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	Activities & Education: State of Arkansas Retirement and Relocation: Arkansas Parks & Tourism
		The ASU Museum is in the west wing of the Dean B. Ellis Library and is a resource for the university and the public.
		The museum is on 21 scenic wooded acres.
		The museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the Arkansas Ozarks.
	www.relocatetoarkansas.com /activities-education/museums.asp (1061 words)

	Arkansas Museum Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		While many county museums have a case of medical devices or a doctor's bag, this museum has preserved the doctor's travel kit (with horse-drawn buggy and Model T Ford), the infirmary and all its equipment (like the collection of circumcision rings--eeewwwww!) as well as the doctor's residence.
		A couple of historical exhibits explain the geology of the area (this is America's largest ox-bow lake) and artifacts from and details of a civil war skirmish that took place nearby at Ditch Bayou, where 300 lightly armed Confederate cavalry held off a force of 10,000 Union troops.
		This museum, operating in a basement and on a shoestring, is literally a veterans' military museum in that it's comprised of the private collections of things liberated (or looted, depending on your p.o.v.) by local veterans in the service of their country.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/museums/musindex.html (10804 words)

	Historic Homes - Historic homes tours admission cost, visiting hours, living history, reenactments, how to find ...
		This house is a project of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Arkansas.
		It is maintained by the Arkansas Chapter of The Herb Society of America.
		It is the museum's hands-on education center, where Arkansas school children experience pioneer activities firsthand.
	www.arkansashistory.com /visiting/homes.asp (733 words)

	The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial In Arkansas - Calendar - Territorial Fair - Historic Arkansas Museum
		Historic Arkansas Museum will join the rest of the state to celebrate the Louisiana Purchase when he holds its Territorial Fair on Saturday, May 10, 2003, from 10 a.m.
		To honor Arkansas as the site of the survey marker and baseline of the Louisiana Territory, Tim Richardson, of the Early Arkansaw Reenactors Association (EARA) will have survey chains ready for visitors to help him survey the museum property.
		"The Journey Began in Arkansas," the logo of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial of Arkansas, and "The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Committee of Arkansas" are marks of the Arkansas Secretary of State's Office.
	www.lapurchase.org /calendar/calendar_051003_ham.html (347 words)

	Delta Cultural center offers these Links of Interest for Arkansas and the preservation of arkansas history
		The mission of the Arkansas Arts Council is to advance and empower the arts in Arkansas for the benefit of all Arkansans by developing, encouraging and supporting arts in education for lifelong learning, community cultural development, fair and equitable access to the arts for all Arkansans, artistic excellence, diversity and innovation.
		The Arkansas Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) was founded in 1997 by a group of individuals dedicated to preserving and sharing genealogical and historical research techniques, conducting educational programs and preparing exhibits.
		The Arkansas Museums Association is an organization of museums and museum personnel dedicated to the promotion of professional standards in Arkansas museums, the encouragement of interaction between members and the development of public support for and interest in Arkansas Museums.
	www.deltaculturalcenter.com /links (880 words)

	Department of Arkansas Heritage FOI Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The mission of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is to fulfill the objectives of the National Historic Preservation Act through the identification, preservation and protection of the cultural heritage of the State of Arkansas.
		The mission of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission is to preserve natural diversity, to promote choice among beneficial uses of the environment and to promote a balance between the development and environmental protection of the state of Arkansas for this and succeeding generations.
		The mission of the Historic Arkansas Museum is to communicate the early history of Arkansas and its creative legacy through preserving, interpreting and presenting stories and collections for the education and enjoyment of the people we serve.
	www.arkansasheritage.info (325 words)

	Little Rock Museum Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Most of the museum is purely of local interest, high school athletic championship trophies and the like; but there's lots of stuff like 19th century surveying equipment, aluminum industry and mining history, collections of obscure soda bottles and so on.
		For instance there's a room dedicated to the Civil War in Arkansas, one dedicated to the Arkansas Ordnance Plant (88% of all bombs dropped by the U.S. were detonated by devices from this facility), one wall about the missile silos that were built across north-central Arkansas.
		Also, a little lurid Arkansas trivia, during the very first legislative session back in 1836, the speaker of the house killed one of his colleagues with a bowie knife on the floor of the state congress.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/museums/lrmuseum.html (1722 words)

	Little Rock Arkansas Historic Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Little Rock is home to the current state capitol and its historic exhibits, Arkansas' territorial capitol, the Central High School exhibit, La Petite Roche (for which the city is named) and, among many others, the Clinton Library known as the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center and Park.
		This place is situated on the southern bank of the Arkansas River on a beautiful bluff, and is a thriving and prosperous place.
		Frequently referred to as The Westminster Abbey of Arkansas, Mount Holly Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the final resting place for 11 Arkansas governors, 14 state Supreme Court justices, five Confederate Generals, and numerous heroes of military conflicts, including Arkansas' Civil War Boy Martyr, David O. Dodd.
	www.onlinelittlerock.com /historic.htm (738 words)

