Located in the Tulsa Arts District, the Bob Dylan Center serves to educate, motivate and inspire visitors to engage their own capacity as creators. While the center is anchored by a permanent exhibit on the life and work of Bob Dylan, it also offers additional exhibits, public programs, performances, lectures, and publications, through which it aims to foster a conversation about the role of creativity in our lives.
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Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2012, Bob Dylan’s Face Value series marked only the sixth public exhibition of his artwork — following an initial showing in 2007 — and his first foray into portraiture. Speaking on
The Bob Dylan Center presents “Going Electric: Bob Dylan ’65,” a groundbreaking exhibition opening July 24, 2025, and closing in the spring of 2026. Presented by Bob Dylan Center founding members Bob and Debbie Russell, the exhibit offers an immersive,
“Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966” is an immersive multimedia exhibition that captures the spectacle, power and fury of Dylan’s landmark year following his controversial electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. From his fall 1965 US concert dates with
Opening at The Gallatin Galleries on Aug. 25 and running through Oct. 15, the Bob Dylan Center’s exhibition, “How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961–1964,” traces key moments from Bob Dylan’s early career and follows his rapid
“Stepping Into the Unknown,” a new exhibition featuring props from director James Mangold’s eight-time Academy Award–nominated Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” opens Friday, Feb. 28 at the Bob Dylan Center and Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa. Presented in partnership
A career-spanning exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Jesse Ed Davis, legendary rock ‘n’ roll musician and member of the Native American Music Hall of Fame is now open to the public at the Bob Dylan Center. Like Dylan,
On loan from EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, in Dublin, Ireland, the career-spanning exhibition, “They Gave The Walls A Talking: The Extraordinary Story of The Pogues and Shane MacGowan,” illuminates the evolution of The Pogues, the rise of punk rock
“How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961–1964,” highlighting the artist’s growing political awareness, including the civil rights and anti-war movements of the early 1960s, is now on display at the Bob Dylan Center. Among the numerous elements
“Mixing Up the Medicine: Treasures from the Bob Dylan Center” is the official exhibition for the landmark, career-spanning magnum opus “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” written and edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel in collaboration with Callaway Books
PAST EXHIBITS
Opening at The Gallatin Galleries on Aug. 25 and running
“Stepping Into the Unknown,” a new exhibition featuring props from
A career-spanning exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Jesse
On loan from EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, in Dublin,
“How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961–1964,”
“Mixing Up the Medicine: Treasures from the Bob Dylan Center”
The center will be closing at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12.
