OKCMOA CONTINUES
THIRD THURSDAY WITH
FALL AND WINTER EVENTS

Murder Mystery Night, Victorian Yuletide, Night of Hygge and Night at the Oscars planned

Building on the success of six months of events that welcomed almost 3,000 visitors to the Museum, OKCMOA has scheduled four more Third Thursdays through February: Murder Mystery Night on Nov. 15, Victorian Yuletide on Dec. 20, Night of Hygge on Jan. 17, 2019 and Night at the Oscars on Feb. 21, 2019. Events are from 5-9 p.m. and are free for members and $12 for non-members. Third Thursday is presented by Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores. “Our special exhibition ‘Victorian Radicals’ provides excellent inspiration for our November and December Third Thursdays,” said Bryon Chambers, OKCMOA manager of tours and adult learning. “It is a fantastically rich exhibition with so many different facets to explore. In November, we will focus on the literary by paying homage to one of history’s great detectives. In December, we will take a look at all the wonderful holiday traditions that began in Victorian England.” The fourth annual Murder Mystery Night at the Museum is inspired by “Victorian Radicals” and includes a Sherlock Holmes twist. Several characters will be dressed in Victorian-themed garb, and the Museum will host a British detective costume contest at 7 p.m. Participants can interview suspects, explore the Museum and follow the clues to catch the murderer and discover the murder weapon. Victorian Yuletide will feature holiday drinks and merriment, art-making activities, a community Christmas tree, tours and more. The Victorian period saw the birth of the Christmas tree, ornaments, holiday cards and Santa Claus in England. These favorite holiday traditions will be highlighted throughout the Museum. During the third annual Night of Hygge, visitors can cozy up with friends and family around (battery-operated) candlelight, enjoy live music in the lobby, spend time in the Museum’s galleries and participate in a craft activity. “Hygge” is a Danish word that loosely translates to “coziness.” The concept represents the Danish art of surviving winter through hunkering down, spending time with friends and living well and is frequently associated with warmth, good food, conversation and joy. The Museum Film program will be the focus of February’s Third Thursday, Night at the Oscars. At the heart of the Museum is the historic Center Theater, opened in 1947 and restored for the Museum’s 2002 move downtown. More details for this event will be coming soon. More information about Third Thursdays, including how to purchase tickets, can be found on the Museum’s website, www.okcmoa.com.

About the Exhibition

“Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement” is organized by the American Federation of Arts and Birmingham Museums Trust. This exhibition is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding provided by Clare McKeon and the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation.



Victorian Radicals is co-curated by Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Professor and Chair of the History of Art at Yale University; Martin Ellis, freelance curator, lecturer, and broadcaster who was the Curator of Applied Art at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for many years; and Victoria Osborne, Curator of Fine Art for Birmingham Museums Trust, specializing in British nineteenth-century works on paper.