Whose Land Was This?

November 6, 2020

Amelia E. Chamberlain, Director, Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar  A Stillwater Living Magazine article written in April 2013 by Ammie Bryant, then Director at the Stillwater History Museum, asks the question, “Did Oklahoma really […]

Community Collections Collaborations

September 7, 2020

Story by Amelia Chamberlain, Director Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar What do you do when your mission overlaps with other Stillwater institutions? Why, you collaborate, of course! There are at least three Stillwater organizations […]

The League of Women Voters and the 100-year Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

August 13, 2020

Story by Lindsey Ettinger, Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar Intern  The League of Women Voters was officially founded in Chicago in February 1920, just six months before the 19th amendment was ratified and women […]

Stillwater’s History in Hats: From the Functional to the Sublime

May 9, 2020

Story provided by Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar The Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar has an extensive textile collection—including over 250 hats. The Museum’s collection also contains numerous historic photographs including pictures of […]

Preserving Our Cultural Heritage for the Future

January 14, 2020

Story by Amelia Chamberlain, Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar Director One of the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar’s community roles is to receive and collect the material culture of Stillwater and to preserve […]

Trivia, Quilts, & Veterans at the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar

December 2, 2019

By Amelia Chamberlain, Director For the past three years, the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar has created a datebook entitled “The Way We Were.” The bound booklet contains images of the permanent collection of […]

How Oklahoma Began

May 4, 2019

Story by Matthew Koster Photos provided by Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar This spring twenty-six classes of 3rd graders from Stillwater and the surrounding areas will take a trip to the Stillwater History Museum […]

Stillwater Main Street

April 4, 2019

Story by Matthew Koster Photos provided by Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar Stillwater’s Main Street began in 1889, following the first Oklahoma Land Run. Like any other city center, it became a hub of […]

A Year in the Life of a Local History Museum

January 5, 2019

Story and photos provided by Amy Loch, Director of Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar It is amazing how fast some years fly by, for the Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar, 2018 has been […]

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