than 16,000 objects with a focus on American, Native American, and European art. Serving over 160,000 visitors annually, Philbrook shines a light on Tulsa’s storied and complex past while building a diverse and creative vision of the city’s future.
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