• Bubbles Come from Petrochemicals! @ Museum of Natural Resources

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    How are bubbles and bubble wands related to oil?  Come to the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources this morning to find out! We'll make our own bubble wands and test them out to see how well they make bubbles. *Organizations wishing to bring groups of children, please contact the museum in advance for scheduling to […]

  • Oilfield Park Tour

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join a museum interpreter for a guided tour of the Oilfield Park at Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources in honor of National Trails Day.  The outdoor trail will take us by several styles of oil pumps, from wooden to modern, and wooden and metal derricks.  The trail is paved and is approximately 1/4 mile.  We […]

  • Let’s Go Fly a Kite! @ Museum of Natural Resources

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us as we make and decorate our own paper kites and then fly them! *Organizations wishing to bring groups of children, please contact the museum in advance for scheduling to ensure that enough materials are available.

  • Tinkering for Tots @ AMNR

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Our littlest museum visitors can participate in a hands-on, interactive tinkering activity designed with our preschool visitors in mind.

  • Jitterbots @ Museum of Natural Resources

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us as we make and decorate Jitterbots using small motors with batteries.  What will your Jitterbot look like?  What will it do? *Organizations wishing to bring groups of children, please contact the museum in advance for scheduling to ensure that enough materials are available.

  • Outdoor Toys and Games of the 1920s @ Museum of Natural Resources

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Did you ever wonder what children played with or did for fun during the time of the Oil Boom?  Today, we'll go outside to play some of the games that they enjoyed outdoors.  Expect to see hopscotch and jump rope for sure, and maybe a few other fun things as well! *Organizations wishing to bring […]

  • Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Come make and decorate paper sled kites with us and then we will go fly a kite!

  • Toys and Games from the 1920s

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Did you every wonder what children played with at different times in history?  Come join us to learn about and play with some of the toys and games that kids enjoyed in the 1920s.

  • Oil Field Park Tour

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us for a guided hike through the oil field park.  As we walk, we'll look at vintage gas pumps and see oil derricks and pump jacks from wooden to modern.  The trail is approximately 1/4 mile and is paved except for 2 wooden bridges.

  • Lego Oil Derrick Challenge

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    How are your Lego skills?  Could you build an oil derrick?  How tall could you make it?  Come show what you could do!