Great little museum chronicling the life, music and influence of Woody Guthrie. Cool VR experience about the Dust Bowl. Reasonable admission price. Book ahead during the 2020 pandemic.

Loved this museum and account of the folk singers life. Super friendly staff and very knowledgeable.....Do not miss this in Tulsa if you love music!

Sam and Libby were so friendly and enthusiastic about the exhibits. They were also very COVID aware. I felt very safe during my visit. Beautiful displays I was able to get to each area during the timed tour with my stylus for interactive screen activation. Absolutely fascinating fun souveniers, too. Thanks for a great experience.

Love, love, loved this museum. Didnt go much into his family life, but it creates a full perspective of his artistic life.

The Woody Guthrie Center has guest safety at top of mind since reopening. They have hand sanitizer stations throughout the exhibit space. For interactive items, a stylus pen you can keep with the center logo is supplied for use on touch screens. After each run of the movie, they have a staff member clean and sanitize that space. The VR experience has clean masks for the eye pieces and is cleaned after each use.

I may have made a big mistake in not doing this more thoroughly but I am not knowledgeable enough (or interested enough) in that style of music to do the tour. However this is one of the most popular places in town for visitors.

The Woody Guthrie Museum is a treasure of Tulsa. This beautiful little gem will open your eyes to the many and varied talents of one of America’s greatest folk artists and activist. The short but informative film is a wonderful introduction of his contributions to American song, poetry, cartoons and reflections on historical times. At the time of my visit they also had a retrospective on John Denver. This museum was a revelation. #mustseeinTulsa

My first visit was to see a show in the 60 seat theater inside of the museum. There are places to park within walking distance of the museum. I actually found one on the street curb one block away but there are plenty of pay lots it seemed. The center has a rotating display along with the static ones. This was the band X. Very cool punk rock band. But for my purpose, the concert, it was very relaxing and the acoustics were perfect for that venue. I hope to return even though its a four hour drive.

I happened upon the museum of one of my heroes completely by chance, and what luck I have. This is not the biggest museum, but it’s an important one to tell the story of this man and the impact he had on our culture. Bob Dylan exposed me to Woody, and Wilco and Bill Bragg brought him to life. The cashier of the museum was super engaging and helpful, and I was able to learn something profound in the experience. I highly recommend an afternoon.

Excellent museum. Great for anyone not just Woody Guthrie fans. Staff was extremely nice and the restrooms were clean.

Worth every penny. This place gave me the chills. A small space, but the great mix of media and interactive exhibits make up for the size. Guthrie is an American treasure, and so is this center.

This place is awesome. Very thorough history of Woody and the era. When we were there, they also had a John Lee Hooker exhibit that was also very good. This place as is a Tulsa treasure.

I had never heard of Woody before going to this museum. I was absolutely blown by the level of Woodys song. Truly inspired and inspiring. I am definitely going back to Tulsa soon to visit this place. Love it, absolutely!

Nice place to learn about Woody Guthrie and his influence in modern music and artists. Also give some history on the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Small museum to Woody Guthrie. Includes some musical instruments, manuscripts, plenty of photos, listening stations, history, dustbowl video, history displays, dustbowl virtual reality experience, Guthrie video. Also houses the archives of Guthrie’s works.

Guthrie Green is a beautiful multipurpose park that provides pretty much anything you could want for an afternoon of fun. The main draw for me is the event space. The stage is well designed, with good acoustics and great sight lines from pretty much everywhere in the park. There is plenty of seating on the grass directly in front of the stage, as well as chairs and steps further back. The city of Tulsa hosts a number of free concerts throughout the summer and fall so the stage is put to good use. There all also a variety of cool fountains and formations running along the edges of the grass. Its pretty much perfect for kids and the occasional overly-warm adult. There is also a permanent restaurant at the bacK of the park for those who might want food or need beer.

So much history! Music, social justice and politics. Learned a lot. Appreciate the souvenirs made in USA.

Wonderful informative museum. You could spend the better part of the day here really exploring. The interactive exhibits are really worth the trip.

