In the past, adults could gain entry to Fort Sill by showing any government-issued I.D. card (driver’s license, tribal membership, V.A. identification, etc.). After the attacks of 9/11, the Department of Defense (DoD) passed more restrictive rules for military bases worldwide, but the Army has been operating with an exemption to that rule until recently.
The DoD guidelines require that everyone entering a military installation have a nationwide background check. With the lifting of the exemption, Fort Sill is implementing an installation access policy in accordance with Fort Sill Memo 190-13 that meets that background check requirement and will begin issuing photographic pass cards for all visitors and open a Visitors Control Center (VCC) (located just south of Bentley Gate on Sheridan Road) to manage the program. For more information, please go to the Visitor Control Center Website.
Come learn about what life was like as a guard at the Fort Sill Guardhouse. Starting on April 12th, 2014, a couple of our Buffalo Soldier volunteers and a member of the US Deputy Marshals volunteer group will be onhand to tell stories and provide information about the Guardhouse. This will start at 1:00pm and will take place every second Saturday of each month. Come out and learn a bit more about historic Fort Sill!!!!
Due to the ongoing budget cuts / staff loss, many things that were done in the past have been either suspended or eliminated. Please see the list below:
1. No external, non-governmental research requests or collections access will be accepted. We understand that there are a lot of people who wish to have information from our Archives or researchers who would like access to the Archives or Collections but we do not have the staff to assist with the requests. Thank you for your understanding.
Kate Grogan joined the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum in 2016. Kate comes to us after finishing her Master of Arts in Museum and Artifact Studies at Durham University in England. Previously, she was a Curatorial Assistant at the Old Red Museum in Dallas, Texas and has also worked in museums in Seattle, Washington DC, and abroad in England. In her free time, Kate performs improv and sketch comedy.
Welcome to the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum staff, Kate. We are excited you are here
Mr. Erik Radowski joined the staff of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum in July 2016. Erik came to us after completing his Master of Arts in Museum Studies at the University of Kansas. During his time in Kansas, he worked as a Student Archives Assistant at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and as a Collection and Inventory Specialist at the Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton, Kansas. Previously, Erik interned at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also has volunteer experience at the Strategic Air and Space Museum and the Durham Museum, both in the Omaha, Nebraska area.
Erik is married and enjoys exploring his new home in Oklahoma with his wife. He is excited for this new opportunity and to be a part of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum staff.
Welcome to the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum staff, Erik. We are excited you are here.