Old State House Museum, Little Rock: Photos, Reviews & Location

National Historic Landmark building featuring permanent & traveling exhibits on Arkansas history.

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#4 of 7 Tourist attractions in Little Rock #3 of 5 Museums in Little Rock

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.60

0.3 km from the center of Little Rock

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5 ★73%
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3 ★6%
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300 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72201, United States

oldstatehouse.com

+1 501-324-9685

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What is the rating of Old State House Museum?: Old State House Museum is rated 4.6 out of 5 based on 1,293 reviews.
How does Old State House Museum rank in Little Rock?: Old State House Museum is #4 of 7 Tourist attractions in Little Rock by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Old State House Museum located?: 300 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72201, United States — 0.3 km from the center of Little Rock.
How can I contact Old State House Museum?: Phone: +1 501-324-9685 · Website: oldstatehouse.com

Reviews (11)

Dalton Dunnells 2024 Jan 27

Amazing place to visit. Free admission and plenty of history in this building! Great staff and a gorgeous historic building.

James Carroll 2023 Aug 22

Free and full of political history in Arkansas. It is a gem of a place to see. Support local and state history.

Dalton Carney 2023 Aug 19

Excellent representation of Arkansas history and how it’s government was assembled through the last 200 years.

Gladys Morales (Mrs. Morales class) 2023 Jul 14

While visiting the state we decided to stop by so beautiful and full of knowledge loved it.

Meredith Smith 2023 Jun 22

Such a beautiful history site. I'm so glad they keep it restored. Interesting tour. Would recommend!

Shirley Winget-Penrod 2023 Jun 16

For a free museum this was great.alot wonderful info on our state of Arkansas. Liked everything about it.

Tatsiana Mir 2023 Apr 25

I'm not a big fan of museums, but that one grabbed my attention in several rooms. Especially I'd recommend to see the one about Kent Bonar, illustrator and naturalist. I was very impressed by his work, watched a video on TV about him and couldn't go until it ended. Such a talented person!

EV US 2023 Mar 20

This place is free to visit at this moment in time due to the works they are doing on the ground floor, but how great is inside, if like us, you are into history and so many more things:

- lots of information about the past times in this part of the world and what building used to house
- lots of information upstairs on more local history, traditions, beside the difference the woman were trying to create here 100 years ago, just like the Sufragette in the UK
- unexpectantly, we discovered a room dedicated to music - simply amazing.

Of course we could not stop ourselves from buying some of their amazing mugs from their shop.

I know, the place smells of old - but is the smell of great old!!!!!

Jesse N 2023 Mar 05

Free entry to this giant museum. Me and my 2 year old spent a few hours here wandering the halls, rooms and various stairways. The museum has a broad variety of artifacts from Arkansas history, political and other major events as well as rooms displaying previous years decorating styles and special-purpose rooms. Our favorite rooms were the event room with guitars all over the wall, the green screen, and of course the toy room.

Melissa Shepard 2023 Jan 25

I really enjoyed our visit here while in Little Rock. The Old State House Museum is the original state capitol building of Arkansas and the oldest standing state capitol building west of the Mississippi River! All the staff I encountered here was friendly and welcoming; I met Jimmy and he was able to tell me about the knife fight that broke out between two of the legislators. Lots to see and learn. The museum has free admission but accepts donations to preserve this beautiful building and its history.

Chris Reke 2018 Apr 11

Very beautiful area downtown to explore especially with free admission (donations happily excepted) and 1 hour parking validation at the Double Tree's garage across from the museum. Not really a hands on top of place but lots of things to see and read about including multiple changing exhibit rooms. Don't stick your head in the cannon (ask the helpful people at the front desk why! It's a good story!)