The Faulkner county museum is located in Conway, off Locust streets. The museum is located in a former jail that was built in 1896. The museum dated back to the first inhabitants of the land, the caldron settlement, which was located on the banks of Arkansas River. To preserve the heritage and culture of the people the Faulkner county quorum created the museum in 1982. Construction began in 1992 and launched for the public in 1997.
The museum open hours are 9 am-4 pm from Monday to Thursday, and they charge no fees so if strolling through Arkansans you might want to pass through the museum to learn more about your heritage or family history.
What can I do at Faulkner county museum
For the lovers of art and history, Faulkner county museum is the place for you, the museum showcase artifacts and archived items, from the county’s history and pre-history.
The museum’s history holds records and documents from the Doolin and RillerMCNutt funeral homes, it also holds records of 1920s telephone books, city directories, school yearbooks, family history publications, the crank studio photos, and obituary files.
The museum prehistory holds items that show the heritage of the people or Arkansas this includes archives and documents, artwork from Faulkner county artists, prehistoric objects like hunting instruments and articles of clothing. The museum preserver Conway’s and the entire county’s history, I mean how do we know where we are going if we don’t know3 where we come from.
Research
The museum also holds past research and publications from various researchers, this also includes reference materials for research done in the museum. Researchers and historians conduct research and the documents and findings are stacked in the museum.
Internship
The museum offers internship and attachment opportunities from the neighboring colleges and universities, i.e., UCA, Hendrix, and Arkansas Tech University. History students usually visit the museum to study and familiarize themselves with the people’s culture.
The staff at the museum are friendly and willing to take you around, they are also well versed with the context and will explain everything to you.
This museum in partnership with the Faulkner county library has held the Arkansas heritage week through everyone has a story initiative, to save st josephs.
the museum will moistly bring nostalgic moments and will bring you back centuries into the past, it is also a good visualization place for history students. The museum with the collaboration of students and anthropologists is continuing documenting research on the history of Arkansas.
If you aren’t into museums, Conway AR also has an excellent movie theater!