Kirkpatrick Air and Space Museum
This section of the museum preserves and honors the contributions of Oklahomans to aerospace. Notable artifacts include the Apollo Command Module simulator, an Apollo Lunar Module replica built by Canadian inventor William Lishman, and artifacts related to Oklahoman aviator Wiley Post. Some of the artifacts are currently on loan to the Oklahoma History Center, which opened in November 2005.
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O Mary, marry earth, sea, air and fire;
Our sacred earth in our day is our curse.”
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Wheeling and whispering come,”
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