Cherokee Heritage Center, Native American museum in Park Hill, Oklahoma.

The Cherokee Heritage Center is a museum in Park Hill that presents Cherokee history through exhibits and artifacts. The grounds include buildings, a rebuilt village, and areas for viewing traditional crafts and skills.

Retired Army Colonel Marty Hagerstrand founded the center in 1962 with Principal Chief William Wayne Keeler, and it occupied the basement of Hagerstrand's home for four years. Construction began on February 23, 1966, on the site of the mid-19th-century Cherokee Seminary in Park Hill, using salvaged foundation rock from the old building. The village opened to the public on June 27, 1967.

The Ancient Village reproduces a mid-18th-century Cherokee township as European explorers would have met it. Guided tours stop at a seven-sided council house and a brush arbor, with demonstrations of traditional crafts and hunting techniques; visitors can try a blowgun and stickball. The annual Trail of Tears Art Show, held each spring since 1971, is open to all tribes.

The grounds hold the Ancient Village, the Adams Corner Rural Village and the museum, so plan to move between indoor exhibits and outdoor reconstructions. The Ancient Village tour includes a seven-sided council house, a brush arbor, blowgun use and stickball. Paths pass plantings chosen for Cherokee medicine, food and tools, and the grounds are known for birdwatching and hiking.

The center was first called Tsa-La-Gi, and its recreated village opened on June 27, 1967, dedicated before Oklahoma Governor Dewey F. Bartlett and Senator A. S. "Mike" Monroney. Construction began in February 1966 with a crew of 12 full-blood Cherokees, later growing to four crews of up to 52 workers.