Visitor Information
Tower and Galleries
Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, originally incorporated in 1985 as a civic art museum, reorganized in 1998 with a more focused mission in order to better serve its constituency. The Arts Center is housed in the only fully realized skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright: a 19-story landmark completed in 1956. The ongoing mission of the Arts Center, whose centerpiece is Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Price Tower, is to: provide local, regional and global audiences with the experience of great art, architecture and design.
Historic Tower Tours
The 60 minute guided tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower is available to the public Tuesday-Sunday. Typically eight people per tour. Reservations recommended.
Tour Times:
Tuesday 11:00am and 2:00pm
Wednesday 11:00am and 2:00pm
Thurs 11:00am and 2:00pm
Friday 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Saturday 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Tours begin in the Taliesin room on the 1st floor. Tower tours include a visit to the newly restored 19th floor H.C. Price executive office suite and corporate apartment to view Wright's original 1956 interiors. You must be on a Tower Tour in order to visit the upper floors. The tour concludes with stops to view both the temporary and permanent exhibitions on the first floor and second floor mezzanine.
Tower Tour Admission including museum gallery admission (tax not included):
Adults $10, Seniors $8, Students and Children 16 and under $5
(Prices as of January 2, 2007).
Reservations required for groups of 10 or more. Special group rates are available. Please call 918.336.4949 for more information.
Arts Center Galleries
One of the few institutions outside the major urban centers dedicated to architecture and design, Price Tower Arts Center is home to a growing collection of modern art, works on paper, furniture, textiles and design. The permanent collection includes significant pieces by Frank Lloyd Wright and renowned Oklahoma architect Bruce Goff, as well as other seminal examples of 20th century design.
A vibrant year-round exhibition schedule features a wide range of art from around the globe. The Arts Center hosts important traveling exhibitions and also organizes exhibitions from its own collections and from those of other museums.
Price Tower Arts Center galleries feature both temporary and permanent collection on view:
HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Sunday: 12pm to 5pm
MUSEUM ADMISSION (tax not included)
Adults: $4
Seniors: $3
FREE for children 16 and under
FREE for members of the Arts Center (please show card)
Prices as of January 2, 2007.
Reservations recommended for groups of 10 or more. Special group rates are available. Please call 918.336.4949 for more information.
Price Tower Arts Center is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma at 510 Dewey Avenue. Directions.