See photos from inside the upcoming OKPOP museum in Tulsa

“The Power of Pop” sculpture by Creative Machines Inc of Tuscon, Ariz. is on display at the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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The Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture is pictured in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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“The Power of Pop” sculpture by Creative Machines Inc of Tuscon, Ariz., is on display at the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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Ramona Reed memorabilia is pictured at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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Bob Willis memorabilia is pictured at the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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Bob Wills memorabilia is on display at the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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Bob Willis memorabilia is pictured at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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A detail of the sculpture ‘The Power of Pop’, made by Creative Machines Inc of Tuscon, Ariz., is on display at the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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Renderings are pictured at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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A rendering is pictured at the Oklahoma Folklore Museum in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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A rendering is pictured at the Oklahoma Folklore Museum in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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People view plays at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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People look at a Ramona Reed memorabilia at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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People watch a video at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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Ramona Reed memorabilia is pictured at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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John Blair talks about his mother, Ramona Reed, at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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John Blair presents a book given to him by his mother, Ramona Reed, at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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John Blair presents a book given to him by his mother, Ramona Reed, at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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OKPOP’s Mark Dempsey talks about musical artifacts at the Oklahoma Museum of Folk Culture in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 2, 2024.

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A red 1965 Mosrite Ventures II model guitar, recently purchased from the estate of the late Lahoma native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Nokie Edwards of the legendary surf-rock band The Ventures, is stored in the Oklahoma Museum’s vault . of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, on Friday, January 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture Collections Manager Emily McKenzie holds a bowler hat once owned by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell in the OKPOP Museum vault Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture Collections Manager Emily McKenzie holds a bowler hat once owned by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell in the OKPOP Museum vault Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture Collections Manager Emily McKenzie holds a bowler hat once owned by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell in the OKPOP Museum vault Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

A yellow Telecaster that belonged to pioneering American “guitar hero” Jesse Ed Davis is stored in the vault of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture Collections Manager Emily McKenzie holds a cowboy hat once owned by the late “King of Western Swing” Bob Wills in the OKPOP Museum vault Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

A portrait of Grammy winner JJ Cale by renowned painter Robert Peterson is stored in the vault of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

Materials from the collection of the late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell are stored in boxes inside the vault of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, aka OKPOP, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman