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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.
The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources is a museum and Arkansas state park in Smackover, Arkansas, in the United States. The museum was formed in the 1980s to tell the history of the petroleum industry and later the brine industry as key economic movements spurred by natural resources in South Arkansas .
Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek: Yellville: Marion: North Central: website, operated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 421 acres, features a wet lab, exhibits and wildlife native to the area, outdoor Ozark native plant garden and wildlife viewing area Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center: Fort ...
Ozark Folk Center: Mountain View: Arkansas: Living: State park with traditional crafts and music Columbia State Historic Park: Columbia: California: Living: Mid-to-late 19th-century Gold Rush town Empire Mine State Historic Park: Grass Valley: California: Living: Late 19th-century living history tours, gold mine complex Heritage Square Museum ...
After discovery of Borax deposits here by Aaron and Rosie Winters in 1881, business associates William Tell Coleman and Francis Marion Smith subsequently obtained claims to these deposits, opening the way for "large-scale" borax mining in Death Valley. [3] Coleman constructed Harmony Borax Works and production of borax started in late 1883. [4]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bank manager discovered a 9.07-carat diamond at a state park in southwestern Arkansas after thinking the precious gem was a piece of glass.
The Rush Historic District is a zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Now located within Buffalo National River , the district includes ruins dating from 1880 to 1940. The area was an important part of what became known as the North Arkansas Lead and Zinc District , and played a role in the development of railroads and modern ...
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