Don’t let your kids tell you they’re bored this summer! The Department of Arkansas Heritage has summer day camps happening across its divisions to keep kids’ minds and bodies active. June 5-8, Delta Days Day Camp (Delta Cultural Center, Helena) Take a trip back in time with this highly ... Read More
Today at 2 p.m., Governor Asa Hutchinson and Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, dedicated Rattlesnake Ridge Natural Area, the newest addition to Arkansas’s System of Natural Areas. The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC), a division of the Department of Arka... Read More
New exhibits and WWI Memorial Tree dedications across the state are among the May 2018 activities the Arkansas WWI Centennial Commemoration Committee has sanctioned. A complete listing of scheduled WWI centennial activities, as well as additional information on the activities listed below, ca... Read More
On Monday, April 23, Governor Asa Hutchinson and Stacy Hurst, state historic preservation officer and director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH), revealed the restoration, rehabilitation and occupation plans for the Mosaic Templars State Temple building, the last remaining building... Read More
(KAIT) - It has been said that there is a lot of history when it comes to restaurants in Northeast Arkansas. Now, the Arkansas Department of Heritage has honored several area restaurants for consideration in the 2018 class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. The Dixie Pig and Kream Kastle Dri... Read More
WWI Memorial Tree dedications and exhibits across the state are among the April 2018 activities the Arkansas WWI Centennial Commemoration Committee has sanctioned. A complete listing of scheduled WWI centennial activities, as well as additional information on the activities listed below, can ... Read More
The Arkansas World War I Centennial Commemoration Committee and the Arkansas Forestry Commission have approved five applications to sponsor World War I Memorial Trees, which achieves their shared goal of having one tree in each of Arkansas’s 75 counties. Successful applicants and proposed loc... Read More
Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH), today named Dr. Wendy Richter as state historian and director of the Arkansas State Archives (ASA), a division of DAH. Richter previously served as director of the Archives, when it was known as the Arkansas History Commissio... Read More
As director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, I take seriously our shared responsibility to tell the story of Arkansas. Mr. Bill Worthen, the longtime beloved former director at Historic Arkansas Museum, put it best when he said, “We protect the best of Arkansas.” As an agency of state ... Read More
Winners have been announced for the 2018 class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame was launched by the Department of Arkansas Heritage in 2016 to recognize Arkansas’s legendary restaurants, proprietors and food-themed events across the state. Nominations were acc... Read More