Our museum focuses on preserving the history of the 1920s oil boom of south Arkansas and delves into the oil and brine industries. Along with the museum we have an outdoor oilfield park with examples of oil field equipment of the 1920s alongside modern equipment.

This museum was created in 1989 as a history and archeology museum, with an interpretive region encompassing the Arkansas River Valley of western Arkansas, with particular emphasis on the history of the University and the immediate counties of Pope, Yell, and Johnson.

Housed in the historic Kress building in downtown Blytheville, Arkansas, Delta Gateway Museum collects, stores, maintains, and regularly exhibits historical and cultural objects, artifacts, photographs, works of art, printed materials, and audio-visual materials that relate to and emphasize the history, heritage, and culture of NE Arkansas, SE Missouri, and the Mississippi River Delta.

The museum houses a variety of permanent and changing exhibits, preserving the history and art of this health resort town and its people starting with its early settlers in the 1880s who came seeking the healing waters and the early artists who built the early 20th century arts colony. From the exhibits you will discover how “this chaotic tent city of 10,000 souls exploded into a Victorian Health Spa with 54 luxurious hotels”.

The Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration Association is dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of electric powered streetcars, railroad equipment, transportation and other technology that existed during this period in history, and to providing a unique educational experience to the visiting public.

We operate a 1926 Briney safety car that operated in Fort Smith from 1926- 1933. Our story is the history of public transportation not only in Fort Smith but over 1,000 USA cities.

Our museum is a dream come to. When we first organized we had no money and no definite place for a museum. A local Bank gave us an older home which was built by the only man from Greene Co. Ar. to ever serve as Governor of Ar. (1933-1937) His name was J. Marion Futrell. The home is 100 years old in 2008 and it took us 4 years to restore the home. We opened to the public on Jan. 12, 2008.