I am visiting from California and this museum is amazing!!!! Literally a 10/10 so fun for such a…read morecheap price!! Only $10 a person to enter the inside which is two stories including the outside. The inside has a fun tornado experience. Had so much fun I would definitely recommend to come here. They also had such a fun room for kids to play with grocery items. (People in the military go in free)

I live this place! Informative and interesting with interactive exhibits. We were there for Family…read moreDay and our soldier's younger sister enjoyed the living history aspect of the museum. Playing store, ripping a cattle, decorating a bison hide, printing an early newspaper. It was very fun and the staff were incredibly friendly. A nice mix of artifacts and items that could be played with. Perfect for family day!

This place was amazing and the staff were awesome. My kids were not initially excited when we…read moreparked, but once we talked to the staff and started the scavenger hunt, they were all about to it and they explored on their own and enjoyed it a lot. I thought we be there about a half hour and it was more like 1.5hours. There is so much to see, so much nostalgia from my childhood, soany toys I had forgotten about...it was great. Parking out from was free and abundant. It was also super inexpensive and I highly recommend it to anyone passing through the area.

A timeless and unique museum between OKC and Dallas. I enjoyed every exhibit. The attention to…read moredetail was remarkable. Worth the drive.

Although it's not a large facility, they had a good amount of animals to keep you entertained. We…read morealso got to watch the otter feeding that had a nice, personable, and knowledgeable guide. He was extremely patient with our group and answered a ton of questions! We then got to watch the blue dart frogs get fed along with a shirt presentation and Q&A session. Again, the guide was super friendly and knowledgeable. These guys seem to enjoy their job and it shows.

For a town of 500 people, this is an excellent aquarium. Inside, most of the fish tanks are quite…read moresmall, but represent the area very well. The paddlefish were incredible! Outside is where we had SO much fun! You get to feed some of the animals! Food is $1 for a small cup. We bought a bunch! First you feed the turtles. We had so much fun, we forgot to film it! Next we fed the quail. I guess they are used to it, cause they came right to us. The coyote and bobcat were sleeping hard in the heat. The river otters were hilarious! They were having so much fun! Last was the bird named Simon. They said he talked a LOT, but was very shy around people. He did whistle a few times for us. This was well worth a visit, and we would go back just to feed the animals!

I highly recommend the Comanche National Museum & Cultural Center in Lawton. I personally loved…read morethis museum in Oklahoma. It's a bit off the beaten path, but parking and admission were free. Donations were welcome. The displays were gorgeous... you must be up for reading. I read fast! Because it is a smaller museum, I would plan for about an hour visit. Less if you read fast. Comanche words were scattered everywhere, tying in with authentic Comanche art, artifacts, or collections... a few of which photos were not allowed. One of my softball coaches from college was/is Comanche. I still keep up with her on Facebook and her involvement with The Comanche Nation. The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II will never be forgotten! They were amazingly resilient... "their codes were never broken!" Loved all of the local artists pieces. Plus my kid and I got to try on a buffalo robe. Very kind woman at the check-in area on 7.26.2025. Clean women's restrooms!

My husband and I enjoyed going to this small museum. It was very informative and we enjoyed seeing…read moreartifacts. This museum is definitely small but it is free!

Pretty cool history spot, it's free but it runs on donations. They have 3 sections! Plenty of…read morefirearms and vehicles!

A fantastic military museum on the campus of Fort Sill. The museum is divided into three sections:…read more1) Revolutionary War to WWI; 2) WWII to Vietnam; and 3) modern wars of Desert Storm and Afghanistan. The lobby display includes artifacts of the fallen Berlin Wall and 9/11. So much information along with artifacts and military vehicles and planes. The outside display include many other military vehicles, aircraft, and cannons. Hubby and I spend hours reading and visiting this fantastic museum. There is no entrance fee, but donations are accepted. Well done!

