Will Rogers Memorial

Will Rogers Memorial

Infobox Museum
name = Will Rogers Memorial



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established = 1938
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location = Claremore, Oklahoma
type = History and art museum
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director = Steve Gragert
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website = [http://www.willrogers.com www.willrogers.com]

The Will Rogers Memorial is a 19,052 square-foot museum in Claremore, Oklahoma that memorializes entertainer Will Rogers. The museum houses artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, and manuscripts pertaining to Rogers' life, and documentaries, speeches, and movies starring Rogers are shown in a theater. [cite web | url=http://www.willrogers.org/memorial.html | title= Will Rogers Memorial Museum| publisher= Will Rogers Memorial |accessdate=2008-06-24] Rogers' tomb is located on its 20-acre grounds overlooking Claremore and Rogers State University.

The land for the museum was originally purchased by Rogers, a Claremore native, in 1911 for the site of his retirement home, but was given to members of the Rogers family after his death and later donated to the state of Oklahoma. [cite web | url=http://www.odl.state.ok.us/sginfo/oksg/willrogers-commission.pdf | title= Will Rogers Memorial Commission| publisher= State of Oklahoma| format=pdf| |accessdate=2008-06-24] The museum opened in 1938, three years after his death. [cite news | first=Ginger|last=Shepard| title= New executive director named for Will Rogers Museums in OK| publisher= Journal Record| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20061219/ai_n17073777|date=2006-12-19|accessdate=2008-06-24]

Gallery

ee also

*Will Rogers Birthplace

References

External links

[http://www.willrogers.com/memorial/memorial/about.html Will Rogers Museum Website]


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