List of museums in Arkansas

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This list of museums in Arkansas is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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NameLocationCountyRegionArea of studySummary
Altus Heritage House Museum Altus Franklin Arkansas River Valley Local historyOriginal German-American State Bank, circa 19th century, with early coal mining equipment, local history [1]
Arkansas Air & Military Museum Fayetteville Washington The Ozarks Aviation website, History of aviation in Arkansas and American military conflicts, historic aircraft
Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock Pulaski Little Rock Central Area Art
Arkansas Country Doctor Museum Lincoln WashingtonThe OzarksMedical website, life of a small-town doctor and the history of medicine as it was practiced in the early 20th century
Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame Pine Bluff Jefferson Arkansas Delta Hall of fame - EntertainersLocated in the Pine Bluff Convention Center, artifacts and memorabilia of entertainers from Arkansas [2]
Arkansas Governor's Mansion Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaHistoric house
Arkansas Historic Wine Museum Paris Logan Arkansas River Valley RegionIndustry - Wine making website, operated by Cowie Wine Cellars, history of wine making in the state
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum North Little Rock PulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaMaritimeFeatures the submarine USS Razorback (SS-394)
Arkansas Museum of Discovery Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central Area Science
Arkansas Museum of Natural History Hot Springs Garland Ouachita Mountains Multiple website, displays archeological and geological artifacts from Arkansas and from around the world including minerals and fossils
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Smackover Union Arkansas Timberlands Industry - PetroleumPetroleum industry in Arkansas
Arkansas National Guard Museum North Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaMilitaryHistory the Arkansas National Guard, Camp Pike and Camp Robinson
Arkansas Post National Memorial Gillett Arkansas Arkansas DeltaHistoryCommemorates key events at the site: first semi-permanent European settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1686); an American Revolutionary War skirmish (1783); the first territorial capital of Arkansas (1819–1821); and the American Civil War Battle of Fort Hindman (1863)
Arkansas Railroad Museum Pine BluffJeffersonArkansas Delta Railroad Housed in former railroad shops, features steam locomotives
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Museum North Little RockPulaskiArkansas TimberlandsSportsFeatures men, women and teams from a variety of sports, includes inductees from each of the 78 counties in Arkansas
Arkansas River Visitor Center Russellville Pope Arkansas River Valley Region Natural history website, natural and cultural history of the Arkansas River and the construction of Lake Dardanelle, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Arkansas State University Museum Jonesboro Craighead Arkansas DeltaMultiple website, state history, natural history and cultural heritage
Arkansas Tech MuseumRussellvillePopeArkansas River Valley RegionHistory website, history and memorabilia of Arkansas Tech University
Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas Pine BluffJeffersonArkansas DeltaMultipleEmphasis on Arkansas and African-American artists, hands-on science exhibits
Ashley County Museum Hamburg Ashley Arkansas DeltaLocal historyLocated in the Watson House
Aviation Cadet Museum Eureka Springs Carroll The OzarksAviation website
Baum Gallery Conway Faulkner Little Rock Central AreaArt website, art gallery in McCastlain Hall of University of Central Arkansas
Bauxite Historical Association & Museum Bauxite Saline Little Rock Central AreaLocal history [3]
Baxter County Heritage Center Gassville Baxter The OzarksLocal history website, operated by the Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society
Bella Vista Museum Bella Vista BentonThe OzarksLocal history website
Belle Museum and Chapel Charleston FranklinArkansas River Valley RegionLocal history [4]
Blythe's Scott County Museum Waldron Scott Ouachita MountainsLocal history website, includes Native American artifacts, firearms, weapons, coins
Boone County Heritage Museum Harrison Boone The OzarksLocal history website, operated by the Boone County Historical & Railroad Society, antique collections, pioneer life, railroad and Civil War artifacts, local history collections
Bradbury Art Museum JonesboroCraigheadArkansas DeltaArt website, part of Arkansas State University, changing exhibitions of contemporary art in all media
