Calendar of Heritage Month Events
The theme for Arkansas Heritage Month 2010 is "Roads Less Traveled: The Enduring Heritage of Rural Arkansas." During the month of May, Arkansans are invited to celebrate our state and local heritage with special events and programs. Celebrate the rural heritage of Arkansas during Heritage Month. Enjoy the many small towns and communities across Arkansas that enjoy a quieter, slower way of life.
Spring Family Day Event
10 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
Old Independence Regional Museum
870-793-2121
Demonstrations, crafts and activities for the entire family.
Step Back Saturdays: Pioneer Games
Historic Arkansas Museum
501-324-9351
Saturdays March through October bring pioneer life ways to the historic grounds, showing you the how and the why of 1800s living. Each month presents a different theme. May is Pioneer Games. The half-hour presentations are 10:45, 11:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:45.
5th Annual Peach Blossom Festival
8 am
- 6 pm
Downtown Nashville
870-845-1262
Celebration of the peach industry heritage.
3rd Annual Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Weekend
3:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain
(501) 727-6219
The third annual Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Program is a two-day event focusing on the influence and contributions Winthrop Rockefeller made to improve race relations and the overall quality of life for all social classes in Arkansas.
Roads Less Traveled in Logan County
2:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Union School-Church
479-264-7558
Logan County History Presentation from 1500's - 2000's, ending with Winding the Maypole and free wagon rides over local " Roads Less Traveled."
The play 'No History Happened Here'
7 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
Randolph Music Theatre
(870_ 892-0254
As a part of the annual Founders Day Celebration in Pocahontas, the play will be presented twice. This award winning play features events and personages from the significant history of Randolph County.
Founders Day
United States
(870) 892-0254
Annual Founders Day event celebrating the history and heritage of Randolph County. Music, walking tours, Haunted Pocahontas Tour, heritage play, dedication of Thomas O. Marr Park, Regional Quilt Show, Art Show, carriage rides,crafts exhibits, vendors.
World Famous Armadillo Day
Hamburg Square and Ashley Co Museum
870-853-2244
The Ashley County Museum has an interesting collection of horse-drawn carriages and wagons, as well as, many artifacts from rural Ashley County. There are farm implements and houshold items which reflect Ashley County's roots.
Spring Heritage Luncheon
Noon
First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
870-358-4998
Luncheon to highlight local history and to honor a local person or business.
Roads Less Traveled -Hot Spring County -The Enduring Heritage of Rural Arkansas
varies
Hot Spring County Museum
501-332-6268
Public school tours, pictoral display of rural heritage
Celebrating Our Delta Heritage
Downtown Historic Helena
870-338-9144
Activities will be held throughout the month and will include a photography/art contest, a downtown walking tour, a panel discussion of "the old days", and feature films at the Malco Theatre.
Roads Less Traveled-Carroll County
Rural Carroll County
870-423-3704
Students research rural lost towns, find postmarks, newspaper will publish pictures and folklore, facts front page Last Sat of May, newspaper will publish maps for visitors and families of prior resdents will set up and do tours of old buildings, etc.
Tyro: The Road Led to Dumas / The Enduring Heritage of Rural Arkansas
10:00 a.m.
- 3:30 p.m.
Desha County Museum
870-382-4222
A pictorial and written history of the descendants of the early settlers in Tyro who moved to Dumas.
On Display: The Road to Lake Leatherwood Dam
varies
Eureka Springs Historical Museum
479 253 9417
Display at ESHM of yesterday and today of Leatherwood Rd. Including lumbering, Jefferson Highway/Route 62 and prisoners building it, plants and flowers, building of Lake Leatherwood dam, etc.
“Where Heritage Begins: Writing the Stories of Our Towns And Ways Of Life”
2 hours at each location
several locations and dates in each county; contact for specific area schedule
479-790-2588
Writing workshops will be offered throughout communities in six counties during Arkansas Heritage Month to emphasize the value of preserving our personal history and to generate local ongoing LifeWriting Groups.
Our Railroads Less Traveled
9 am
- 2 pm
Arkansas Railroad Museum
870-535-8819
Pictures and stories of some of Arkansas Short Line Railroads that no longer exist.
Pioneer Spirit
Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County
870-867-4422
Month-long exhibits emphasizing pioneer spirit in Montgomery County.Grand Opening of our 1880s log house.Heritage Day,May 28, active day of music and pioneer demonstrations(blacksmithing,making hominy,quilting,knitting,spinning,dutch oven cooking, etc.)
German POW Camps in Mississippi County
9 am
- 5 pm
Museum
870-563-6161
Daily presentations of videos, photos, books of German POW camps.
Preserve Our Past Winning Student Artwork Display
May 1-31, 2010
Museum Hours: Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. & Sun 1-5 p.m
In spring 2010, AHPP conducted its 19th annual Preserve our Past Historic Preservation Art Invitational in celebration of National Historic Preservation Week. See the winning entries during May, Arkansas Heritage Month. Each year the contest is open to all Arkansas 5th and 7th graders. Submissions relate to a historic Arkansas property that is 50 years or older.
Historic Walking Tour
TBD
- TBD
Commences on "the Square"
(870) 741-3312
Seasonal Historic walking tour of the Harrison Historic District, both Guided (weekly) and self guided (daily). Self guided brochures provided. The guded tour takes approx. 1 1/2 hrs and includes the fully restored Lyric Theater and 1929 Hotel Seville.