Oklahoma Activities and Attractions to Visit with Kids

Located in Freedom, Oklahoma, Alabaster Caverns State Park is home to one of the world’s biggest natural gypsum caves. A rare delight, this is the only gypsum cave open to the public in the nation. The Park offers one-hour guided tours that begin at nine in the morning and end at four in the afternoon. Spelunking or wild caving is also a popular attraction for kids here, there are four spelunking caves that range from 550 feet to1,600 feet in length. Twelve tent sites, eleven RV sites, and a variety of group shelters that include grills, electricity, and water are also featured at the Park. Several hiking trails, picnic areas, and a volleyball court are also provided.

217036 State Highway 50A, Freedom, OK, Phone: 580-621-3381

Housed in a distinguished 21,000-square-foot property, the American Banjo Museum honors the rich and vibrant spirit of the banjo. Located in Oklahoma City, this museum will shock and awe children with its impressive collection of banjos, in fact, it’s the largest in the world. The museum’s collection features over 400 instruments, instructional materials, printed music, recordings, video, film, memorabilia, and ephemera pertaining to the banjo. Displays feature replicas of the first banjo’s made by African slaves and how they’ve been re-developed into the mid-19th century. The primary pieces in the collection are ornately decorated banjos that were made during the1920s and 1930s in America’s Jazz Age.

American Banjo Museum, 9 East Sheridan Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK, Phone: 405-604-2793

Located in Davis, Oklahoma, just an hour outside of Oklahoma City, Arbuckle Wilderness Park features over 200 acres and is home to hundreds of animals from five of the seven continents. Open year-round, this historic park has an array of local and exotic animals including kangaroos, rhinos, water buffalo, alpacas, American bison, axis deer, blackbuck antelopes, and waterbucks. Kids will enjoy a variety of animal encounters including feeding the giraffes as well as activities like the gem mining adventure, car safari, and the reptile exhibit. The Park also includes a walk-thru zoological area and a gift shop that features hats, shirts, and stuffed animals.

6132 Kay Starr Trail, Davis, OK, Phone: 580-369-3383

Cherokee Strip Museum is nestled on five acres of land in Perry, Oklahoma, roughly an hour away from Oklahoma City. The expansive site provides great insight into the culture, daily lives, and events of the great Cherokee Nation and features exhibits of the Otoe-Missouria Indians extraordinary beadwork. Cherokee Strip Museum also showcases what daily life on the farm looks like through its replicas and exhibits including a farmhouse porch and chicken coup equipped with the necessary tools needed for farming. There is also a dressmaker’s shop and one-room schoolhouse with a chalkboard, wooden desk, and old-fashioned wood-burning stove. Kids will even get the chance to see what kinds of toys were used back then.

2617 Fir Street, Perry, OK, Phone: 580-336-2405

Located in its namesake town, Har-Ber, Har-Ber Village Pioneer Museum provides visitors with a glimpse into how life was back in the 1800s and 1900s with its exhibits and historical buildings. Kids will enjoy the interactivity of this live-action museum which features 16 log cabins, a jail, and a schoolhouse and actors recreating live scenes in traditional garb. The exhibits and buildings display a variety of collectibles and antiques from the 19th and 20th centuries from Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Visitors can take a self-guided tour of the grounds and they can also walk the two-mile, Nature Trail which is free to walk.

4404 West 20th Street, Grove, OK, Phone: 918-786-6446

Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum is proud to be the place “where children play to learn and adults learn to play” making it the ideal spot for a fun family day. The expansive museum features over 42,000 square feet of indoor exhibition space where kids can explore career-based exhibits including firefighter, pilot, and news anchor among others. This is a hands-on learning environment that allows children to really immerse themselves in various activities. There is also a 13,500-gallon water tank that is home to a multitude of aquatic life inside the museum. Outside there is a large play area equipped with the SuperSonic Express, a riding train, and miniature homes.

1714 Highway 9 West, Seminole, OK, Phone: 405-382-0950

Situated in Enid, Oklahoma, Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse is a fun-filled museum where art and science collide providing over one-hundred hands-on activities. Their exhibit highlights include the Critter Clubhouse featuring vibrant fish and an array of reptiles like lizards and snakes. For the more artistic kids, they can play around with activities like the Giant Lite-Brite where they can make some amazing neon-colored masterpieces. The Power Tower – a climbing structure and Tinkering – a builder’s workshop is great for kids who love being active and using their hands. The Warehouse also features an outdoor science playground with a three-story wooden castle equipped with slides, bridges, mazes, swings, a dinosaur dig, and a water table.

200 East Maple Avenue, Enid, OK, Phone: 233-2787