The Greenwood Cultural Center now tells the story of the massacre through the lens of preserving the African American community’s heritage and shining a spotlight on its achievements.
Tulsa also was the site of the tragic 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, when the Greenwood District - home to successful entrepreneurs in the 1920s, earning it the nickname of Black Wall Street - was burned to the ground, killing more than 300 people. In Midtown, you’ll find a high concentration of independent shops and some of the city’s best craft breweries. The Tulsa Performing Arts Center hosts the city’s ballet, opera, and symphony, as well as traveling stage productions. Though visual arts abound in Oklahoma’s second-largest city, so too do other forms of creative expression. The Woody Guthrie Center pays homage to one of the great American folk singers and songwriters, further spreading the cultural values for which he stood. An oil town with artsy swagger, Tulsa is best known for its green spaces, fine craft beers, and dynamic museum scene, which includes the Gilcrease Museum, home to more than 350,000 artifacts from Indigenous peoples that will help you understand the history, settlement, and expansion of Oklahoma.
