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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Aug 19
10:00am - 11:00am

Tinkering for Tots

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Our littlest museum visitors can participate in a hands-on, interactive tinkering activity designed for preschool ages. Contact the park for more information.
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Aug 20
10:00am - 12:00pm

Beginning Sewing

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
How did people get clothes and other textiles before and during the oil boom? Most of them were handmade, many at home, so the ability to sew was an important skill. Join a park interpreter for a class in the basics of sewing, including how to...
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Aug 21
10:00am - 11:30am

Beginning Knitting

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
In the early part of the 20th century--including the time of the oil boom in South Arkansas--many knit items were handmade since stores with mass produced items weren't common in the rural areas. Join a park interpreter to learn the basics of how...
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Aug 22
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Beginning Sewing

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
How did people get clothes and other textiles before and during the oil boom? Most of them were handmade, many at home, so the ability to sew was an important skill. Join a park interpreter for a class in the basics of sewing, including how to...
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Aug 29
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Beginning Knitting

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
In the early part of the 20th century--including the time of the oil boom in South Arkansas--many knit items were handmade since stores with mass produced items weren't common in the rural areas. Join a park interpreter to learn the basics of how...
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Sep 4
10:00am - 10:30am

Oil Field Park Tour Hike

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Join a park interpreter on a guided tour through the Oil Field Park. While outdoors, you will see two styles of oil derricks, including 1 wooden derrick in the style of the 1920s oil boom, and five styles of pump jacks and the machinery required to...
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Sep 4
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Welcome to the Weekend Social

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Join a museum interpreter to learn about some of the events and activities that are coming up at the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources.
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Sep 5
9:00am - 9:30am

Oil Field Park Tour Hike

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Join a park interpreter on a guided tour through the Oil Field Park. While outdoors, you will see two styles of oil derricks, including 1 wooden derrick in the style of the 1920s oil boom, and five styles of pump jacks and the machinery required to...
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Sep 5
10:15am - 11:15am

Bubbles from Petrochemicals?

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Do bubbles come from petrochemicals? How did children in the 1920s get bubble solution? Join a park interpreter as we discover the answer to those questions and also make our own bubble wands (which might involve petrochemicals also). And of course...
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Sep 5
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Join us for some summertime fun, 1920s style, as we make our own paper sled kites and then go outside to fly them. Bring your creativity and be ready to decorate your kite to make it uniquely yours.
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Sep 6
1:30pm - 2:00pm

Toys and Games from the 1920s: Outdoor Edition

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Have you ever wondered what children did for fun during the time of the Oil Boom? We'll find out at this program, and we'll even play some of those games.
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Sep 6
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Bubbles from Petrochemicals?

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Do bubbles come from petrochemicals? How did children in the 1920s get bubble solution? Join a park interpreter as we discover the answer to those questions and also make our own bubble wands (which might involve petrochemicals also). And of course...
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Sep 6
3:30pm - 4:15pm

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Join us for some summertime fun, 1920s style, as we make our own paper sled kites and then go outside to fly them. Bring your creativity and be ready to decorate your kite to make it uniquely yours.
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Sep 7
9:00am - 9:30am

Oil Field Park Tour Hike

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Join a park interpreter on a guided tour through the Oil Field Park. While outdoors, you will see two styles of oil derricks, including 1 wooden derrick in the style of the 1920s oil boom, and five styles of pump jacks and the machinery required to...
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Sep 7
10:15am - 10:45am

Toys and Games from the 1920s: Outdoor Edition

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Have you ever wondered what children did for fun during the time of the Oil Boom? We'll find out at this program, and we'll even play some of those games.
Get Directions