Didnt know much about him and now I do. Modern feel with VR experience. Definitely a must see in Arts District

Great interactive displays that blends history, politics and the personal struggles of this prolific singer, song writer. Guthries musical influence can still be felt today.

This museum is informative; not only about Woody Guthrie, but also about important USA events during his lifetime. Staff super friendly and helpful.

Amazing historical museum. We tried their virtual reality about the Great Depression and found it to be eye opening and fascinating. Definitely recommend

Trip back in time. If you are interested in Woody Guthrie, this is a must see.Listen through headphones to original recordings.

Didnt even know it existed till I saw a poster for it in the airport. Great place to take in some history.

Everything you want to know about Woody is here. Nicely presented and preserved. A definite homage to an icon of American music.

An Amazing Experience!

Had a few hours to chill in Tulsa, so visited the Woody Guthrie Center. It does charge to visit $12, and you can stay until they close. Its a nice museum full of musical instruments that Guthrie played and owned, and hand written songs he wrote.I spent an hour here, but could have stayed two hours. Overall, it was enjoyable.

We only had one stop to make in Tulsa, and this was it! We weren’t disappointed. Easy to park the RV, excellent, clean, safe and Art District. Friendly staff. A must for ANY MUSIC LOVER, and ALL PEOPLE who are Americans,Born or otherwise. A great to our society-then and still. My father is 72, we had a blast together. The technology used in there today combined with the history was justPlain oldCool!

Great place to visit. Spend as much time as you want

An absolute pleasure and a Tulsa treasure.The Woody Guthrie Center, though taking up a small footprint, is filled with remarkably in depth information on one of the most influential mid-century American troubadours. Short film, open exploration and interactive exhibits means that there is something interesting to be had for all types of museum focused visitors. The rotating exhibits will likely continue to be a crowd pleaser, but so too the displays and commentary about Woody and his life.If you have a spare few hours to spend, the Center is a lovely place to catch. If you want some outdoor space as well, the Guthrie Green is right across the way.

Really comprehensive showcase about the mans life and art. However they glossed over some of the more troubling aspects of his life (mysterious deaths, the women of his life).

The photos and instruments are interesting, but this place is really about the music. Be sure to listen to the recordings. The Dust Bowl VR experience is remarkable.

Took my grandson. Explained to him about government and corporate corruption. In todays America.

I never knew this man until my husband said that we should visit for our date. I was a little nervous seeing as the time period wasnt the kindest twards people of color. I am glad we went. He truely is a beautiful and left the world a better place.

Good museum with lot of cool stuff, usually have a special guest section in back. We see Stevie Ray Vaughn stuff.

Small museum but very interesting place. Plan for about 1-2 hrs.

This is a must see when in Tulsa. I learned so much. It tells this icons story so well.

Highly recommend this! I had no idea that he wrote over 3,000 songs!

Cool little museum! There is also a really cool VR experience included in admission. Free for kids 17 and under, but a little pricey for adults.

Cool place, great mural

Lots of neat stuff here whether youre a fan or dont know much about the guy. Nice intro theatre video. Dont miss the virtual reality experience of the dust bowl storm. Rotating exhibit in the back. Reasonably priced for our group at like $6 a piece.

Great place to learn about the history of Folk music and Woody Guthrie.

I came here right after the disastrous election in November 2016. Just the salve I needed. Woody is one of my heroes, and I was excited to see this place. I was not disappointed. They did a wonderful job of documenting all the Woody history and you could spend days in there going through recordings, readings, drawings, and going through the chronology of his life and his works. He truly was an amazing soul who was ahead of his time. I loved it so much, we came through Oklahoma again last week on a road trip, and I had to share this place with my sister. She was only disappointed that we didnt have more time to spend there. A must see even if youre not a huge Woody fan. (You will be after spending time here!)

Wonderful acoustics, heartwarming atmosphere, Homegrown Music. Couldnt beat it. My best time so far in Tulsa.

