Shattuck Windmill Museum, Open-air windmill museum in Shattuck, Oklahoma, United States.
The Shattuck Windmill Museum is a four-acre outdoor space displaying 63 restored windmills that show how the machines changed from wood to steel over roughly a century. The collection spans machines made between the 1850s and 1950s, representing different eras of frontier settlement.
The windmills allowed early settlers in Oklahoma to pump water from underground sources, making it possible to settle the High Plains during westward expansion. The museum collection traces how these machines became essential to opening up the region.
The grounds feature a stone dugout house, a relocated farmhouse from the early 1900s, and a general store, showing how settlers lived and worked in early Oklahoma. These buildings give visitors a sense of daily routines in this frontier region.
The outdoor grounds are open from sunrise to sunset daily, while the mercantile building operates during daytime hours on weekdays and Saturdays. Visitors can walk the grounds at their own pace and observe the working windmills in changing wind conditions.
All 63 windmills remain fully operational and respond to wind movements, demonstrating real water-pumping techniques from different historical periods. Visitors watch the machines actually work rather than viewing static exhibits.
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