BROKEN ARROW – The Museum Broken Arrow has just announced its annual lineup of exhibitions for 2026, and the museum will continue its work with local and Indigenous artists in multiple exhibits.
According to a Facebook post about the museum’s lineup, Museum Broken Arrow will be holding ten temporary exhibitions throughout 2026, and these include the following:
- January: Then & Now
- February: Broken Arrow Seniors Group Art Show & Sale
- March: FieldTrip Studio, featuring local artists Jaime Gollihare, Jarrod Gollihare, Mindy Greyson, Donna Lewis, and Zuri Louis
- April: Uriens Wolfeson, a local stained glass artist
- May: Alpha Rho Tau Civic Art Association, a local art coalition that has been putting on local art shows since 1930
- June: Matt Henegar, a Tulsa-based illustrator and tattoo artist showcasing his art
- July: Southeastern Indian Artists Association, a non-profit organization based in Tahlequah, featuring Indigenous artists
- August & September: “From BA to NYC, A Local’s Journey Serving Those After 9/11,”
- October: Johnnie Diacon Solo Show, a solo exhibition featuring the renowned Mvskoke artist
- November & December: “Big Spirit, Little Trees” Christmas Tree Exhibition, which will benefit Broken Arrow Neighbors
Museum Broken Arrow’s first exhibition, “Then & Now, A Broken Arrow Photographic Exhibit,” is held from Jan. 2 to Jan. 31. It will allow visitors to, according to a Facebook post by the museum, “explore photographs from 1904 to 2025 and see how Broken Arrow has changed, and not changed, through architecture and the residents who served our community.”
Mickel Yantz, the museum’s Executive Director, is very excited about the exhibitions they will be presenting this year and the opportunity to showcase the culture of Broken Arrow and its surrounding areas.
“With our temporary shows, we want to focus on Broken Arrow and its culture, so a lot of the artists that we bring in either live in Broken Arrow or were born and raised in Broken Arrow,” Yantz said.
“Obviously, that also goes to the core of what we want to represent. We are on Muscogee Nation land, and we always want the Muscogee Nation represented in our permanent and temporary shows. We were able to reach out and make contact with a couple of artists, and we’re just really excited to be hosting a couple of different shows that have Native art.”
Yantz is also pleased by the relationship the museum, as well as the city at large, has had with both the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Indigenous people.
“We take it as a badge of honor, being able to share the culture and history with all of the guests that we have,” Yantz said. “We had almost 10,000 people walk into the museum last year, so being able to share the history and culture of both Broken Arrow and the Muscogee Nation— We take a lot of pride in doing that, and we appreciate that partnership and everything that’s come with it.”
The Museum Broken Arrow is located at 400 South Main Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74012. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Museum is closed on Sunday and Monday. Those who wish to contact the museum can call them at 918-258-2616.