Bradley County Historical Museum Warren Bradley Arkansas TimberlandsLocal historyLocated in the historic Dr. John Wilson Martin House
Bradley County Veterans MuseumWarrenBradleyArkansas TimberlandsMilitary website
Bradley House Museum Jasper Newton The OzarksLocal history website, operated by the Newton County Historical Society
Bud Walton Arena Razorback Sports Museum FayettevilleWashingtonThe OzarksSportsHistory of Razorback basketball, track and field, baseball, tennis and golf
Carroll County Heritage Museum Berryville CarrollThe OzarksLocal historyOperated by the Carroll County Historical Society in the historic county courthouse
Central Delta Depot Museum Brinkley Monroe Arkansas DeltaLocal historyOperated by the Central Delta Historical Society, showcases the importance of the Louisiana Purchase, the impact of the railroad era and the local history of the delta region
Central High School National Historic Site Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaHistoryHistory of the Little Rock Nine and forced desegregation in Arkansas
Chaffee Barbershop MuseumFort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionHistoryRestored 1958 period barbershop where Elvis Presley received his famous first G.I. haircut [5]
Cherokee Village Museum & Learning CenterCherokee VillageFulton and Sharp CountiesNorth Central ArkansasCommunity History website
Clayton House Fort Smith Sebastian Arkansas River Valley RegionHistoric houseVictorian Renaissance baroque mansion, operated by the Fort Smith Heritage Foundation
Cleburne County Historical Society Museum Heber Springs Cleburne The OzarksLocal historyLocated in the historic Clarence Frauenthal House
Clinton House Museum FayettevilleWashingtonThe OzarksHistoric house - BiographicalEarly home of Bill and Hillary Clinton
Clinton Presidential Center Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaBiographicalLibrary and museum of President Bill Clinton
Clover Bend Museum Black Rock LawrenceArkansas DeltaLocal history website, farmstead exhibits and local history
Crater of Diamonds State Park Murfreesboro Pike Arkansas TimberlandsGeology - GemsVisitors can sift soil for diamonds, agate, garnet, amethyst, and other gems
Cross County Museum Wynne Cross Arkansas DeltaLocal history website, operated by the Cross County Historical Society
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville Benton The OzarksArtFeatures American art from the Colonial era to contemporary work
Dallas County Museum Fordyce Dallas Arkansas TimberlandsLocal history [6] [7]

website Exhibits of Dallas County history along with an archives room and a searchable collection of nearly 25,000 negatives from the Alexander Studios. The new Sports Museum is located across the street and from April 22-June 3, 2017 will house the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Hometown Teams:How Sports Shape America.

Daisy Airgun Museum Rogers BentonThe OzarksCommodity - Airguns website, vintage products and artifacts of the Daisy company
Darby House Fort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionBiographicalHome of World War II General William Orlando Darby [8]
Delta Cultural Center Helena Phillips Arkansas DeltaHistoryLocal history, culture, music, railroads
Delta Rivers Nature CenterPine BluffJeffersonArkansas Delta Nature center website, natural history of the Arkansas River Delta, located in Pine Bluff Regional Park, 130 acres with trails
Delta Gateway Museum Blytheville Mississippi Arkansas DeltaLocal history website, regional history, industry, agriculture, transportation, geology, natural history, located in the historic Kress Building
Desha County Museum Dumas Desha Arkansas DeltaOpen-air website, includes the museum with period business displays, an 1828 church, a stocked country store, a building with period farm machinery and equipment, and an 1850 log house
Drennen-Scott House Van Buren Crawford Arkansas River Valley RegionHistoric house
Drew County Historical Museum Monticello Drew Arkansas DeltaLocal historyOperated by the Drew County Historical Society [9] [10]
Eddie Mae Herron Center Pocahontas Randolph Arkansas DeltaAfrican AmericanMuseum, education, community, heritage and cultural center about African Americans in Randolph County
Ernie's Museum on Black ArkansansLittle RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaAfrican American website, also called EMOBA - The Museum of Black Arkansans and Performing Arts Center, contributions of black Arkansans
ESSE Purse Museum & Store Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaFashion website, evolution of the 20th-century American woman – decade by decade – through her handbags and the items she carried with her
Eureka Springs Historical MuseumEureka SpringsCarrollThe OzarksLocal history website
Fargo Agricultural School Museum Fargo MonroeArkansas DeltaHistory
