Route 66 Exhibit Opening Event

Feb 7, 2026
10am-2pm
Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry
114 E Main St
Locust Grove, OK 74352
Phone: 918-479-7667

We will celebrate the centennial of Route 66 with our newest exhibit Rhyming & ROMPing on Route 66. On opening day, we will have exhibit tours, a book signing with Jimmie Tramel for “Staying Gold,” the book he co-wrote about S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders,” the presentation of the awards for the Route 66 Poem Contest, a reading of the poems, the opening of the new Locust Grove room, music by Tom Henry, a Matchbox car race in front of the museum, refreshments, and more.

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