Historic Arkansas Museum — Attraction in Little Rock

Terrible. Not sure if the person at the front counter was paid or a volunteer. Definitely did not get the same level of service as the family of three who came probably two minutes before me. She didn't welcome me, she didn't explain the museum, the exhibits, the cost or basically anything. Had to ask for everything. Decided to pay the $2.50 for the tour. I asked how many buildings would I be able to see. There were about three employees or volunteers standing around the counter, and I got three different answers. Went on the tour, and I'm not sure if this was the person's first time touring or what, but she didn't have a clue to wait for the entire group to come into a building before she started speaking, nor did she preface with, "I'm going to close this building up now, and we will make our way over to xxx building." Wow. She came alive at the end of our tour when she was explaining city blocks 31, 32 and 33. The living history people . . . one in the print shop spoke way too fast and it was hard to understand him. The other person was very, very good . . . but had nail polish on! She was excellent--I would guess has a theatre background, but was not totally authentic. The exhibits are free and I would encourage you to check them out. Excellent Bowie knife exhibit and Colors of Arkansas exhibit. I don't think the people working or volunteering at the front counter care very much. Could be so...

I was very pleasantly surprised by this museum. It includes a free portion (its internal galleries) and a paid portion (its external preserved half-block of Little Rock historical buildings). The external portion is only $2.50, and I believe that is more than reasonable. Some of the buildings are only viewable from the outside, but several are open for you to go inside and explore. Those buildings are staffed with reenactors, which makes your viewing more fun. The internal galleries include a permanent exhibit on Native American tribes and temporary exhibits. On the day I went, there was an excellent cross stitch sampler exhibit, art from different Arkansan counties, and a truly lovely exhibit from the collection of an art professor and his wife. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this museum and will go back...

My grandson and I rode the trolley over from NLR to practically the front door of the museum. You can pay a very nominal fee at the museum for a tour or you can look at the exhibits in the main building for free. If you opt for the tour, first you can watch an informative video then you are escorted around the various buildings by a guide. Our guide was Casey Marshall and he was awesome. At each area, he gave a thorough presentation and it was very interesting and informative. Casey is also the resident blacksmith and does demonstrations on Thursdays in their blacksmith shop. They also have demonstrations about sewing (Textile Tuesday), printing (Print Shop Wednesday), and food (Food Fridays). We didn't go early enough to see them but plan on...