Faulkner County Museum ConwayFaulknerLittle Rock Central AreaLocal historyHoused in the former county jail
Fort Smith Air MuseumFort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionAviation website, located at Fort Smith Regional Airport, honors pioneer and military aviators from western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma
Fort Smith Museum of History Fort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionLocal history
Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionMilitaryFort Smith's military history from 1817–1871
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Fort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionArt website, nationally and internationally recognized traveling exhibits
Fort Smith Trolley Museum Fort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley Region Railroad - TrolleyHeritage streetcars, steam locomotives, railroad equipment, transportation and other technology
Frog Fantasies MuseumEureka SpringsCarrollThe OzarksCommodity website, collection of frog items and gift shop
Gann Museum Benton Saline Little Rock Central AreaLocal history
Galaxy CollectionHot SpringsGarlandOuachita MountainsMedia website, vintage items related to the Star Wars franchise
Gangster Museum of AmericaHot SpringsGarlandOuachita MountainsHistory website, area history related to organized crime in the 1920s to 1940s
Grant County Museum Sheridan Grant Little Rock Central AreaLocal history website, special exhibits include the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company Museum, a Civil War Red River Expedition room, automobiles and military vehicles
Gravette Historical Museum Gravette BentonThe OzarksLocal historyLocated in the Kindley House [11]
Guitar Museum Jacksonville PulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaMusic website, vintage guitars & amps, w/large display of Cowboy Guitars circa 1930s - 1950s
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park Wilson MississippiArkansas DeltaArchaeologyCollection of early American aboriginal artifacts from the Nodena site
Headquarters House Museum FayettevilleWashingtonThe OzarksHistoric house - History1853 period home, exhibits related to Civil War battle, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Helena Museum of Phillips County HelenaPhillipsArkansas DeltaLocal historyIncludes local history (social clubs, lumber industry, river port, etc.) and Civil War history. Housed in the oldest civic building in Phillips County and the oldest purpose build museum building in the state.
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center Piggott Clay Arkansas DeltaHistoryBarn-studio associated with author Ernest Hemingway and the family home of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer; focus on area life and literature in the 1920s and 1930s
Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County Mount Ida Montgomery Ouachita MountainsLocal history website
Historic Arkansas Museum Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaHistoryState history
Historic Washington State Park Washington HempsteadArkansas TimberlandsOpen-airAlso known as Old Washington Historic State Park, over 30 historic buildings
Hot Springs National Park Hot SpringsGarlandOuachita MountainsHistoric siteIncludes early 20th century period Fordyce Bathhouse museum
Howard County Museum Nashville Howard Arkansas TimberlandsLocal historyOperated by the Howard County Historical Society
Hunter-Coulter Museum Ashdown Little River Arkansas TimberlandsLocal history
Huntington Jail and Miner Museum Huntington SebastianArkansas River Valley RegionLocal history
Jacksonport State Park Newport Jackson Arkansas TimberlandsMultipleIncludes African American History Exhibit, Courthouse Museum, Mary Woods No. 2 Riverboat, freshwater pearling exhibit
Jacksonville Museum of Military HistoryJacksonvillePulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaHistory website, includes Arkansas military history from the civil war through Iraq, with a special emphasis on Little Rock AFB, plus the Arkansas Ordnance Plant.
Jacob Wolf House Norfork BaxterThe OzarksHistoric houseOldest public structure in Arkansas, two story log house
Japanese American Internment Museum McGehee Desha Arkansas DeltaEthnicHistory of Japanese American internment at Rohwer War Relocation Center and Jerome War Relocation Center during World War II
Josephine Tussaud Wax MuseumHot SpringsGarlandOuachita Mountains Wax museum
Klipsch Museum of Audio HistoryHopeHempsteadArkansas TimberlandsTechnology website, Klipsch Audio Technologies products, test equipment, audio source components, early manufacturing equipment, items from other companies
Lakeport Plantation Lake Village Chicot Arkansas DeltaHistoric houseThe only remaining Arkansas Antebellum Plantation Home on the Mississippi River; owned and operated by Arkansas State University.
