ARKANSAS
Field Trips

Explore real world science phenomena at the Mid-America Science Museum with over 100 hands-on interactive exhibits and science shows in the 73,500 square-foot Museum and throughout the 21 wooded acres surrounding the facility.

The Mountain Valley Spring Water Visitor Center & Museum is housed in the beautiful historic building. Originally the home of DeSoto Springs Company, this building was built in 1910. Mountain Valley Spring Company has been bottling America’s Premium Water from the same natural spring source since 1871.

The Museum of Chaffee History houses the largest collection of Fort Chaffee artifacts in the United States with extensive photographs, documents and displays that chronicle Fort Chaffee’s role in five wars, multiple resettlement operations, major motion pictures and other aspects of U.S.

The Museum of Discovery, formerly the Arkansas Museum of Natural History and Antiquities focuses on STEM education, and all of the exhibits are interactive.

The Old State House Museum is the original state capitol building of Arkansas. The collect and exhibits interprets the history of Arkansas from statehood to the present.

Peel Museum and Botanical Garden is a historic Italianate family home and now a museum with period pieces and artifacts dating back to the 1800s. Explore the 7 gardens and grounds which are inspired by the Victorian era.

Quigley’s Castle is a historic house museum and garden. To bring nature indoors, four feet of earth was left bare between the edges of the living space and the walls. The Castle is one of the most unusual houses in northwestern Arkansas.

The Scott Family Amazeum features approximately 50,000 square feet of hands-on exhibit and learning spaces evoking a sense of curiosity and discovery through hands-on activities.

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History preserves and provides resources for finding meaning, enjoyment, and inspiration in the exploration of the Arkansas Ozarks through its exhibits and programs at the museum and outreach at schools and in the community.

The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center is on 170 acres of land offering recreational and educational programming. Exhibits focus on the Ouachita and Ozark mountains, a life-sized oak tree exhibit crawling with game and non-game animal displays and a 1,200-gallon aquarium.

The Museum of Native American History is a museum of Native American history, art, and culture with over 10,000 of the finest Native American artifacts. Its mission is to educate future generations about the lives of the First Americans.

The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center showcases the region’s fish & wildlife through indoor and outdoor exhibits, video, trails & programs. Follow water as it passes through a continuous series of living habitat exhibits – from a replicated mountain spring into the river’s main channel cypress swamps, delta marshlands and forest.