Arkansas Post Museum State Park in Gillett stands out for many reasons, including being the first county museum in the state.

Located in Scott, Plantation Agriculture Museum helps tell the story of Arkansas’ farming heritage.

Learn about one of the guns inside our weapons museum used to stop bank robbers from robbing this bank on December 16, 1925.

Learn the history of this cabin that once housed the supervisors of the Royston plantation. Explore the saddlebag design, the art of chinking, and the contrast between frontier life and the grandeur of Greek Revival homes. Click the link to learn more.

Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Rockhounds often have a special connection with their birthstones. The diamond search area at Crater of Diamonds State Park is a good place to find many birthstones, most notably diamonds—the birthstone for April—but also peridot and spinel, which are birthstones for August.

Arkansas has one of the top state park systems in the nation and these destinations, which are open year-round and free to enter, can be found across the state in a range of landscapes.

This year is a bicentennial year for Washington, Arkansas.

There is nothing better than memories made while spending quality time with family. For Will and Marshall Barnett, of Buckeye, AZ, a recent father-and-son trip to Arkansas’ famous Crater of Diamonds State Park resulted in the story of a lifetime and the second-largest diamond registered so far this year.

Before the advent of modern lighters, the skillful use of a striker, flint and char cloth was essential for daily life, enabling quick and reliable fire-making for cooking, warmth, and light. At our forge, our blacksmith crafts these tools using 19th-century techniques. Continue reading to discover his process and the materials that make it possible.