Arts, Culture & History
2 N. B St.
479-783-8888
or Toll-Free: 800-637-1477
ATTN: Miss Laura's Visitor Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is now open Monday-Friday from 9 AM-4 PM. Temporarily closed on weekends.
Our Visitor Center, "Miss Laura's Social Club," is located inside of Fort Smith's historic downtown area and sits al…
6700 McKennon Blvd.
479-785-1839
In September 2002, the Fort Smith Air Museum relocated to the new Fort Smith Regional Airport Terminal when it was completed. There are now sixty-four display cases honoring pioneer and military aviators from western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Th…
8300 Wells Lake Road
479-452-3993
The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center sits on 170 acres of land in Fort Smith that were previously part of Fort Chaffee. The building overlooks Wells Lake, a popular local fishing and picnicking destination!
Built in the fertile Arka…
15 North 2nd Street
D*FACE is a United Kingdome (London) artist revered as one of most prolific contemporary urban artists of his generation. He has been a leading figure in urban art for well over a decade. Known for his subversive images, which involve a family of dys…
1315 S Albert Pike Ave
479-783-4147
To arrange an interior tour of the new monastery building, please call (479) 783-4147 by 5 PM and at least one day in advance.
St. Scholastica Monastery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its influence in the areas of Educa…
15 North 2 Street
The skilled faculty and students worked together to transform this vintage bus located inside the gates of the unique pocket park known as The Park at West End during The Unexpected project in 2017.
10th and Grand Avenue
Chicago artist, Cody Hudson, completed this impressive wrap-mural on the abandoned Tankersley Brothers warehouse across from the newly restored Masonic Temple [Temple Live] located in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas.
His mural adds distinct abstract w…
1401 South Greenwood Avenue
479-784-1006
Oak Cemetery is recognized as a National Historic Landmark based on over 152 years of documented history.The oldest monument, dated 1842, the same year Fort Smith was incorporated, marks the grave of Captain Gookin.
The cemetery continues to capture…
320 Rogers Avenue
479-783-7841
Fort Smith Museum of History strives to preserve approximately 40,000 artifacts chronicling the city’s history as well as care for the 1907 Atkinson-Williams Warehouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which houses the museum.
Per…
21192 S Keeler Drive
918-456-6007
The Cherokee Heritage Center is the premier cultural center for Cherokee tribal history, culture, and the arts, located in the heart of the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It was established in 1963 by the Board of Trustees of the Cherokee…