For Immediate Release
5/3/26
National Weather Museum Announces Move
When we opened the doors of the National Weather Museum and Science Center, we had a simple belief: that weather — the most universal force in human life — deserved a home. A place where the science, the history, and the wonder of the sky could live under one roof.
For nearly ten years, this museum has welcomed visitors who came in curious and left changed. Children who learned how a hurricane forms. Farmers who saw their grandfather’s almanac in our collection. Storm survivors who finally found a place that took their stories seriously. Every artifact in this building has been a thread in the larger story of how humans have lived with the sky.
Today, I’m writing to share two pieces of news.
First: the museum’s Norman location is closed, effective immediately.
Second: the National Weather Museum is being reborn — in Tulsa, Oklahoma — inside something this country has never had before.
What’s coming
In the coming months, we’re opening The WX Experience in Tulsa, Oklahoma — a 2,500 square foot immersive destination, and the new home of the National Weather Museum and Science Center. Opening early fall.
Visitors won’t just learn about weather. They’ll feel it. They’ll fly through a thunderstorm in a real cockpit. They’ll stand inside a hurricane wind chamber. They’ll feel a barometric pressure drop and understand, for the first time, why their bodies have always known when a storm was coming. They’ll walk through a story that begins with the first human looking up at the sky and ends with the future of weather science.
The museum isn’t going away. It’s growing into something larger. Every artifact in our collection, every piece of weather history, every story we’ve spent a decade preserving — all of it comes with us. The National Weather Museum will live inside The WX Experience, woven through every zone, anchoring the journey with the real objects and real stories that have always been at our heart.
The museum’s collection will live inside a journey designed to move you — not just to inform you.
Why Tulsa
Tulsa is a city that’s investing in becoming a destination, and an immersive weather experience belongs in a place that’s building toward that future. With the city’s growing arts and tourism infrastructure, its location in the heart of Tornado Alley, and a community that has lived weather as deeply as anywhere in America, Tulsa is the right home for what comes next.
To everyone who walked through our doors in Norman
For nearly a decade, you made this museum what it was. You came on field trips and rainy afternoons. You brought your kids and your grandparents. You donated artifacts, time, and dollars. You shared our work. The museum that lived in Norman is the foundation for everything about to be built in Tulsa, and that’s because of you.
Thank you.
How to be part of what’s next
- Follow the build: I’m documenting every step of this transformation publicly. Follow @thewxlife on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to watch it happen in real time.
- Donate: The transformation is being funded by donors. Every contribution moves us closer to opening day. Donate today!
The sky has been telling stories for as long as humans have been here to listen. The next chapter of how we tell those stories starts now
For questions and inquiries please email info@nationalweathermuseum.com
Thank you,
Ross Forsyth
Executive Director