OKCMOA at a glance

OKCMOA at a glance

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center
Consisting of three floors of galleries, the Museum School, Noble Theater, and Museum Cafe, the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center is located in the Arts District of downtown Oklahoma City between Hudson and Walker Avenues on Couch Drive. The Museum in the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center opened in 2002 and was designed by Allen Brown Architects.



Library Resource Center

Open to the public and located on the mezzanine level of the Museum, the Library Resource Center features a collection of 7,500 non-circulating books and periodicals and provides circulating teaching aids for educators to use in their classrooms.

Noble Theater

Incorporating the original 1947 Centre Theatre as a preservation/reconstruction, the 250-seat Noble Theater offers state-of-the-art projection systems.

Museum School

Offering year round classes for youth and adults and camps for children, the Museum School offers three classrooms, located on the ground floor of the east side of the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center, and includes an entry hall exhibiting student art work.

Lobbies

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has two lobbies, one at the atrium entrance to the building's west, near Walker Avenue, and the second at the theater box office to the building's east, near Hudson Avenue. Each features grand scale installations of Chihuly sculpture.

Atrium Lobby

The Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick Memorial Tower, created by Dale Chihuly, was commissioned by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1999. This monumental sculpture was created for the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center atrium entrance in memory of Museum founder, the late Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick. Funded by the Museum's Beaux Arts Acquisitions Fund, it is one of the largest Chihuly towers in the world. Illuminated 24 hours a day, the Tower is 55 ft. tall, 7' 6" in diameter, and is mounted on a black granite reflecting pool. It consists of 2,100 individual blown glass parts and weighs 20,000 pounds.

Theater Lobby

The Waterford Crystal Chandelier, one of two Chihuly Waterford Crystal Chandeliers in the world, is comprised of 203 individual blown lead crystal parts, each etched by Waterford artisans. The Chandelier is 9 ft., 7 inches in height, 5 ft., 5 inches in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. It is mounted in the Noble Theater lobby in front of a fully mirrored wall. It may be viewed from the ground floor lobby or from the mezzanine lobby, which overlooks the theater lobby.

Roof Terrace

The Roof Terrace is open to the public on Thursday evenings from 5-9p.m. for Cocktails on the Skyline, offering a full bar and appetizers from the Museum Cafe. The Roof Terrace is a gathering place for downtown workers, adventurous suburbians, pre-concert and film goers, and the art crowd. Located atop the 3-story Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center, the Roof Terrace offers a spectacular view of downtown Oklahoma City. Admission is FREE FOR MEMBERS and free with general admission, $9 for adults and $7 for seniors, and includes admission to all galleries.

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