Reading about history is good, but listening to stories in a pioneer cabin beside a roaring fire brings history to life. Looking at a picture of loom is good but actually trying your hand at weaving makes an impact. Listening to music is good but actually trying to play spoons or a washtub bass creates a memory.

We provide the opportunity for active learning while telling stories about real people from real places in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Our goal is to help you integrate teaching Arkansas history with math, art, science, language arts, social studies, and geography curriculum frameworks. We offer a unique educational resource for teachers and students, homeschoolers, scout troops, and other organized groups at no charge.

Museum field trips are available on a first-call-first-scheduled basis throughout the year. Field trips include curriculum-based programs on area history with a general tour of the exhibit hall and historic buildings. Allow 60 to 90 minutes for a field trip. There is a limit of 60 students at one time. Field trips and after-school programs may be scheduled from 10 am to 4 pm, Tuesday through Friday.

FIELD TRIP TOPICS

• Grades Pre-K–2
  • Living in a Log Cabin
  • Old-Timey Things

• Grades K–5
  • Osage, Homesteaders, and You
  • Ozark Economics
  • Transportation

• Grades 3–8
  • Earth to Shiloh: Ozark Ecology and Geography
  • Victorian Times in the Ozarks

• Grades 6–12
  • Museology: Behind the Scenes in a Museum
    

Something special in mind? If it fits our mission, we may be able to work it up for you. For more information, email Pody Gay, Education Coordinator; phone 479-750-8165.

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