Smackover, Arkansas: Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
Here, natural resources = oil. Features an indoor replica 1920s boomtown and a Mapparium-style globe-dome with oil fields lit by tiny lights.
- Address:
- 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR
- Directions:
- A couple of miles southeast of town, on the north side of AR-7/Smackover Hwy.
- Hours:
- W-Sa 8-5, Su 1-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 870-725-2877
- Admission:
- Free
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The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources features an indoor replica of a 1920s boomtown, with working oil field equipment.
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Out back there is a 112-foot-high drilling derrick and a pump jack. Indoors, visitors will see old gas pumps and a Mapparium-style globe-dome with oil fields illuminated by tiny lights.