

Vintage Gas Pump Display in Museum

Visitors Stand Inside a Globe Showing Oil and Brine Deposits Worldwide

This Giant Oilwell Bull Wheel Is Just One of Many Artifacts in the Museum's Oil Field Park

Step Into 1920s Smackover's Broadway Street, a Reconstructed Oil Boomtown

See the Original Circus Trailer Home of the Elusive "Goat Woman" of South Arkansas, Rhena Meyer

Mischievous elves play hide-and-seek among the oil storage tanks

This Dazey churn was common in farm kitchens prior to World War II

Remnant of Arkansas' prehistoric inland sea, the fossil of this squid-like creature points the way t...

Professional photographer Lisa Tarver

Rhena Meyer, aka. the "Goat Woman," plays her Dobro

Artist's rendition of the squid-like Ammonite that once lived in Arkansas' inland sea

Original Hohner Harmonica played by the "Goat Woman," Rhena Miller

Rising 112 feet, this wooden derrick hearkens back to the early days of oil drilling

This steel saddle attaching the walking beam to the Samson post was cast in the 1920s at the South A...

Santa's Fire Truck created in multi-colored lights

Dating from 1985, this modern Lufkin Pumping Unit still sits on its original location

Priced at $260 in 1920, this Model-T pickup was affordable for average families

Ablaze with blue lights, this bridge is one of two in Oil Field Park



















What to know
The museum collects, preserves and exhibits examples of Arkansas' natural resources including oil, brine and timber with emphasis on the 1920s oil boom in South Arkansas. A Temporary Exhibit Gallery features varying exhibits. Oil Field Park includes actual oil derricks and equipment.
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources State Park
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Address:
4087 Smackover Hwy.,
Smackover, AR 71762