Dyess Colony Dyess MississippiArkansas DeltaHistory website, history of the New Deal federal agricultural resettlement community, includes boyhood home of singer Johnny Cash
Lepanto Museum Lepanto Poinsett Arkansas DeltaLocal history website
Little Rock Central High School Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaHistory1955 Little Rock integration crisis and the Civil Rights Movement
Logan County MuseumParisLoganArkansas River Valley RegionLocal historyHoused in a restored jail [12] [13] [14]
Lonoke County Museum Lonoke Lonoke Little Rock Central AreaCivil War website, dioramas and weapons from the Civil War
Lowell Historical Museum Lowell BentonThe OzarksLocal history
Lower White River Museum State Park Des Arc Prairie Arkansas DeltaLocal history website, river's influence on area history, industry and agriculture
Lum & Abner Museum & Jot 'Em Down Store Pine Ridge MontgomeryArkansas TimberlandsMediaMemorabilia from Lum & Abner radio show from 1903s and 1940s
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaMilitaryMilitary history of Arkansas from its territorial period to the present
Mammoth Spring State Park Mammoth Spring Fulton The OzarksRailroadFeatures early 20th-century period train station, caboose and local history displays
Marked Tree Delta Area Museum Marked Tree PoinsettArkansas DeltaLocal historyLocal history, general store and 4 room replication of the old Verser Hospital in Harrisburg, changing exhibits [15]
Mark Martin Museum Batesville Independence The OzarksAutomobile racing - Biography website, focuses on Mark Martin's car racing career; attached to his Ford dealership
Maynard Pioneer Museum Maynard RandolphArkansas DeltaLocal historyHistoric log cabin and pioneer artifacts
McCollum-Chidester House Camden Ouachita Arkansas TimberlandsHistoric houseOperated by the Ouachita County Historical Society, mid 19th-century period house
Mena Depot Center Mena Polk Ouachita MountainsHistoryAlso known as Kansas City/Southern Historical Railroad Museum
Mid-America Science Museum Hot SpringsGarlandOuachita MountainsScienceHands-on science exhibits
Miss Laura's Social ClubFort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionHistoryRestored former bordello and visitor center [16]
The Momentary BentonvilleBentonThe Ozarks Contemporary art
Morrilton Depot Museum Morrilton Conway Little Rock Central AreaLocal history [17]
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaEthnic - African AmericanAfrican American history, culture and community in Arkansas from 1870 to the present
Museum of American History at Cabot High School Cabot LonokeLittle Rock Central AreaLocal history [18]
Museum of Native American History BentonvilleBentonThe OzarksNative AmericanIncludes tools, weapons, clothing, pottery
Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie Stuttgart ArkansasArkansas DeltaOpen-air website, pioneer and farm life, agriculture, tractors, store displays, collections of antiques, duck calls and decoys, school house, fire house
Museum of Automobiles MorriltonConwayLittle Rock Central AreaTransportation - AutomobilesAntique and classic cars
Nevada County Depot and Museum Prescott Nevada Arkansas TimberlandsLocal historyExhibits include area settlers, railroads, military items
New Rocky Comfort Museum Foreman Little RiverArkansas TimberlandsLocal historyHoused in a former jail
Old Jail Museum Greenwood SebastianArkansas River Valley RegionLocal historyOperated by the South Sebastian County Historical Society
Old Independence Regional Museum BatesvilleIndependenceThe OzarksLocal history
Old State House Museum Little RockPulaskiLittle Rock Central AreaHistoryState history and culture
Ozark Depot Museum Ozark Franklin [19] Arkansas River Valley RegionLocal historyLocal history and railroad memorabilia
Ozark Folk Center Mountain View Stone The Ozarks Living history Ozark cultural heritage and tradition, music, crafts
Ozark Heritage Arts Center Leslie Searcy The OzarksMultipleArt gallery, oral histories, music and theatre
Parkin Archeological State Park Parkin CrossArkansas DeltaArchaeology
Paris-Logan County Coal Miners MemorialParisLoganArkansas River Valley RegionMining [20] [21]
Pea Ridge Historical Museum Pea Ridge BentonThe OzarksLocal history website, operated by the Pea Ridge Historical Society
