Cherokee National History Museum
Cherokee Nation Museum In The 1869 Cherokee National Capitol, A National Historic Landmark; Opened 2019 · Tahlequah, Oklahoma
The Cherokee Nation's history museum, opened in 2019 inside the 1869 Cherokee National Capitol on the square in Tahlequah, a brick building that served as the nation's capitol, then a county courthouse, and is now a National Historic Landmark returned to Cherokee use. The galleries tell the story from the Cherokee homeland in the south-east through the Trail of Tears, the rebuilding of a government and school system in Indian Territory, the allotment era that dissolved tribal land, and the modern Cherokee Nation, the largest tribal nation in the United States by citizenship. Sequoyah's syllabary, the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, the Cherokee Female Seminary and the nation's courts all feature. It is one of several Cherokee Nation sites in Tahlequah, along with the Supreme Court Museum and the Cherokee National Prison Museum.
101 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 74464, United States
Tuesday-Saturday 10 AM-4 PM; CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. Admission is free. Hours can change around the Cherokee National Holiday (check visitcherokeenation.com or call 877-779-6977).
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