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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. [1]
Smackover is a small city in northern Union County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population was at 1,865. According to the 2010 census, the population was at 1,865. It had a large oil boom in the 1920s, with production continuing for some time.
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.
A map of the U.S. shows the Smackover Formation and the scientists’ sampling area in southwestern Arkansas. The formation is in yellow, and the sampling area is in red.
The museum's lobby. 1930s: The Witte Museum's support of archeological research in the canyons of Big Bend and the Lower Pecos area resulted in important research findings and a growing collection of artifacts and led to the building of new galleries to house them, as well as a Reptile Garden, which was the vision of founder Ellen Schultz Quillin. [9]
The Witte is devoted to natural history, the history of Texas, and the arts. Quillin was elected the first director of the Museum, a post which she held until May, 1960. On her retirement, she continued as director emeritus, until her death in 1970. [1] The 1930s brought the Great Depression and a challenging economic climate for the Witte and ...
160 acres, operated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, geology, wildlife and natural history of Crowley's Ridge: Delta Rivers Nature Center: Pine Bluff: Jefferson: Central: website, operated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 130-acre Pine Bluff Regional Park, natural and cultural history of the Arkansas River, aquariums
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