All DestinationsOsage County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma's second-largest city is just a short drive from Osage County, offering world-class dining, museums, and entertainment.
“World-class city energy, just a short drive from the open prairie.”
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About Tulsa
Tulsa is the natural base camp for an Osage County visit — world-class museums, great restaurants, and a revitalized downtown just 50 miles from Pawhuska. The connection between Tulsa and the Osage runs deeper than geography: Thomas Gilcrease himself was of Osage descent, and the Osage Nation's Tulsa casino remains one of the city's most visible institutions.
Founded by Thomas Gilcrease — who was of Osage descent and whose fortune came from Osage oil allotments — the Gilcrease Museum holds the world's largest collection of art and artifacts of the American West. The Osage connection here isn't incidental. It's foundational.
Once known as 'Black Wall Street,' Tulsa's Greenwood District was one of the wealthiest Black communities in America before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The district is thriving again — museums, restaurants, and cultural institutions honoring a resilient community whose story the whole world is finally learning.
Set in a 1920s Italian Renaissance villa surrounded by 25 acres of formal gardens, Philbrook houses an impressive permanent collection spanning 5,000 years of art history. The rotating exhibitions are consistently excellent — and the gardens alone make the visit worthwhile.
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