<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465009785/" title="DSC04355-1 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC04355-1" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3465009785_c661069fde.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><br />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 eye-opening:<br /><br />"The only reason we get to go to the zoo and the museums as often as we do is because our family gives us memberships every year for Christmas."<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>What a brilliant idea for a gift. 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 lifetime memories?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3464958311/" title="Here, Kitty Kitty by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Here, Kitty Kitty" height="370" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3464958311_4e010725a3.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br />For the price of 10 or fewer&nbsp;<a href="http://zhuzhupets.com/">Zhu Zhu Pets</a>&nbsp;(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>,&nbsp;<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>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.philbrook.org/support/joining/">Philbrook Museum</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4109884404/" title="Philbrook Museum Gardens by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Philbrook Museum Gardens" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4109884404_291e7acc9c.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Got some folks on your shopping list who'd on any day rather see a movie than go to a museum? Check this out:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.circlecinema.com/gift%20card.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://www.circlecinema.com/gift%20card.PNG" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.circlecinema.com/">Circle Cinema Movie Money gift cards</a> are 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.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">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 just minutes from home 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.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465769422/" title="Tropical American Rainforest by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tropical American Rainforest" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3465769422_9284bb3715.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Way better indeed.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved">Tulsa Air and Space Museum</a><br />3624 N. 74th E. Ave.<br />(918) 834-9900<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved"></a><a href="http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx">Gilcrease Museum</a><br />1400 Gilcrease Museum Road<br />(918) 596-2700<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx"></a><a href="http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/">Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum</a><br />6421 E. 36th Street North<br />(918) 669-6600<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/"></a><a href="http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm">Oxley Nature Center</a><br />6700 Mohawk Boulevard<br />(918) 669-6644<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm"></a><a href="http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html">The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art</a><br />2021 E. 71st Street<br />(918) 492-1818<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html"></a><a href="http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership">Oklahoma Aquarium</a><br />300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks<br />(918) 296-FISH<br /><br /><a href="http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership"></a><a href="http://www.philbrook.org/support/joining/">Philbrook Museum</a><br />2727 S. Rockford Road<br />(918) 749-7941<br /><br /><a href="http://www.circlecinema.com/">Circle Cinema</a><br />12 S. Lewis Ave.<br />(918) 592-FILM<br /></div></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/14d89dac-8793-4a52-a226-fa6c283db0d0/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=14d89dac-8793-4a52-a226-fa6c283db0d0" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /></div>