Pea Ridge National Military Park Garfield BentonThe OzarksMilitaryPreserved Civil War battlefield, museum
The Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens BentonvilleBentonThe OzarksHistoric house1870s period mansion
Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum Pine BluffJeffersonArkansas DeltaLocal historyLocated in the former Pine Bluff Union Station [2]
Plantation Agriculture Museum Scott LonokeLittle Rock Central AreaAgriculture website, cotton agriculture and plantation farming life, operated by the state
Potts Inn Museum Pottsville PopeThe OzarksHistoric house1850s home and stagecoach station on the Butterfield Overland mail route
Powhatan Historic State Park Powhatan Lawrence Arkansas DeltaHistoryFeatures the 1888 Powhatan courthouse which served as the home of county government from 1888-1963, other historic structures
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park Prairie Grove WashingtonThe OzarksMilitary - Civil War1862 battle site and museum about the Battle of Prairie Grove
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site Hope Hempstead Arkansas TimberlandsHistoric house - BiographicalBirthplace home of President Bill Clinton
Quigley's Castle Eureka SpringsCarrollThe OzarksHistoric houseMid 20th-century house covered in small stones
Randolph County Heritage MuseumPocahontasRandolphArkansas DeltaLocal history website, historic artifacts, folk art, archaeological artifacts recovered from the site of the town of Davidsonville, Arksansas
Rector Community MuseumRectorClayArkansas DeltaLocal history website, historic items that have a connection to the area of the Rector School District.
Ridge House FayettevilleWashingtonThe OzarksHistoric houseTours by the Washington County Historical Society
Rogers Historical Museum Rogers BentonThe OzarksHistory website
Saunders Memorial MuseumBerryvilleCarrollThe OzarksCommodity website, firearms, knives, Victorian clothing, accessories, textiles and furniture
Scott Family AmazeumBentonvilleBentonThe OzarksChildren's, science website, hands-on interactive museum for children of all ages and their families
Sevier County Historical Society Museum De Queen Sevier Arkansas TimberlandsLocal history [22]
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Springdale WashingtonThe OzarksHistoryOzark and Northwest Arkansas history
Siloam Springs Museum Siloam Springs BentonThe OzarksHistory website
South Arkansas Arts Center El Dorado UnionArkansas TimberlandsArt website
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum Tyronza PoinsettArkansas DeltaAgriculture website
Stephens Art Gallery Clarksville Johnson Arkansas River Valley RegionArt website, part of the Walton Fine Arts Center at the University of the Ozarks
St. Francis County Museum Forrest City St. Francis Arkansas DeltaLocal history [23]
Stone County Historical Society MuseumMountain ViewStoneThe OzarksLocal history website
Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park Scott LonokeLittle Rock Central AreaArchaeology - Native American 18-mound complex with the tallest surviving prehistoric mounds in Arkansas, museum of artifacts
Tontitown Historical Museum Tontitown WashingtonThe OzarksHistory website
Turner Neal Museum of Natural History MonticelloDrewArkansas DeltaNatural history website, part of the University of Arkansas at Monticello, also Pomeroy Planetarium
Two Rivers MuseumAshdownLittle RiverArkansas TimberlandsLocal history [24]
University Museum and Cultural Center Pine BluffJeffersonArkansas DeltaHistoryHistory of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the Arkansas Delta region [25] [2]
U.S. Marshals Service National MuseumFort SmithSebastianArkansas River Valley RegionMilitary website, planned museum about the U.S. Marshals Service
Van Buren County Historical Society Museum Clinton Van Buren The OzarksLocal history website
Walmart MuseumBentonvilleBentonThe OzarksHistoric store website, original store opened by Sam Walton, company history
White River National Wildlife Refuge DeWitt ArkansasArkansas DeltaNatural history
Wings of Honor Museum Walnut Ridge Lawrence Arkansas DeltaLocal History, Military website, History of Walnut Ridge Army Flying School and wars

Defunct museums

See also

Regions of Arkansas

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