Over 4,000 objects tell the story of Arkansas from the first recorded history of the area to the recent past. Stone tools, burned corn, and effigy pots dating from 1350 to 1650 A.D. as well as recent objects including a doll in winter costume, beadwork, a ball stick, barbed wire, and land grant records cover Quapaw culture. Additional Native American collections focus on Southwest cultures and traditional decorative arts by Native Americans. Artifacts related to the european settlement of Arkansas include agricultural tools, a covered wagon,and household goods. History objects document the coming of the railroads to Northeast Arkansas (which allowed increased settlement and economic opportunity) and later industrial development in the area. The military history collection includes 900 objects from practically every U.S. conflict from the Revolutionary War through Operation Desert Storm, with an emphasis on Arkansans involved.
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