Monthly Archives: February 2010
Aviation Cadet Museum
Tis the season for Christmas shopping and holiday events, which easily leads me to think of Eureka Springs. With its Victorian architecture, what other town could better capture the charms of the season? An artist town at heart, Eureka is a great place to peruse galleries for unique paintings, pottery, jewelry, sculpture and more. Art … Continue reading
Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas
The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, founded in 1968 and commissioned by the City of Pine Bluff in 1971, is operated for the benefit of all citizens of Southeast Arkansas. The mission of the Arts & Science Center is to provide opportunities for the practice, teaching, performance, enjoyment and understanding of the arts … Continue reading
Arkansas State University Museum
The Arkansas State University Museum, located on the Arkansas State University (ASU) campus in Jonesboro (Craighead County), holds significant historic, archaeological, and natural history collections hailing primarily from the state of Arkansas. One of the first museums in the Southeast to be accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM), it is the largest and … Continue reading
Arkansas River Visitor Center
The Arkansas River Visitor Center, dedicated on August 20, 1985, was designed to acquaint visitors with the Arkansas River, its history and culture, and its transformation into the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The visitor center is located in Russellville (Pope County) on Lock and Dam Road, three miles west of Highway 7. The visitor … Continue reading
Arkansas Railroad Museum
This oil-burning steam locomotive is the 819. It was built way back in 1942 in this very building, which was the Cotton Belt Route machine shop for the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company. This very building, by the way, is at 1720 Port Road in Pine Bluff, and it now houses the Arkansas Railroad Museum. … Continue reading
Arkansas Post National Memorial
In 1686, Henri de Tonti established a trading post known as “Poste de Arkansea” at the Quapaw village of Osotouy. It was the first semi-permanent French settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley. The establishment of the Post was the first step in a long struggle between France, Spain, and England over the interior of … Continue reading
Arkansas National Guard Museum
The Arkansas National Guard Museum’s primary mission is to collect information and artifacts relating to the Arkansas National Guard and its militia predecessor and make that information and those artifacts available to the public and to posterity. In addition, the museum tells the story of Camp Pike/Camp Robinson. It is located in Lloyd England Hall … Continue reading
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
To contact the museum: 870-725-2877 In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on south Arkansas when the Smackover field was ranked first among the nation’s oil fields. For five months in 1925, the 40-square-mile Smackover field was the focal point of one of the wildest mineral booms in North America. Today, south Arkansas’s oil fields produce … Continue reading
Arkansas Museum of Discovery
Museum Of Discovery 500 President Clinton Ave. Suite 150 Little Rock, AR. 72201 Phone: (501) 396-7050 Toll Free: (800) 880-6475 Fax: (501) 396-7054 Museum Hours of Operation Monday – Saturday: Sunday: 9:00a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 1:00 – 5:00 pm General Museum Fees Adults (13-64): $8.00 Seniors (65+): $7.00 Children (ages 1 – 12): $7.00 Children … Continue reading
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
The Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located at 120 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas which opened on May 15, 2005. Its primary exhibit is the USS Razorback, a WWII Balao-class submarine which later served in the Korean, Vietnam and Cold Wars. The submarine was later transitioned to the Turkish Navy … Continue reading