The J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore holds one of the largest private gun collections in the world, about 12,000 firearms among 50,000 artifacts.
Don’t miss
- Chinese hand cannon dated to about 1350
- Three handguns owned by Pretty Boy Floyd
- Tripwire “cemetery gun” swivel gun
- Replica 1840s gunsmith shop
- About 1,200 beer steins
Our visit
The J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum is the one every gun person should see at least once. The Gun Show Loophole Tours have stopped in 2012 and again in 2016, and the photos below are from those visits.
More than 12,000 firearms fill displays that run over a mile in length, from guns of the 1300s to modern arms, along with saddles, John Rogers statuary, beer steins and World War I posters. It all came from one man, J.M. Davis, and admission is by donation.
Timeline
- 1969 Museum opens on June 27, J.M. Davis’s 82nd birthday
Plan your visit
- On Route 66 near Tulsa, with free parking
- Weekend gunfighter shootouts run April through November
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