Welcome to South Arkansas Heritage Museum!
Our mission is to illustrate our past, which we believe gives meaning to our present and lights the path to our future. We want to educate and inspire our members, volunteers, donors, benefactors, and visitors.
We assume as our responsibilities to:
Collect, research, preserve, catalog, and document artifacts from our collection and community
that promote understanding of the way of life of our past generations;
Focus our efforts on the primary categories of tools and artifacts owned and used by the workers,
craftsmen, and artisans that are donated by the museum founders and benefactors including
items from local industries, clothing and related fabric arts, home crafts,
farming, occupations, and pastimes in southern Arkansas;
Exhibit our artifacts and produce interpretive living history displays and participatory programs;
Promote the studies of history, genealogy, culture, and heritage by making our facilities available
to the community and schools and by supporting other local historical organizations and their
members through reciprocal agreements and joint projects; and
Act as a central repository and archive for written, printed, and graphic paper documents and
photographs that are relevant to our local history and culture, particularly that of
Columbia, Nevada, and Lafayette counties in south Arkansas.
We assume as our responsibilities to:
Collect, research, preserve, catalog, and document artifacts from our collection and community
that promote understanding of the way of life of our past generations;
Focus our efforts on the primary categories of tools and artifacts owned and used by the workers,
craftsmen, and artisans that are donated by the museum founders and benefactors including
items from local industries, clothing and related fabric arts, home crafts,
farming, occupations, and pastimes in southern Arkansas;
Exhibit our artifacts and produce interpretive living history displays and participatory programs;
Promote the studies of history, genealogy, culture, and heritage by making our facilities available
to the community and schools and by supporting other local historical organizations and their
members through reciprocal agreements and joint projects; and
Act as a central repository and archive for written, printed, and graphic paper documents and
photographs that are relevant to our local history and culture, particularly that of
Columbia, Nevada, and Lafayette counties in south Arkansas.
Who We Are
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Where We Are
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What We Do
We collect, maintain, and display vital signs of previous times from our local area of Arkansas including art, crafts, tools, sports memorabilia, photographs, clothing, linens, quilts, housewares, furniture, books, documents, and other historical items that might help depict what life was life for our ancestors. 
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Hours of OperationWe will be opening on Saturday, May 21, 2022.
Our days of operation are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10AM - 4PM, and occasionally on Saturdays for groups by appointment only. This is subject to change, so please contact us by email at southarhm@gmail.com before visiting us. We are closed on all U.S. Federal and Arkansas state holidays. If in doubt, call ahead at 870-299-3896. |
Bodcaw Lumber Company, Stamps, Lafayette County, AR circa 1920
1929 Ladies' Basketball Team, Bluff City High School, Nevada County AR
Mr. Raleigh's Remedy Wagon, 1920 in McNeil, Columbia County, AR
Magnolia A and M College Football Team, 1929, Magnolia, Columbia County, AR