Visit Oklahoma City Bombing Museum For Free On 30th Anniversary

Saturday, April 19 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. On that day, anyone can visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum for free as part of the 30th anniversary remembrance.

The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum will host a 30th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday outside on the museum's Outdoor Symbolic Memorial, weather permitting. Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker for the ceremony, which will also include 168 moments of silence, a reading of names of those who perished and remarks from survivors, family members and community leaders.

The 30th Anniversary Ceremony is not a ticketed event and is free and open to the public. Following the ceremony, the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum will offer free admission thanks to Cox Community Day.

The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum was built where the 1995 bombing occurred.

Where the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum stands today is where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building once was. The memorial and the museum "were forged from destruction and heartache of the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing." The location in downtown Oklahoma City features the Outdoor Symbolic Memorial and the indoor Memorial Museum.

The memorial is a place of quiet reflection and is on the soil of where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building once stood. It features a reflection pool and empty chairs for the 168 lives lost. Visitors can also sit under the survivor tree, which is an American elm that survived the blasts in 1995.

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The museum occupies the west end of former Journal Record Building and is an interactive learning experience. The building was constructed in 1923 and withstood the 1995 bombing. The museum is a self-guided tour that takes visitors through the story of those who were killed, those who survived and those whose lives were changed forever by using "interactives and augmented reality as well as hundreds of hours of video and artifacts to show visitors each personal detail."

For more information about the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, visit the memorial and museum's official website.