	See Arkansas First - Hot Deals & Vacation Packages, Events, FREE Vacation Kit
		A historic site museum of Arkansas’s frontier days, the enclave includes five pre-Civil War houses, on their original block, that have been restored to antebellum appearances.
		The compound has been honored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of the most significant museum villages in the nation and has been called a "little Williamsburg" by travel writers.
		The 51,000-square-foot historic facility (formerly the Arkansas Territorial Restoration) includes exhibit halls, a museum, theater and educational activity rooms.
	www.arkansas.com /flash_promos/see_ark_detail/id/17 (184 words)

	Arkansas
		Marble : "The crystalline texture of Arkansas marbles varies from coarse to fine and the colors may range from light gray to fl, tan to yellow to rust, and it may have one uniform color or several shades...Marble is mined exclusively from limestones and dolostones...in north Arkansas.
		In west-central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma, Novaculite is quarried for whetstones.
		The Slates of Arkansas, by A. Purdue, with a Bibliography of the Geology of Arkansas by J. Branner, Geol.
	www.cagenweb.com /quarries/states/arkansas.html (4608 words)

	Media Information
		The show allows visitors and members to view what is on the market while providing savvy buyers the opportunity to add to their collections or beginners the chance to start one.
		Historically, many items displayed during the exhibition later become a part of the center's permanent collection.
		The museum is located at 3rd and Scott streets.
	www.arkansasstateparks.com /media/display.asp?id=436 (794 words)

	Facts About Arkansas
		The St. Francis County Museum in Forrest City and the Arkansas State University Museum in Jonesboro display examples.
		The massive bronze front doors of the Arkansas State Capitol are 10-feet tall, four inches thick and were purchased from Tiffany’s of New York for $10,000.
		The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is in compliance with the Freedom of Information, Ar.
	www.arkansaskids.com /facts/fun_facts_category.asp?cat=16 (657 words)

	University of Arkansas - Daily Headlines
		The exhibit is on loan from the Historic Arkansas Museum, a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, in Little Rock.
		This exhibit is the first in a series of collections to be presented by the Historic Arkansas Museum at the University House.
		Swannee Bennett, deputy director and chief curator of the Historic Arkansas Museum, said: "We are pleased to bring the Howard S. Stern exhibit to Northwest Arkansas to show on the University of Arkansas campus.
	dailyheadlines.uark.edu /1866.htm (509 words)

	Historic House Museums in Arkansas
		We try to keep this list of historic house museums for Arkansas current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information.
		If you know of a historic house museum in Arkansas that should be listed here, please use our submission form to let us know about it.
		The historical museum is comprised of 13 buildings, including the Conway House, the 1820 Hinderliter House, the Noland House, and the 1824 Woodruff House.
	www.vpa.org /museumsar.html (487 words)

	Historic Arkansas Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Historic Arkansas Museum, affectionately known as the HAM, is a state history museum in downtown Little Rock in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
		The museum maintains gallery space and a number of historic buildings original to the site, as well as log structures transported from around the state.
		It was previously know as the Arkansas Territorial Restoration, but the name was changed when new exhibit space and renovations were completed in the early 2000s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Historic_Arkansas_Museum (136 words)

	Arkansas Historic Wine Museum
		Arkansas Historic Wine Museum places 2nd in the Arkansas Museum of the Year awards.
		Arkansas has a rich heritage of wine making dating from the time of the earliest settlers.
		Through the museum's work in sponsoring research and preserving artifacts, the stories of people's past are made a part of the future.
	www.cowiewinecellars.com /museum.htm (252 words)

	historicark
		What was different was the fact that this living museum was actually in the heart of the city.
		It was interesting to be in this museum that was created out of old houses moved there from other areas, and to hear the roar of city traffic all around.
		While the Historic Arkansas Museum was not necessarily one of the largest living history museums we have visited, it certainly did a fine job in presenting a clear picture of the history of the State and its citizens.
	www.rvtravelog.com /historicark.dir/historicark1.htm (873 words)

	Time Travelers
		As a member of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, you can enjoy discounts at a variety of museums, historic homes and sites throughout the United States.
		Free admission to the Edgar Allan Poe cottage and the Museum of Bronx History, housed in the Valentine-Varian House, and 10% discount for on-site purchase of The Bronx County Historical Journal.
		Free museum admission for two adults and children 17 and under, and 10% discount on purchases made in the museum shop.
	www.historical-museum.org /hmsf/membership/timetravel.htm (1947 words)

	Arkansas Arts Council supports arts organizations education Arkansas artists in schools communities
		Our Arkansas Artist Registry is a directory that will allow you to search our database by name or discipline to locate artists from around the state and obtain information about them.
		The Arkansas Arts Council is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and shares the goals of all six Department of Arkansas Heritage agencies, that of preserving and enhancing the heritage of the state of Arkansas.
		Funding for the Arkansas Arts Council and its programs is provided by the State of Arkansas and the National Endowment for the Arts.
	www.arkansasarts.com (315 words)

