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- Place Types Museum
- Address 264 US-165, Dumas, AR 71639, USA
- Coordinate 33.882092,-91.4670259
- Website Unknown
- Rating 4.6
- Compound Code VGJM+R5 Dumas, AR, USA
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Spent a very interesting afternoon at the museum. Loved it! Amazing collections with wonderful insights from the staff. Wide assortment of artifacts—something for everyone. We enjoyed it, and we learned a great deal.
Fantastic place!!!! Really great exhibits with unusual and interesting items!
Lifelong visitor here (not an exaggeration- I have toddler memories of this place), so I cannot write an unbiased review, having watched this museum step up its game through three decades. If you are any kind of history buff, then of course most museums will be to your interest. For me, there is something about smaller, small-town museums that has always drawn me in. And this was my first small-town museum, and it remains the one by which I measure all others. Since my childhood, it has gained a host of separate outbuildings- mostly historical, with one impressive agricultural building- and many additions to the collections of its main building. Those of us who grew up in the Delta may enjoy the Desha County Museum most of all, because we have such a wealth of context to draw fascination from, but for anyone with a curious mind and a hunger to see and sense aspects of daily life and work that no longer exist outside of museums, at least in this country (ingenious but obsolete farming methods and equipment, player pianos, the one-room school, even a hulking letterpress and a terrifying permanent wave machine), the Museum is worth a visit. Admission, as far as I know, is free, and the tiny gift shop is as charming as the ladies who greet you as you walk in. There is always someone kind on hand to answer questions, or just to let you wander. Parking is straightforward (gravel lot near the street). There is usually a decent wind blowing across from the nearby fields, so bring a jacket unless it's high summer. Once inside the museum, it's nice and peaceful. Full set of restrooms, though small. An excellent day trip, or one to pair with a visit to the beautiful new Jerome-Rohwer Museum & Interpretive Center just a few miles south in McGehee, also a must-see.
I love the museum. It is a fun place to visit.
Wonderful place. Great people. Loved it!!!
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