First time here and was pleasantly surprised. Wonderful artifacts from Woody Guthrie on display, including original instruments, hand written and typed song lyrics and letters, photographs, lots of art work by Woody and so much more. Really enjoyed the virtual reality headset you wear, placing you in the heart of the dust bowl. Way cool! Many displays had headsets you wore to hear more about a particular event in Woodys life. Overall just a great display of Woody Guthrie and the catastrophic events that happened during his lifetime and the songs he wrote about them. From the dust bowl to WWII to the stock market crash. A must see display.

If you know nothing about Woody Guthrie and want to be introduced to the basics, then this is the place for you. Its essentially a Woody Guthrie 101 course but presented in a museum format.If, like me, you paid the $9 admission hoping to learn more about the man and his politics, songwriting, and activism, then you will be sorely disappointed as the museum offers little of substance. In fact, about 1/3 of the museum has nothing whatsoever to do with Woody Guthrie at all but is just displays and artifacts donated by semi-famous bands.Biggest disappointment: Guthries iconic THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS guitar is not even here.

Lucky enough to be there during the anniversary and see the original copy of This Land. Staff were beyond friendly and helpful!

Always a pleasure! Been here several times, and more to come...

We really enjoyed the John Mellencamp exhibit. The other displays were interesting as well and the employees are very knowledgeable. Definitely a treasure in Tulsa.

I really dig the work that Woody Guthrie Center does...the staff is AWESOMETASTIC!

Great tribute to an American muscian and artist. A must see if visiting Tulsa

We didnt really know what to expect at the Woody Guthrie Museum.. I thought they did an excellent job of describing and defining a man in his season and at that time in world history... A common troubadour who lived in uncommon times.

Great place to learn some Americana and includes several displays with interest beyond Woody.

Wonderful living tribute to Guthrie. Exhibition gives examples of his work, and shows some of his instruments, and movie is a short retrospective of his work and influence. One wishes there was more, but overall a well designed exhibition. Includes an archive of his work, that is available for researchers in humidity and temperature stable environnent. Includes hands on elements to anchor Woodys work in proper context if history, as well as multimedia stations to explore his extensive catalogue. Backdrop panels with facsimile pages of Woodys journals are perfect backdrop for the rest of the exhibition.The temporary/visiting John Denver exhibition was also interesting, if not as extensive, nor engaging.

Very interesting, I didnt know anything about Woody Guthrie and his influence on people. They also have a great information about the Dust Bowl and goggles to experience it first hand. My second visit and highly recommend.

Much more than I ever expected it would be! We were on a walking tour and only got to stay here 1 hour as part of the tour. You need to set aside more time. Very extensive collection of music, art, writings, and paraphernalia. Well worth the time to visit!

Great smaller museum. A lot of cool memorabilia and educational areas. Not 5/5 because i had a small kid and there wasnt a lot for him. Still a good time and well worth the entry. Check out Guthrie green too

Wonderful collection of Woody Guthrie history. Drawings, notebooks, and songs. Historical photographs and period history provide perspective. New exhibits highlight other musicians. Audio and video exhibits of interviews of contemporary musicians as well as performances of Woodys music by other musicians.

A lot of awesome original documents, instruments, and pictures that Id never seen before

Its an easy place to see in an hour. But the best part was the concert by Jake Allen that evening. What a talent!!Theres also many places to eat near by.

This is one of my favorite places in aTulsa.

We enjoyed this there were several hands on items to do loved the music bar set up.

If you are from Oklahoma, you had better get familiar with this place. If you are passing through TULSA, take an hour out of your trip to see, hear, and feel the contribution of a classic icon, in Woody Guthrie!!

Whatna.surprise! A.must see. Creative. Artsy without losing focus on the man and his quest genius.

This is a nice little gem in the heart of downtown Tulsa. I visited specifically for the John Denver exhibit, which was there on loan for a short time. However, I also liked the Woody Guthrie exhibit as well, which gives a good history of his life and times.

Love the Woody Guthrie Center!!! Great exhibit and don’t miss the next opportunity for any of their special events. All their staff are amazing too

Fantastic museum, very interesting!

Very nice place. Friendly people, the exhibit is awesome.

