See Downtown Norman

From surveyor’s campsite pre-statehood to modern day football powerhouse

Explore the quaint downtown of Oklahoma’s third largest city. Enjoy an easy walk through Norman’s unexpected history, symbolic murals and local breweries. You’ll discover how:

  • graffiti gave the town its name

  • Boomers and Sooners came to be

  • OU football started off on the wrong foot

  • a political miracle saved Norman from being trapped in Oklahoma County (no offense, Edmond)

  • merchants celebrated a catastrophic fire

  • local retail chain outcompeted Walmart

  • local architect built the state’s most lavish movie house and with cutting-edge tech

1 hour • 0.75 miles • $TBA

📍AM tours start at Beanstalk Coffee and Sno at 207 E. Main St (downtown location)
📍PM tours start next door at (405) Brewing Co. @ 205 E. Main St

All tours end at Beer Is Good (BIG) Brewing across the street.

🚘 Street parking on Main St is free for 1 hour
🚘 Municipal lot at 228 E Gray St behind the starting point is a bargain 25 cents per hour Mon—Fri until 6pm and free after 6:00 and all day on weekends

Norman Tours is a division of OKC Tours, a sister company to Tulsa Tours. Explore with us in all three locations!