The museum was originally housed in Wilkin Hall before the building burnt down in 1914.

[1] The museum has had only four directors in its history: C. E. Johnson, A. D. Buck, Leo Rodriguez, and Rex Ackerson.

Marland's Three Sands Oil Field, the Tonkawa World War II Prisoner of War Camp, and William H. Vanselous' Big V Ranch.

)[2] The museum closed in 2010 for remodeling, it reopened to present the artifacts and memorabilia arranged by decade.

It also added a Welcome Center for NOC' students, employees, faculty, alumni, donors and the general public.