Events

January 28, 2:00 pm

Author Sherry Laymon talks & signs her book on John McClellan.

February 15 through 29, the exhibit Persistence of the Spirit.

Three hundred years of African American life from territorial days through the slave era to the present are documented with rare photographs and artifacts. Their accomplishments, as well as the struggle and hard labor of black Arkansans is illustrated, interpreted, and placed within the larger context of Arkansas' history.

The exhibit features photographs and documents never before seen, drawn from trunks and dresser drawers, cherished family albums, archives and small publications. Presented are blacks who owned businesses and held political offices in the nineteenth century, as well as those who were champions of human rights and stood up to disenfranchisement and segregation in the twentieth century.

March 8, 6:30 pm
Dr. House speaks on Visiting a Dig for Archaeology Month

October 15 through 31, the exhibit Civil War Arkansas, 1861 – 1865

It includes a timeline and dozens of images of people, places, and battles in Arkansas. A cooperative effort of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and The Old State House Museum, the exhibit includes a timeline and dozens of images of people, places, and battles in Arkansas.