Fort Sill has two museums, the Artillery museum and the old fort museum. Both are good but the…read moreArtillery Museum is very fascinating and full of history. We came to attend our son's BCT graduation and this was one of the first places we visited and we are so glad that we did - our son's AIT will be Artillery and this museum has a wealth of artillery history from pre-revolutionary times to modern. I especially enjoyed the video showing us what our son will be doing in the Army Artillery. This old Fort Sill National Historic Landmark requires some imagination because it's still fully integrated into the base and officers still live in the old houses surrounding the parade field . Be sure to start in the main building and look at the diorama to get your bearings before you walk around. The best display is the old cavalry barracks which is set up exactly as it would have been around 1890-1900. Ft. Sill played an amazing part in our frontier history and this post does a good job of explaining it.

This was a small, but very nice Museum…read more FREE, although they ask for donations. Basic displays and interesting information about air defenses. Located on FORT SILL, so it's not really a drive by visit, but if you're on post for graduation or another event it's definitely worth a look.

Looking for something to do while passing through southern Oklahoma? We were staying at Lake…read moreMurray and decided to check out the Greater Southwest Historical Museum. We were certainly glad we spent several hours there. We've visited lots of "local" museums but this one gets the grand prize. Located in a former national guard armory, they have thousands of feet for displays and they've utilized all of it. They've moved settlement log homes inside, after disassembling and documenting each part so they could be reassembled perfectly. The whole museum is a collection that shows how people in the area lived in years gone by. A doctor, a bank, a school, a drug store soda stand, a blacksmith shop... the list goes on and on. They have extensive coverage of the oil and agricultural industries, which played a very important part in the local economy. The docents were very friendly and answered all of our questions about the exhibits. We also listened to some funny stories, too. Be sure to visit the Military History Museum while you're here. It's located in the same building and it's very interesting. Both museums are free to enjoy, but be sure to leave a nice donation for each one to help keep them going.

What a gem this museum is in Ardmore! They have so much packed into this museum. I expected this…read morestop to be a quick one but 2 hours later there I was still looking round. It is free but be sure to leave a donation so this can stay open. The people working the front desk were so helpful giving us info on the museum and the area. They have a full sized log home inside that was moved from a nearby area. Be sure to check out the back building with the farm and the outside area with oil field equipment.

Had a great stay during our recent trip up to Ft. Sill for an Army graduation. The room with…read morespacious with good amenities and the bed was super comfy. The staff was friendly and accomodating and the meal we had at Apache Grill was fantastic. We enjoyed the casino as well. Only critique is how loudly the room doors slammed, waking you late at night or early in the morning. Overall, was happy with our stay and would stay again.

The Apache Casino Hotel was a fairly nice hotel: not exactly luxury, but it's the best Lawton has…read moreto offer. We received a king sized room on the fifth floor and it was quite spacious. we did notice that the wood finish on many of the surfaces were chipped, and overall the room was really showing its age. The mattress itself felt like an old spring mattress, and it felt like I could feel the individual springs in the mattress; I didn't get all that great of sleep while I was here because of that. There was no safe in our room that I could find, so we kept our valuables on us at all times. Apart from the rooms, on check in we had some hiccups with the staff who had issues with our check in process, so we had to wait around for 10 minutes while they resolved things. Afterwards, they realized they did not have us do an incidental, so they had to call us to bring us back to the front desk to get it from us several hours after we checked in. They said we could come by at our convenience, but we received two more phone calls within half an hour while we were out enjoying our time. Their mistake became our problem, and we did not appreciate that. Aside from that, the staff throughout the hotel were friendly and welcoming. I felt very happy talking with most of the staff there for anything we needed. The hotel itself is nice, with its common areas and casino area very clean. There was no smoking inside so we enjoyed breathing clean air when we visited the casino. There is a grill that is open many hours of the day there, and a dinner restraint as well is open in the evenings. Is it nearby several restaurants, so food is easily accessible which we really liked. Overall, it was a good hotel, but we're not sure we'd stay here again unless we just wanted to conveniently gamble our whole trip without needing to leave.