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Once when I was gushing about my family's <a href="http://www.tulsazoo.org/">Tulsa Zoo</a> membership to a fellow stay-at-home mom, she said something that caught my attention: "The only reason we get to go to the zoo and the museums as often as we do is because our family gives us a membership every year for Christmas." 

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What a brilliant idea for a gift, right? What present can top the gift of education? And history with a sense of place? And the chance for a family to have a time and place to get together and spend some quality time, make some memories that will be cherished for years to come?

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For the price of 10 or fewer <a href="http://zhuzhupets.com/">Zhu Zhu Pets</a> (that is, the $8 version of the little buggers) and, in some cases, much, much less, a family of four can be gifted a year's worth of fun at museums like <a href="http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved">Tulsa Air and Space Museum</a>, <a href="http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx">Gilcrease Museum</a>, the <a href="http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/">Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum</a>, <a href="http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm">Oxley Nature Center</a>, <a href="http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html">The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art</a>, <a href="http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>, and <a href="http://www.philbrook.org/support/joining/">Philbrook Museum</a>.

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Got some folks on your shopping list who'd rather see a movie than go to a museum? Check this out: <a href="http://www.circlecinema.com/">Circle Cinema Movie Money gift cards</a>! They're available in any denomination. Pick one up at 12 S. Lewis Ave. or call (918) 592-FILM to snag one over the phone. 

Voila, problem solved, shopping list crossed off. Mama's off to the spa. 

Like the Jelly of the Month Club, these memberships and gift cards are the gifts that keep on giving. Only, exploring collections of art that formed the framework of this city, gazing at pieces that have helped to define modern art and exploring a rainforest in one's own backyard are way better than twelve jars of sugary mush that couldn't beat Smucker's in a taste test if they tried.

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Way better indeed.

<a href="http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved">Tulsa Air and Space Museum</a>
3624 N. 74th E. Ave.
(918) 834-9900

<a href="http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx">Gilcrease Museum</a>
1400 Gilcrease Museum Road
(918) 596-2700

<a href="http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/">Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum</a>
6421 E. 36th Street North
(918) 669-6600

<a href="http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm">Oxley Nature Center</a>
6700 Mohawk Boulevard
(918) 669-6644

<a href="http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html">The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art</a>
2021 E. 71st Street
(918) 492-1818

<a href="http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>
300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks
(918) 296-FISH

<a href="http://www.philbrook.org/support/joining/">Philbrook Museum</a>
2727 S. Rockford Road
(918) 749-7941

<a href="http://www.circlecinema.com/">Circle Cinema</a>
12 S. Lewis Ave.
(918) 592-FILM