Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00 pm History and Geology Museum Tour How are history and geology connected? Find out the answer at the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources with the museum curator, as you discover the exciting story of the 1920s South Arkansas oil boom. Investigate the Geology gallery and learn how oil in […]
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:00 pm Oil Park Tour “In the stillness of the night, the gusher roars like a hurricane,” read the headline from the Arkansas Gazette. This report and many others marked the start of one of the largest petroleum booms in the history of the nation. Discover the stories of […]
Friday, March 28, 2025 at 1:00 pm Tinker Time for Kids: Horsehead, Walking Beam and Samson Posts What is a horsehead and what does it have to do with oil? What about a walking beam and samson posts? Learn about a few of the machines used in oil drilling and production during the 1920s South […]
Friday, March 28, 2025 at 10:00 am Oil Park Scavenger Hunt What is a standard rig? And what in the Oil Park is 112 feet high? And where is the brine pond? Go on a scavenger hunt with the museum curator and explore the Oil Park, as you discover the answers to these and many […]
Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 1:00 pm Tinker Time for Kids: Pyramids, Pirogues and Automobiles Who was Sylvanus Bowser and why is he important to the oil industry? And what do pyramids, pirogues and cars have in common? And what exactly is a pirogue? Come and find out the answers to these questions, when you explore the […]
Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:00 am Geology Gallery Scavenger Hunt What is an ammonite? What does an ammonite have to do with oil? What about a diatom and a trilobite? Go on a scavenger hunt and with the museum curator and explore the Geology Gallery. This program is designed for children from ages […]
Wednesday, March 26 at 1:00 pm Tinker Time for Kids: Life in the 1920s-Electricity Can you imagine not having air conditioning, television, video games or even electric lights? What kinds of toys were there for children one hundred years ago? Come to the museum and explore how daily life during the 1920s South Arkansas oil […]
Boomtown Street Scavenger Hunt What is a relay and a sounder? What does a Dazey churn look like? What about Frantz toy or a dobro? Go on a scavenger hunt to discover the answers to these questions Explore what life was like during the 1920s South Arkansas oil boom, and how the boom changed the […]
Boomtown Street Tour Sunday, February 16, 2025 Starts at 2:00 pm Who was the Goat Woman? What was the Roughneck Special? Where was the Horseshoe Café? Join us at the museum and learn about our fascinating local history, as you explore the Boomtown Street gallery with the museum curator. Walk through a reconstruction of Smackover’s main street. […]
Tinker Time for Kids: Dinosaurs or Diatoms: What’s in the Oil? Saturday, February 15, 2025 Starts at 1:00 pm Microscopic plankton or gigantic dinosaurs? Did oil come from one of these creatures, both, or maybe neither one? Investigate the origins of oil and learn how oil came to be found in south Arkansas. With the […]