Great place. Love the tornado experience. Always something new to see. Love the pieces from the Bob Dylan archive.

Excellent all be it small museum. Woodys life is well documented as is the dust bowl. Revolving exhibits make this a more than once kind of place. Staff is amazingly knowledgeable for thier young age! We were impressed!

I really like this Museum when I was visiting Tulsa Woody Guthrie suffered from Huntingtons chorea and as I live with my partner of 21 years who has the same disease I found a lot of it very informative

Informative museum - dont miss dust bowl experience.

Great step back in time. It was just good to get out and have a girls day out, checking out the history and admiring the guitars!

It was a great live show and the people there are friendly

Much of our musical history was explained to me in this location. The instruments and guitars onsite were fascinating. The connection between musicians of the Dust Bowl era, and their impact on other prominent musicians intrigued me. Definitely glad we made this a stop during our trip to Tulsa!

This place was awesome! The staff were friendly and knowledgeable. We learned a lot of interesting facts. There was a VR exhibit on the dust bowl and a new section on punk rock and the band X that was neat.

The museum is very well done. It is self paced with many interactive exhibits. Very educational. The John Denver exhibit was an added bonus.

I like museums, and this one is very, very good, but pretty small. If you are crazy about Woody, then youll love it. If not, not so much. Its very well done, with music, history, old guitars and the like. Its in a great area of Tulsa with bars and restaurants nearby. In the summer, they tell me the park across the street has concerts and such.The film on Woody is worth watching, but the gift store is very small. Its just starting out, and not that old, so I have high hopes for it. I believe Philbrook has a satellite museum nearby in Tulsa.If you have kids AND they like music, theyll love it. Mine were a little bored, and didnt quite get what was the big deal. There are lots of headphones you can put on and listen to the music.

Great place to visit it you find yourself in Tulsa

Intimate setting for small concerts.

Cuz...Woody Guthrie.

Awesome music history as well as American folk history... had display of punk rock pioneers X...

Wonderful. A tribute to great man.

Outstanding. Very cool multimedia installations, tons of songs to listen to - a really thorough treatment of this amazing and inspirational American. 10/10.Worth the visit to Tulsa!

Wonderful experience. Just scratched the surface and it was 2 and a half hours later. We need another Woody today.

Fantastic, kid friendly exhibits! We will definitely come back!!!

Go for the music! The way this museum weaves the music into the experience is so unique. They have a HUGE catalog you can select from and it was easy to spend over an hour just going through the songs, lyrics, and story.

Good to learn about an American legend.

Wonderful place. Lots and lots of history.

If having all the Woody Guthrie memorabilia one could desire isnt enough, they have traveling exhibits stopping in continually.

Woody Guthrie was not only an early twentieth century song-writer, but a visionary and humanitarian. The museum does an excellent job telling his story with superb video and audio as well as collections of memorabilia. He was a huge influence on Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and many other popular songsters in the last half of the twentieth century. If you are interested in the roots of rock and folk music genres you will enjoy and learn from this museums fine collection and programming.

Great! Loved the VR experience!

Wonderful place to visit, would definitely recommend it!

Must see you will come away grounded and uplifted.

Wow it so exciting to have the this in the Brady District. I remember when this part of town was just warehouses. Its exciting to see the area transformed. Dont forget to the see the Center of the Universe while youre here

Great museum on the life and work of Americas greatest folk music artist and icon of mid 20th century left politics. So great to see this museum open since Woodys hometown of Okemah has basically rejected him and the small museum there has apparently closed. Well designed museum with great artifacts and exhibits that will interest and educate people with little familiarity with Woody like my father and people for whom Woody has long been a personal hero like myself.

We were reminded, or made aware, of the genuine humanity of this incredibly talented citizen, champion of people and artist of so many facets. Dont hardly make em like that anymore.

Excellent museum showing the work of Woody Guthrie, with a small hall for other exhibits and a small (50 seats) concert/movie theater. Dont miss it when visiting Tulsa.

Very neat place.. Check it Out

Very interesting, would reccomend to anyone.