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Eliza Cruce Doll Museum is located in a wing of the Ardmore Public Library320 E NW, (580) 223-8290 and offers an impressive collection of the world's finest and most rare examples of dollmaker's art and contains over 300 dolls, some dating back to 1776 and contains some of the world's finest and rarest specimens of dolls.

The collection belonged to Eliza Cruce Hall, Eliza Cruce Hall had arrived in Ardmore for the first time in 1896 and was the niece of Oklahoma's second commander-in-chief, Gov. Lee J. Cruce.  She began collecting dolls during a trip to Europe. Many of the dolls are rare and antique and include porcelain dolls, kewpie dolls, French fashion dolls, and famous dolls such as Lenci Kruse, Kestner, Ravca, Klumpe, Montanari and Schoenhut.

The collection also includes original French Court dolls depicting members of French Queen Marie Antoinette's court and English peddlers.

The hugely popular Bye-lo dolls also form part of the collection. The rarest however are the hand-carved wooden varieties, which date back to the 1770s.