My son asked plenty of questions, which many I could not answer, so when we got home he researched…read moreNumber one on the computer. He then told me the answers.

Very interesting and grand kids had a good time. Staff were polite and very informative.read more

Cute little area museum on the top floor of a city building downtown. Fight the city bills on the…read morebottom floor and get a little history on the top. Its free so you can't really complain, but it just left me wanting more. More information, more exhibits, more variety would greatly improve this bit of history. The museum focuses on local Native American culture, the areas history of oil, the areas first uses of photography and several local families. Many of the exhibits have mannequin displays, which come off a little creepy. There are a good amount of antiques, but it seems its set up for people that just want to look, not read. Exhibit information and descriptions are minimal. The highlight is the One Room School House. I was told that schools can bring their kids to have an experience of what school was like in the 1900s. I would have loved an interactive museum experience like that. We do have the the Challenger Program at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, here in Texas, where you went through the actions of Mission Control. But the School House would have been much more up my alley as kid, the history nerd and future history major. The gift shop was the saddest I've seen in awhile. I always buy something from a museum gift shop. This place had nothing distinctively related to the museum itself. I would have appreciated some Bartlesville Area History Museum souvenirs. There were some dusty books, VHS tapes on who know what and other generic items. blah. Sorry I tried to give you my money, but you just couldn't make it happen. They're open Monday-Friday 10 am - 4 pm. So if you're in BVille for business and are looking for something to keep you occupied, this might take up 15-30 minutes of your time.

Are you a Frank Lloyd Wright aficionado? Keep reading…read more.. The Inn at Price Tower is a Wright time capsule and well worth the time and expense to visit this building and immerse yourself in the architectural experience. I'm a retired architect and a big FLW fan. The "hospitality side" (ie: what normal consumers expect from a hotel property) is pretty non-existent. Let me explain: Not to get into mechanical engineering weeds, but the building has a 2-pipe HVAC system. This means that the entire building is either heating or cooling depending upon the season. No matter how hot or cold you may be in your hotel room, if the system is in heating mode (wintertime) there is no A/C available. Likewise, if the system is in cooling mode (summertime), there is no heating available. We stayed 2 nights in early May so the heating was still on (kind of between seasons), but since there was an oscillating fan available in our room, we were fairly comfortable sleeping. Not really a biggie, just be aware of the building's heating/cooling limitations. The other thing really perplexing was that there was no coffee service available in the morning. The in-house restaurant did not offer breakfast, the Lobby area provided no guest coffee service and there was no in-room coffeemaker provided - weird! In the last 30 years of business travel I can't recall a similar situation. In order to get coffee, guests are required to walk 2 blocks to a local coffee shop that opens at 6am weekdays and 7am weekends. Super inconvenient from a "hospitality" standpoint. So, if you're familiar with Wright's design sensibilities, you'll recall that he never had much use for bathrooms and elevators - both of which are super small by modern standards and current building codes. Don't expect the spa level experience you may have enjoyed at other boutique hotels - they 'aint there, lol! If you go into the Inn at Price Tower experience with a "Wright state of mind", you'll enjoy your stay and be able to forgive the limitations of the design. The tour is well worth the price, and I highly recommend participating. Our group consisted of only me and my wife, so it was basically a private tour. It was advertised as a 60-minute tour, but our Dosen gave us nearly 2 hours! Really interesting. Take-a-ways: Bring you own coffee maker and breakfast items. Be prepared for the seasonal interior heating or cooling situation and be sure to have reasonable expectations for living in a Wright-designed building for a night or two. If you have these, your experience will be a lot of fun. Enjoy!

First thing's first: adjust your expectations. This is a historic venue. Sometimes the showers…read moretake a long time to heat up and sometimes they stay lukewarm. Sometimes it's hot or cold because there are no individual thermostats. Fans and heaters are provided aa needed. I haven't stayed in the winter, but in the summer, once the sun goes down, with the fans, it's quite pleasant. I stayed in the king bed two story suite. It's airy, full of light, roomy, beautiful. I adore the tall windows. There is a TV upstairs and downstairs. The bed is plush and comfy and the linens crisp, fresh, and clean. The bathroom is quite small, but inline with FLW and the times. The facility gives tours and they are interesting and enlightening! There is a restaurant on site, open Tuesday through Saturday (reviewed separately). It's the closest thing you get to elevated in Bartlesville. They have trivia Tuesdays, wine Wednesday, live entertainment Thursday, karaoke Friday, and regular Saturdays. Staff is always wonderful. Highly recommended. But please don't rate this unique, historical site on the same plane as four seasons.

They renumbered a lot of rural street addresses so that emergency responders could find locations…read morein the rural parts of Nowata County more easily, as part of setting up 9-1-1 service in the county. A good organization, but this work should have been done 20 or 30 years ago.