Metro Family

Family Fun

Connecting with your family in a fun way makes it easier to tackle tougher family issues. MetroFamily makes it simple to find all the local fun you can handle—it's what we're known for. In addition to local ideas for fun, visit our special site,  ExploringOK.com, which includes hundreds of ideas for day and weekend trips around the state.

Top FREE things to do for family fun in Central Oklahoma

We welcome your suggestions of other FUN free activities for families in the metro! Feel free to comment below or email us at info@metrofamilymagazine.com. Enjoy!

• Oklahoma Railway Museum
3400 NW Grand Blvd., OKC
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm
424-8222, oklahomarailwaymuseum.org
Freight cars, passenger cars and real steam engine. Train rides available for a fee.

• Martin Park Nature Center

5000 W Memorial Rd, OKC

Wednesday-Sunday 9am-6pm

755-0676, OKC.gov/Parks/Martin_Park/index.html

You can wade in the nearby creek, take a hike on the trails and visit the hands-on museum.

• Library classes and programs

At each of the Metro Library System locations, you may find classes such as story time for preschool age and play times for children of all ages. Plus enjoy concerts, movies and computer help for all ages. For a full listing, visit http://www.mls.lib.ok.us/

The Pioneer Library System also offers classes such as Baby storytime, make and take art for ages 3-6, and concerts for all ages. For a full listing visit pioneer.lib.ok.us  

• Express Clydesdale Ranch

12701 W. Wilshire, Yukon

Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12:30-5pm, closed on Monday, 350-6404, ExpressClydesdales.com

At this ranch, you can see and pet the unique (and huge) Clydesdale horses. Also available is a zebra and other ponies. Located 4 miles north of Interstate 40 off of Exit 136 (Garth Brooks Blvd) 

• 45th Infantry Division

2145 N.E. 36th Street, OKC

Tuesday-Friday 9am-4:15pm

Saturday 10am-4:15pm

Sunday 1-4:15pm

424-5313, 45thdivisionmuseum.com

Museum houses exhibits like the Bill Mauldin Cartoon Collection, Reaves Military Weapons, World War II and Korean War artifacts, and Thunderbird Park, a 15-acre area that features tanks, artillery, aircraft and the Thunderbird Monument

• State Capital Tours

Tours of the capitol can be self-guided or guided tours (available Monday-Friday 9am-3pm hourly but closed at noon). Schedule your group tour (10 or more) by calling 521-3356.

• Guthrie Gunfighters Inc.

This group performs their Old West reenactments on Saturdays,1-5pm hourly at 2nd and Harrison. Guthriegunfighters-inc.org

• Edmond Historical Museum

431 S. Boulevard, Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 1-4pm. 340-0078, EdmondHistory.org

The permanent collection is arranged in chronological order from the early days when Edmond was a coal and water stop for the Santa Fe Railroad, through the Run of 1889, the building years in the early 1900's, up through the present. Most important to the kids in your family is the Children’s Learning Center which provides hands-on learning fun about Edmond’s history.                                                         

 
 

 

 

 

 

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