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.