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Just for the love of the work... Makers Arley Payne, Arthur Arlington Castera, and “the elusive Ex-Confederate" certainly fit Ethel C. Simpson’s summarization of early settlers of the state as  ... Read More

When British Naturalist Thomas Nuttall arrived at the Arkansas Post, he commented that a particular Arkansan“did not appear to have had much acquaintance with the civilized world.” This perhaps al ... Read More

By Victoria Chandler, Arkansas Made Researcher, and Joleen Linson, Director of Education Over Historic Arkansas Museum’s 79 year lifespan, our interpretation of the people who lived on thes ... Read More

By Victoria Chandler, Arkansas Made Resesarcher For the 2nd History is Served dinner of 2018, guests were treated to a night all about the French and Spanish colonists of Arkansas. Part of t ... Read More

By Carey Voss, Curator of Exhibits, and Victoria Chandler, Arkansas Made Researcher More is more: the significance of time, intricacy, and perfection School closures, layoffs, and soci ... Read More

By Victoria Chandler Throughout Arkansas’s history, fewer drinks have remained as popular and prominent as eggnog. In the late 1800s, as December drew near, the saloons and bars across Little ... Read More

By Kathryn Bryles Prior to La Salle’s voyage down the Mississippi River and into Texas, the interior of North America was a vast blank space on European-made maps. Cartographers used  ... Read More

Smoked, brined, fried & stewed, Little Rock chef Scott Rains, of Table 28, cooked catfish four ways for Historic Arkansas Museum’s History is Served dinner on April 18.th The meal cele ... Read More

The “History is Served: Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series” makes its return on Thursday with this year’s dinners focusing on ingredients that are integral to Arkansas’s food culture. In recogn ... Read More

Historic Arkansas Museum (HAM) will again host the “History is Served: Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series” in 2019. The program, which is in its second year, explores Arkansas’s food heritage ... Read More