Over 5,000 dolls collected by Virginia Arnett are displayed in a private museum adjacent to her home. A rare and complete set of 'Gone With The Wind' character dolls highlights the exhibit.
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Jacksonport State Park
Food Service/Picnic Area Available The 1872 Courthouse museum displays artifacts dating 1840s-1920s of the Jackson County area. The Mary Woods No. 2 is a restored sternwheel paddleboat, which was used on the White River until the late 1960
Newport, AR State ParksPea Ridge National Military Park
Perhaps the best-preserved Civil War battlefield in Arkansas, this 4,300-acre national historic site includes a seven-mile, self-guided auto tour road with 10 stops; a museum; trails; bookstore and visitor center. The March 7-8, 1862
Newport, AR MilitaryLiving Farm Museum
Demonstrations of antique farm equipment; horse-drawn plows, harrows, disks, panters, threshers, hay rakes and balers are amonng those demonstrated; steam boiler and engine, antique tractors;
Newport, AR MuseumsArnett's Doll Museum
Over 5,000 dolls collected by Virginia Arnett are displayed in a private museum adjacent to her home. A rare and complete set of 'Gone With The Wind' character dolls highlights the exhibit.
Newport, AR MuseumsJackson Memorial Museum of Funeral Service
Family-owned facility exhibits a horse-drawn hearse and funeral buggy from the 19th century, a chapel and other exhibits.
Newport, AR MuseumsThings to do near Newport, AR
Bull Shoals Lake Hunting
Hunting for white-tailed deer, eastern wild turkey, and squirrel is outstanding around Bull Shoals Lake; and opportunities fo...
Museum of Earth History
Directions: Located on The Great Passion Play grounds. The Museum explains the origin of the earth from the Christian viewpoi...
Batesville Confederate Monument
Directions: Northeast Corner Of Courthouse Lawn; From Hwy 167 N, Turneast On Main Street, Go Down To 192 East Main Monument f...
Bull Shoals Caverns
Directions: Turn South at Harps Grocery on Ark. 178. Features formations millions of years in the making; the site has been u...
Norfork National Fish Hatchery
One of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's largest producing fish hatcheries. On display are eyed eggs and various sizes of ra...