Arkansas State Park Events

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Our interpretive guides routinely schedule fun, family-friendly adventures that are designed to help you have a more meaningful park experience and make memories of a lifetime. We offer more than 15,000 activities each year, including outdoor recreation skills demonstrations and workshops, guided hikes, lake tours on park boats, birding walks, kayak tours, living history activities, nature games, bald eagle watches, spring wildflower walks, campfires, school field trips, and much more — there’s something going on all the time! Use the search filters to view specific parks, dates, or topics.

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Sep 11
8:00am - 5:00pm

Great Arkansas Cleanup: Glass Recycling Collection

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Glass is an infinitely recyclable material, but many curbside recycling programs are unable to accept glass. To bridge the recycling gap, Plantation Agriculture Museum is collecting glass for recycling. Glass jars and bottles can be brought to the...
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Sep 12
8:00am - 5:00pm

Great Arkansas Cleanup: Glass Recycling Collection

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Glass is an infinitely recyclable material, but many curbside recycling programs are unable to accept glass. To bridge the recycling gap, Plantation Agriculture Museum is collecting glass for recycling. Glass jars and bottles can be brought to the...
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Sep 12
9:00am - 1:00pm

34th Annual Antique Tractor and Engine Show

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Owners and operators of antique tractors and small engines will be on-site to share the story of these machines and their role in Arkansas' rich agricultural history. This event will also feature lawn games, exhibitors, and other family-friendly...
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Sep 13
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Cotton Ginning Demonstration

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
The cotton gin is a simple tool with a complex story. Discover more about this story as park staff gins cotton on the museum's demonstration gin. Feel the difference in cotton before and after it has been ginned and learn how much work it takes to...
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Sep 19
10:00am - 11:00am

Guided Museum Tour

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Join park staff for a guided tour of the main exhibit gallery at Plantation Agriculture Museum and learn how the artifacts on display illustrate the story of farming at the turn of the 20th century when Arkansas farms were moving from man and mule...
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Sep 19
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Cotton Ginning Demonstration

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
The cotton gin is a simple tool with a complex story. Discover more about this story as park staff gins cotton on the museum's demonstration gin. Feel the difference in cotton before and after it has been ginned and learn how much work it takes to...
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Sep 20
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Sensory Sunday

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Plantation Agriculture Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and educational experience for all visitors, including those with autism and other sensory sensitivities, for whom a typical trip to the museum can be much more challenging. To...
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Sep 26
8:00am - 5:00pm

Stuffed Animal Sleepover

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Plantation Agriculture Museum is inviting stuffed animals and plushies for a sleepover at the museum. Drop your stuffed toy off with museum staff on Saturday for their special museum visit. The toys might just get up to a bit of exploring and find...
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Sep 26
10:00am - 10:30am

Cotton Ginning Demonstration

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
The cotton gin is a simple tool with a complex story. Discover more about this story as park staff gins cotton on the museum's demonstration gin. Feel the difference in cotton before and after it has been ginned and learn how much work it takes to...
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Sep 27
1:00pm - 5:00pm

Stuffed Animal Sleepover

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Plantation Agriculture Museum is inviting stuffed animals and plushies for a sleepover at the museum. Drop your stuffed toy off with museum staff on Saturday for their special museum visit. The toys might just get up to a bit of exploring and find...
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Sep 27
2:00pm - 3:00pm

What is a Museum?

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Join Plantation Agriculture Museum staff in this program specially designed for children 10 and younger and their families. Together, we'll learn about the important work museums do and practice using museum manners while doing a scavenger hunt in...
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