	Arkansas Chapter of the Trail of Tears
		The Arkansas chapter is one of nine state affiliates of the Trail of Tears Association, a support network for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
		TOTNHT is “a trail consisting of water routes and overland routes traveled by the Cherokee Nation during its removal from ancestral lands in the East to Oklahoma during 1838 and 1839,” as described in a June 1986 final report by the National Park Service.
		Extensive research is being done to document the historic routes from Pea Ridge to Fayetteville as part of the Heritage Trails project of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission.
	www.anpa.ualr.edu /trail_of_tears/arkansas_chapter/ar_trail.htm (1147 words)

	Arkansas :: Southeastern Museums Conference
		The Rogers Historical Museum, Rogers will be hosting “The Vietnam Experience”, a traveling exhibition from the Navy Art Collection this summer and fall.
		Colonel Archibald Yell, a former governor and congressman for Arkansas, will again have his body lie in state at the Old State House, much like it did in 1847 after his death at the Battle of Buena Vista.
		Historic Arkansas Museum is displaying the exhibit The Purse and the Person: A Century of Women's Purses.
	www.semcdirect.net /news_exhibits_and_events/arkansas.html (303 words)

	Heart of Arkansas Online - History & Museums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Historic cemetery with a tall monument dedicated in 1905 to the memory of unknown Texas and Arkansas Confederate soldiers.
		The museum has a large technical area, projects for children to build, a forest ranger station, a history of science exhibit and much more.
		The museum tells two stories: the history of the Arkansas National Guard, which traces its roots back to the territorial militia established in 1804, and the history of Camp Robinson, originally established in 1917 as Camp Pike.
	www.heartofarkansas.com /history.html (1434 words)

	Contributors
		Aside from teaching responsibilities, she plays an active role in community projects and has worked on the Central High Museum and Visitor’s Center, the National Dunbar History Project, and is currently serving on two grand opening committees for the Historic Arkansas Museum.
		In addition to chairing the website launch party for “A Gathering of Women” at the Historic Arkansas Museum, she also sits on the foundation board for that organization, as well as the boards of the History of Medicine Associates and the Pinnacle Players.
		Pate is employed at the Historic Arkansas Museum in the education department.
	www.ualr.edu /arwomen/contributors.htm (960 words)

	Celebrate Frontier Arkansas at Historic Arkansas Museum in downtown Little Rock
		Tour the museum's historic grounds and visit a pre-civil war neighborhood, including the oldest home still standing in Little Rock and the site where William Woodruff once printed the Arkansas Gazette.
		Inside the Museum Center, explore Arkansas-made art and artifacts in four exhibit galleries, see contemporary Arkansas art in the Trinity Gallery, and watch kids having fun in the interactive children's gallery.
		The museum celebrates Arkansas history and heritage year round with annual heritage events and festivities, and living history reenactments.
	www.arkansashistory.com (286 words)

	Arkansas family vacation - fun activities for kids and parents
		Plunge right in and pick an Arkansas family vacation that appeals to you and is already planned.
		All you have to do is find the Arkansas attractions that interest you, print out the journey you've selected, show Mom and Dad, pack your bags, then hit the road.
		Arkansas has more than a dozen communities named Oak Grove, but only one (in Carroll County) has a post office.
	www.arkansaskids.com (378 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "Opening Events Daily Schedule"
		Come to Historic Arkansas Museum to learn more about the legend of the Arkansas Traveler, from its debut in 1840, to a long run on the national stage, up through the 1992 Presidential campaign.
		Arkansas Arts Center Executive Director Ellen A. Plummer will conduct a guided tour of the exhibition, "Art and The White House: Presidential Selections 1960-2000." Guests will enjoy coffee before the tour, which will be followed by a lecture by special guest speaker Betty C. Monkman, Curator Emertia, The White House.
		The Arkansas Globecoming is pleased to present three Southern bands -- Better than Ezra, The North Mississippi All-Stars and B-Side -- for a a free fall concert in celebration of the grand opening of the Clinton Presidential Center and Park.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /grand-opening-schedule.htm (4198 words)

	Colonial Arkansas Before the Louisiana Purchase: Conference and Powwow, October 9-11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Historic Arkansas Museum will bring together internationally known scholars and members of the Quapaw and Caddo nations for a history conference, Colonial Arkansas Before the Louisiana Purchase.
		Topics will include various aspects of the relationship between Arkansas Native Americans and the Europeans who arrived in the 250 years preceding the Louisiana Purchase.
		Historic Arkansas Museum is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, which is committed to the discovery, preservation and presentation of our state's natural and cultural heritage.
	www.projectpast.org /colonialarkansas (259 words)

	Belle Museum and Chapel - Charleston Arkansas
		The Belle Museum and Chapel began as a labor of love for preserving the important history and past of Charleston Arkansas, Franklin County, and generations of families and citizens past and present.
		As a private endeavor of life-long Charleston residents, Delbert and Mary Belle Ervin, Belle Museum and Chapel has earned the interest and support of the community at large who has been instrumental in contributing important information, family history, artifacts, collections, and private loan pieces for all to enjoy.
		The Belle Museum offers visitors an array of information and displays relating to local, county, state, and family history.
	www.geocities.com /bellemuseumandchapel (248 words)

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