The Outdoor Symbolic Memorial is a place of quiet reflection. It honors those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever on April 19, 1995. It encompasses the now-sacred soil where the Murrah Building once stood, as well as the surrounding area devastated by the attack. The Memorial is open to all 24 hours a day, year-round.
The Memorial Museum is an interactive learning experience that occupies the west end of the former Journal Record Building. Built in 1923, this building withstood the bombing. The state-of-the-art Memorial Museum takes visitors on self-guided tours through the story of those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building – as well as the world’s response in its aftermath. The Museum uses interactives and augmented reality as well as hundreds of hours of video and artifacts to show visitors each personal detail. Museum Admission maintains the outdoor Memorial.
The Museum's Inasmuch Uncover-Discover STEM Lab integrates STEM concepts with history, stimulating learning and connecting the past with the future. It is an academically oriented experience that is geared toward middle and high school students. The Uncover-Discover STEM Lab teaches the lessons learned from the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and its aftermath. Using large touch-screen tables, students work independently, then come together as a group to find solutions to their challenges – just as first responders to the Oklahoma City bombing had to work together in teams to save lives and investigate the crime.
