Midgley Museum
The Midgley Museum is a city-owned museum located in the city of Enid, Oklahoma.[1][2]
The museum's exhibits include a large mineral and rock collection that features a 7,000-pound petrified stump and fluorescent rocks that must be viewed under a black light. The museum is operated by the Northwest Oklahoma Masonic Lodges.[3]
History
The items displayed in the museum were collected by the Midgley family that came to the United States from England in the 1870s.[4] Wheat and hay farmers, the Midgleys collected exotic rocks while traveling to sell their harvests.[4]
The family commissioned Texas stonemasons to construct a home from rocks they had excavated.[4] They donated their collections and the home as a museum to the city of Enid.[5]
Exhibits
The house itself is a large part of the display, as it is made from the rocks and minerals the Midgleys collected over the years.[4] In the front yard, there is a 7,000-pound petrified tree stump found near Woodward, Oklahoma.[4] The fireplace is made from priceless fossil stone and a glass-encased gypsum selenite, the largest removed from Oklahoma's Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.[4]
The entire mineral and rock collection includes more than 30 types of exotic rocks, fossil stones, crystal, agate, sandstone, and petrified wood.[6]
Black light room
A closet in the house is filled with fluorescent rocks on display under a black light.[6]
Trophy room
The trophy room includes a stuffed buffalo, Royal Canadian elk, and a moose, and javelinas.[6]
References
- ^ "Midgeley Museum". Visit Enid. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Midgley Museum". Travel OK. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Midgley Museum - VisitEnid.org http://www.visitenid.org/visitors/things-to-do/cultural-heritage/m.directory/82/view/18 (accessed April 24, 2013)
- ^ a b c d e f "Midgley Museum" http://www.lasr.net/leisure/oklahoma/garfield/enid/att5.html, LASR.net - Leisure and Sports Review (accessed April 24, 2013)
- ^ Midley Museum (The Rock House) "Home". Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-04-24. (accessed April 24, 2013)
- ^ a b c Midgley Museum www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/30152, RoadsideAmerica.com (accessed April 24, 2013)
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130829152134/http://www.midgleymuseum.org/
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